This solar-powered British drone will surveil from the stratosphere

This solar-powered British drone will surveil from the stratosphere

Post Views: 138 PHASA-35 stands for “Persistent High Altitude Solar Aircraft.” The number 35 is its wingspan in meters: that’s 115 feet, as wide as those of a Boeing 737. But the carbon fiber aircraft weighs a mere 330 pounds, which is one three-thousandth the weight of the 737. The drone is a high-altitude long-endurance…

Inspired by a seed, this rotating drone will make your head spin

Inspired by a seed, this rotating drone will make your head spin

Post Views: 124 Created by a team at the Singapore University of Technology & Design, this new seed-inspired one-wing drone is named F-SAM. It is a type of monocopter, or a helicopter with only one rotating blade. Engineers first developed a monocopter in 1913, with testing in 1915, but a problem arises in trying to…