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Quad copter flying for 4-8 hours

Posted by lot on August 28, 2012 at 5:09pm

Hi all,

I just want to know your opinion about this page:
http://uniteddrones.com/products/aether-aero/

It says that their quadcopter can fly for 4-8 hours thanks to their propietary technology.

Anyone knows something about this? It it's possible?

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Ben March 21, 2015 at 7:22am

http://www.suasnews.com/2015/03/34801/energyor-demonstrate-fuel-cel...

I think this post requires an update. Joel.Lovell deserves an answer, and that answer is yes, over 2 hr flight time, with expectations to double that.
Juan Carlos Hdez August 11, 2013 at 1:54am

Lithium batteries have the most density of comercial batteries today.
m00se September 4, 2012 at 12:20pm

johnny I have seen an indoor flight of over 90 mins, but thats indoor,
m00se September 4, 2012 at 12:18pm

I saw some hydrogen /lipo fusion fuel cells the other day that are being used in UAV´s if they use that then they might be able to acheive it, but the fuel cells themselves weigh several kilos, i doubt a cuad that small can carry them and still be stable
Juan Carlos Hdez September 2, 2012 at 3:40pm

4-6 hours endurance rotary wing UAV... but fuel engine.
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Indra_launches_UAV_market_growth_fo...
Developer

Jani Hirvinen September 2, 2012 at 4:35am

I would not even put 3-blade props on quad copter if i want to have high efficiency. But maybe they have figured out some magical pandoras box that really increases flight dramatically like they say on their sales brochure :)

But yeah, let's first try to get that 1 hour flight time broken before looking 2hrs. And I am not talking any indoor hovering with ultra finetuned quad. I am talking normal outside flying on average day.
Jeff Zika September 1, 2012 at 1:06pm

Ok, these "look" like E-Flight 52. Even if they are as large as the 160 there is no way this thing is getting more than 20 min flight time (E-Flite Power 160, 10s4p6000, 20x6, 500g frame weight, 11kg GW) Other setups can get as much as 20kg GW with 20min flight times. But, this is no where near the 4 hours claimed, and the motors pictured are not P160s, P110s, etc.

And who uses e-flite motors on Multirotors?
Earl September 1, 2012 at 11:03am

Obvious hoax.
Earl
100KM

Hein du Plessis August 31, 2012 at 1:35am

If they got hold of the lithium batteries with the new graphene technology, 5 hours is nothing! Damn that's going to change everything..
Jeff Zika August 30, 2012 at 10:22pm

50lbs lift capacity? 1.5m frame width? 100m range (with satellite, maybe???). Who are they kidding?

Now I've been designing multirotors for a while now and NOTHING with only 4 rotors is going to meet these specs. Law of diminishing returns...

Can anyone tell what motors are on the rig in the pics or are these just renderings? Anyone seen one in flight, a picture of one in flight, or better yet a video? Nothing comes up from a search.