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Might be for safety reasons, an engine seize in a flying drone would be catastrophic and dangerous compared to merely inconvenient as in most small engine appli
by CoolGuySteve 6y ago
Might be for safety reasons, an engine seize in a flying drone would be catastrophic and dangerous compared to merely inconvenient as in most small engine applications.
OTOH, piston scoring from burning oil will probably increase the chance of a lock up over time.
- adrianpike 6y agoExcept the onboard combustion engine is just to generate electricity, no? An engine sieze means you just have to land quickly.
- jlcortex 6y agoThat is true for HYBRiX, but there are other hybrid multirotors, which do not have a design well-balanced enough to being able to stay aloft on just batteries (batteries to lift a 25kg MTOW drone are heavy, so the drone needs to be very light, while still robust, to work properly.. it is tricky ;)