Helicopter drone morphs into a plane

• Autores: David Hambling
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3115, 2017, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A shape-shifting drone takes off like a helicopter, then converts into a plane to fly all day on solar power. The drone is designed to provide affordable aerial surveys for farmers, so they can see which spots they need to irrigate or use fertilizer or herbicide on. The Solar Unmanned Air Vehicle: Quad, developed by Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and his team, follows a new approach. The drone uses vertical take-off and landing, but once it is in the air, its powered hinges unfold it into a flat, winged aircraft