This Drone Flies for 60 Minutes (and Does Science!)
Frank Schroth
The Roswell Test Flight Crew met with several companies while attending Xponential in Dallas a couple months ago. In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Ryan Henderson, a UAS pilot with the University of Maryland. He begins by describing the Phoenix Ace V2 from UAV Solutions, which flies using a custom seven-cell battery combining lithium-polymer and lithium-ion chemistry to achieve a one-hour flying time. Henderson describes how the aircraft has been used by the university for a variety of missions, including a radiation detection demonstration. The university has also used its drones working with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to validate data being generated by the GOES-R satellite, now in orbit.
Frank Schroth is editor in chief of DroneLife, the authoritative source for news and analysis on the drone industry: it’s people, products, trends, and events. Email Frank
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