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New UPS trucks designed to add drone on top
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<blockquote data-quote="FrigidFTSup" data-source="post: 1832448" data-attributes="member: 58894"><p>The batteries on newer generation drones are all lithium ion, which overcomes a lot of the hurdle. The materials they also use are extremely light, like carbon fiber. We had drones at my university that were small and could actually fly around for a number of hours without needing a charge. The power to weight ratio isn't impossible to overcome with current gen batteries. The issues become more of battery life. These things can't make 25 stops with one charge, they're going to be limited to essentially amazon envelopes under 10 pounds in the current form and under 5 stops. Not efficient with our set up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrigidFTSup, post: 1832448, member: 58894"] The batteries on newer generation drones are all lithium ion, which overcomes a lot of the hurdle. The materials they also use are extremely light, like carbon fiber. We had drones at my university that were small and could actually fly around for a number of hours without needing a charge. The power to weight ratio isn't impossible to overcome with current gen batteries. The issues become more of battery life. These things can't make 25 stops with one charge, they're going to be limited to essentially amazon envelopes under 10 pounds in the current form and under 5 stops. Not efficient with our set up. [/QUOTE]
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