A Cleveland-area company has designed a new drone with shielded rotors that it hopes will make flying safer. Dronewerx LLC, an unmanned systems company based in Elyria, has developed a multi-rotor drone, the DWX PG-Y6 Guardian — a craft with six motors and a prop guard that protects the aircraft rotors.
The project was developed as a response to concerns about unguarded rotor blades on many common unmanned systems models, which could harm people or damage the craft if they came into contact with another object.
“Not only does the design do its job and fly well, its slim profile has the added benefit of greatly reducing parasitic drag, making it superior to existing fixed-boom designs,” said Matt Mishak, who co-owns Dronewerx with his partner Mike Hanna.
The company is still designing additional prototypes on the model, with one featuring collapsible booms for easy stow. Multicopters are usually stored in cases, but the Guardian could serve as its own case, the company says.
Source: Dayton Business Journal