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Lots of drone people, so I’ll drop my off topic drone question: why isn’t gasoline more popular in the drone world? Isn’t the energy to weight ratio like 100x c
by lwansbrough 8y ago
Lots of drone people, so I’ll drop my off topic drone question: why isn’t gasoline more popular in the drone world? Isn’t the energy to weight ratio like 100x compared to LiPo?
- decebalus1 8y agoNot necessarily a drone person but I assume it's because a gas engine would have more moving parts hence more size and weight. There are drones running on gas but they're huge, not to mention loud.
- colordrops 8y agoLiPo has crossed the threshold into usefulness and electric storage will only get better.
- Wingman4l7 8y agoSeveral teams, including the winning one in previous years, used gasoline for the UAV Outback Challenge, an annual UAV search-and-rescue competition: https://uavchallenge.org/ https://uavchallenge.org/
- snovv_crash 8y ago1) noisy, messy, complicated and less reliable (no redundancy) 2) minimum size before it becomes a viable strategy 3) vibrations affect any cameras, requiring extra damping