This hydrogen fuel-powered drone will be the future of air transport

Tram Ho

Although many current drone models can carry small items such as medical supplies or goods, the drone’s operating time is generally limited, only about 30 minutes or less. This limits the range of drones.

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But a new innovation in battery technology promises to increase drone uptime. Recently, researchers at Texas-based drone development firm Guinn Partners, Skyfire Consulting, the US Department of Health, and drone production company Doosan Mobility Innovation launched a working drone. more than 1 hour 43 minutes.

Specifically, the drone model named DS30 runs on hydrogen fuel cells. In testing transport of several samples of live bacteria from a hospital on the island of Start-up.Croix in the Caribbean to a testing facility on St. Island. Thomas in the vicinity, this drone has traveled the distance up to 69km across the ocean.

After arriving at the destination in about 1 hour 43 minutes, the researchers were quite surprised when the remaining battery capacity was enough for the drone to fly for another 30 minutes.

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According to Guinn Partners, if they use conventional drones, it will take them up to a week to transport samples of the patient’s biological fluid back and forth between the two islands. This is a long waiting period, especially in the case of patients suffering from serious illnesses such as dengue, infection, etc. However, if the drone application is applied, we can send the samples. quicker samples and medicines.

It was known that during the first test, the team sent a crew to sail under the drone, ready to hand control when needed. In the future, however, the researchers expect the DS30 to fully fly itself to the target without human control.

Refer to Newatlas

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