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regarding energy storage/consumption and the potential movement to fossil fueled drones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_disk_engine http://en.wikipedia.org/w
by BWStearns 12y ago
regarding energy storage/consumption and the potential movement to fossil fueled drones: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_disk_engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_disk_engine
I can't find the original article I saw this on but it seems like one of those things where even though the big market is probably smaller hybrid cars, might have application in commercial drones since it can potantially save a lot of weight vs more conventional engines.
- bliti 12y agoThere are radio controlled model airplanes that use a rotary engine[0] (which is in the same spirit of the Wave disk engine). The problem with this rotary engine is that it uses an alcohol-based fuel[1]. I could see someone adventurous enough trying out this mini-rotary in a drone. It would be highly expensive, and difficult to tune, but ultimately fun. [0]http://www.osengines.com/engines-airplane/osmg1401/ http://www.osengines.com/engines-airplane/osmg1401/ [1]http://rcvehicles.about.com/od/nitro/f/nitrofuel.htm http://rcvehicles.about.com/od/nitro/f/nitrofuel.htm