Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Pocket : Solar-powered Puma AE small UAS stays aloft for over nine hours

Pocket : Solar-powered Puma AE small UAS stays aloft for over nine hours: "A solar-powered variant of AeroVironment’s hand-launched Puma AE small UAS has matched the continuous flight time of over nine hours attained by a hybrid fuel cell-powered model in 2008. The prototype solar Puma AE stayed in the air for a total of nine hours and 11 minutes, eclipsing the two-hour flight time of the standard battery-powered Puma AE and comparable competitor aircraft by a considerable margin"

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