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I am working on a Startup with a similar aproach but using a fixed wing vehicle. I speculate the kitty hawk vehicle will have 10-15 minutes airtime and will co
by elmar 10y ago
I am working on a Startup with a similar aproach but using a fixed wing vehicle.
I speculate the kitty hawk vehicle will have 10-15 minutes airtime and will cost around $100k
- falcolas 10y agoThere is an interesting correlation between multirotors and 15 minute flying times. It always seems to take an abnormally large battery pack (and correspondingly less payload) to get to 20 or 30 minutes.
- elmar 10y agoyou are correct, bleeding edge tech small drones do 25 minutes if you do a large drone capable of people transport you can do 25 minutes empty when you put a passenger inside you get 15 minutes.
- RandyRanderson 10y ago* 15min flight time * I'd estimate 5 miles range * if you roll it into the water and any part of the battery is exposed you'll be electrocuted and likely drown. Fixed wing is the only way to go for efficiency and I can't imagine anything other that a hybrid having more than 45minutes flight time @ <40knots. It's deffo possible to make a high lift, low speed fixed wing that has a short takeoff/landing requirement. There are elec ultralights that do this today. This whole obsession with elec/'coter design baffles me - even with the most optimistic math assumptions it is a terrible product.
- elmar 10y agoOur fixed wing electrical vehicle achieves 1h30 flight time with the same battery weight to total vehicle weight ratio of the 15 min VTOL.