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But it can reload by itself, so flying time should be increased. ( It would be cool to build something that you can reload the drone in the air. Some kind of Te
by yk 14y ago
But it can reload by itself, so flying time should be increased. ( It would be cool to build something that you can reload the drone in the air. Some kind of Tesla coil for example. :)
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- Florin_Andrei 14y agoA quad copter actually requires a lot of energy to stay aloft. Folks who build regular quads, using 2000 ... 3500 mAh batteries, get something like 10 ... 15 min flight time. That's a lot of energy going down the wind. You might be able to juice it up in midair, but the field would have to be somehow focused on the quad, otherwise you'll never get the required power density.
- yk 14y agoThat would be something in the range of a 20 W at the drone. So something like a modified microwave oven should do it. ( The drone flies into the oven, recharges in flight, flies out when charged.) That has the additional advantage that no 200 W radio emitters are jamming all cell phones in the neighborhood.
- Florin_Andrei 14y agoIt's gonna be tough on the batteries. If you want any sort of decent battery life, the charge current must be pretty small - at least compared to the max discharge current.