Parcel Courier Aims for Performance with Enclosed Payload, Fixed Wings, and Tilting Rotors
Blueflite's patent for their "advanced logistics drone platform" was accepted by the US Patent and Trademark Office this month, covering the "revolutionary" design of the delivery UAV. The now-patented aircraft sports 2 pairs of fixed wings and 8 electric propellers mounted on swiveling arms. The central pod, unlike other delivery-oriented drones in the running, carries its cargo in the main fuselage of the UAV, breaking from conventional underslung payloads.
Successful Hydrogen Test with Regional Turboprop Engine Shows Promise
Rolls-Royce and EasyJet have finished the first battery of ground tests using an early demonstrator for a hydrogen propulsion system for narrowbody airliners. The design is based on a modified Rolls-Royce AE 2100 A turboprop burning "green" hydrogen created from local wind and tidal power. The testing at the United Kingdom's Boscombe Down defense research facility has paved the way for full-scale ground tests in a similar vein using the company's Pearl 15 turbofan engine.
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