What is so noteworthy about this flight? 30 miles is nothing really. We did one that was over 400Km on 1 battery lasting 8+ hours over a year ago, same size plane and sensor payload. Unless this is just a company milestone for Delair-Tech I fail to see significance of news worthiness.
John, I think the milestone is mostly in the PR guys head…. Oooo look stockholders we are tech savvy!!!. That being said… Flying the flights in close proximity to Hi KV power lines the whole way does indeed up the ante a bit. What would have been note worthy is flying close enough to help charge the batteries from inductive charging…. Now that would have had me excited.
What is so noteworthy about this flight? 30 miles is nothing really. We did one that was over 400Km on 1 battery lasting 8+ hours over a year ago, same size plane and sensor payload. Unless this is just a company milestone for Delair-Tech I fail to see significance of news worthiness.
John, I think the milestone is mostly in the PR guys head…. Oooo look stockholders we are tech savvy!!!. That being said… Flying the flights in close proximity to Hi KV power lines the whole way does indeed up the ante a bit. What would have been note worthy is flying close enough to help charge the batteries from inductive charging…. Now that would have had me excited.