Drone 'Impossible Aerospace US-1' that can fly for 2 hours by packing the battery in the main body

The drones that are expected to revolutionize not only in hobbies but also in transportation, agriculture, architecture and other fields have weaknesses of "short flight time" due to battery capacity. In order to solve the problem, the drone " US-1 " has been announced that designs a fuselage with "Battery capacity top priority" to enable a flight of up to 120 minutes.

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US-1 is a drone with a straight-line body. The aircraft size is 660 mm × 660 mm, the weight is 7.1 kg and a reasonable weight class. The reason is based on the characteristic airframe structure of US-1.

Inside the fuselage, the structure of the lithium-ion battery cell is packed with a bossily from the body to the tip of the arm in this way. From the fact that the batteries are arranged all around the motor, not to mention the main body and the arm, you can see that it is designed with "battery capacity first priority" anyway.

Looking at the CG image published by the developer, Impossible Aerospace on the official website, 96 cells are installed in one US-1. In the site the battery capacity is described as "1.2 kWh".

(PDF) According to product specifications , the maximum flight time under empty condition is 120 minutes, and it seems that the maximum flight time will be 78 minutes when loading with the rated weight of 1.3 kg. In addition, the maximum speed is 19 meters per second (68.4 km / h). The charge time which is worrisome is said to be "less than an hour" by supporting a high-speed charger with output of 1.2 kW.

The US - 1 is planned to be shipped in the fourth quarter of 2018, and reservations are being accepted on the official website. The price is standard model "US - 1 Basic" is $ 7,500 (about 840,000 yen), and receives the image from FLIR Duo Pro R which integrated 4K camera and infrared thermography, and it is real - time at 1080 full HD / 60 fps "US-1 Thermal" that comes with a special case with built-in display that can be confirmed is $ 9500 (about 106 million yen).

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