{"id":116078,"date":"2020-11-20T04:11:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T12:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/hydrogen-powered-vtol-drone-flies-for-3-5-hours"},"modified":"2020-11-20T04:11:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T12:11:59","slug":"hydrogen-powered-vtol-drone-flies-for-3-5-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/hydrogen-powered-vtol-drone-flies-for-3-5-hours","title":{"rendered":"Hydrogen-powered VTOL drone flies for 3.5 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lzvsctwbL2c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drones are quite versatile, as they combine the vertical flight of a helicopter with the fast and efficient forward flight of a fixed-wing airplane. This one features an extended range, thanks to a fuel cell power system.<\/p>\n<p>The experimental aircraft was developed by a team at the Netherlands\u2019 Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), working with colleagues from the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Netherlands Coastguard. It has a 3-meter wingspan (9.8 ft), weighs 13 kg (29 lb), and features 12 motor\/propeller units distributed on its two wings. Even if several of the motors fail, it can reportedly still fly and land successfully.<\/p>\n<p>The drone is also a \u201ctail-sitter\u201d-type VTOL. This means that when taking off and landing, its body is angled upwards, allowing the propellers to work more like a helicopter\u2019s rotor blades. For going into forward flight, the thrust is electronically redistributed between the 12 motors, causing the aircraft to level out into a horizontal orientation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) drones are quite versatile, as they combine the vertical flight of a helicopter with the fast and efficient forward flight of a fixed-wing airplane. This one features an extended range, thanks to a fuel cell power system. The experimental aircraft was developed by a team at the Netherlands\u2019 Delft University [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488,1497],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drones","category-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}