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Drones: Here & Now Anyone Wonder Why All The New Trucks (Retrofit?)
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 3664810" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Their Heavy Lift drone weighs 160 lbs and can carry 175 lbs with a flight endurance of 25 minutes. It then requires 3 hours to recharge.</p><p>Look at how big the damn thing is. There is no feasable way to mount it on the roof without having it get damaged by tree branches. It is too big and heavy for a driver to handle if it has a problem. And 25 minutes of flight time (or less, depending upon load and wind conditions) followed by 3 hours of recharge will further limit its usefulness.</p><p>This lithium ion battery is state of the art. And it simply wont work unless and until there is some sort of quantum leap in battery technology that increases their power to weight ratio by several orders of magnitude. Until then, you are running face first into the Law Of Diminishing Returns. The more weight you want to lift and the further you want to fly it, the bigger and heavier the battery and drone have to be....which requires more power to lift...which in turn requires an even bigger and heavier battery...ad infinitum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 3664810, member: 14668"] Their Heavy Lift drone weighs 160 lbs and can carry 175 lbs with a flight endurance of 25 minutes. It then requires 3 hours to recharge. Look at how big the damn thing is. There is no feasable way to mount it on the roof without having it get damaged by tree branches. It is too big and heavy for a driver to handle if it has a problem. And 25 minutes of flight time (or less, depending upon load and wind conditions) followed by 3 hours of recharge will further limit its usefulness. This lithium ion battery is state of the art. And it simply wont work unless and until there is some sort of quantum leap in battery technology that increases their power to weight ratio by several orders of magnitude. Until then, you are running face first into the Law Of Diminishing Returns. The more weight you want to lift and the further you want to fly it, the bigger and heavier the battery and drone have to be....which requires more power to lift...which in turn requires an even bigger and heavier battery...ad infinitum. [/QUOTE]
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