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Two hour and 12 minutes flight by PEM fuel cell

Posted by Jiro Hattori on March 19, 2015 at 4:00am

This is really great accomplishment:-)

Montreal, Canada: EnergyOr Technologies Inc., a leading developer of advanced PEM fuel cell systems, recently demonstrated what are believed to be the world’s first fuel cell powered and longest ever duration multirotor VTOL UAV flights, flying for a record 2 hours, 12 minutes and 46 seconds.

http://www.energyor.com/news/post:28

I am not sure the actual battery on this quad.

EPOD EO-310-XLE

Rated Net Output Power:                       310 W
Max. Continuous Net Output Power:       370 W
Peak Net Output Power (Take-off):        1000 W
DC Output Voltage Range:                  32 - 45V
System Efficiency @ 310 W:                     54%
Design Lifetime:                                   1000 Hours
Net Energy Available @ 310 W:             1790 Wh

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Dorjano Baruca May 31, 2016 at 10:01am

Ok, so... one year later and still nothing! Their website is a joke. When you try to send them an enquiry you get an error... pointing you to some google email. Although the specs are quite good. As much as 3x better energy to weight ratio compared to modern LiPos.
Tipu April 7, 2015 at 1:07pm

http://www.hes.sg/

And they claim to have a 20 hour endurance :O
Acorn April 1, 2015 at 11:11am

http://www.horizonfuelcell.com/
John G. March 20, 2015 at 3:41pm

I want one.
Sergey March 20, 2015 at 6:44am

@Gerard, thanks for your comment!

Actually I did a short ~1min take off before my record flight, but 2h10min are still less than 2h12min.

Anyway, the guys done a great job.

But, when it comes to fuel... I think there is much more potential in a fuel, which could be used more efficiently and cheaper, than with a fuel cell.
technicus acityone March 20, 2015 at 3:48am

It's may very suitable for Amazon delivery drone. They aprooved FAA green light =)
Gary McCray March 19, 2015 at 6:35pm

Here's a link to the info sheet PDF for the EO-310XLE which seems to be actually manufactured by "Radiant Coral Technologies" in India.

http://www.energyor.com/energyor/pdf/EnergyOr%20EPOD%20EO-310-XLE%2...

Looks like it is straight hydrogen fueled.

And I am sure this is not an inexpensive solution, at this point in their development hydrogen fuel cells, especially room temperature ones, are generally breathtakingly expensive.

This is very unlikely to be economically useful as a hobby (or even for most small business's) part.

http://www.energyor.com/energyor/pdf/EnergyOr%20EPOD%20EO-310-XLE%20Product%20Brochure%20-%20Versio…
Evan H March 19, 2015 at 6:01pm

Website is down...what?
Todd Urban March 19, 2015 at 5:44pm

I want one
Jiro Hattori March 19, 2015 at 3:01pm

Unfortunately, I could not find any video provided by EnergyOr Technologies Inc.

And also they claim

The output voltage range of the EO-310-XLE is
similar to that of an 8 to 10S LiPo battery pack,
which eliminates the need for any power
conditioning between the fuel cell system and
your propulsion motor (i.e. a heavy and
inefficient DC/DC converter is not required).