DELFTACOPTER – Hybrid Drone on a Mission

DELFTACOPTER, an electric, long range, transitioning autonomous delta-wing helicopter, is on a mission. What mission? In this case, it’s the 2016 Outback Medical Express challenge and the MAVLab Team at TUDelft has high hopes for their hybrid aircraft.

This year’s Outback Medical Express mission requires a UAV to pick up and bring back a blood sample of an ill-fated person called “Outback Joe” located at an inaccessible roughly known location 30 kilometer away remote location with unknown terrain.

DELFTACOPTER

Powered by PaparazziUAV, the DELFTACOPTER is also equipped with state of the art on-board stereoscopic wide field of view computer vision.

Property description Value
Flight
Cruise speed 45 knots at 300 watt
Most efficient speed 35 knots at 230 watt
Maximum speed 50 knots
Physical
Weight 4kg
MTOW 4,5kg
Wing area 0,496 m2
Wing loading 8kg/m2
Span 1,54m
Length 0,6 m
Height 0,4m
Energy
Power usage in hover 280 watt
Main battery energy 10000mAh ~ 225 Wh
FTS battery energy 250mAh ~ 2Wh
RPM in forward flight 450 rpm
RPM in hovering flight 1550 rpm
Datalink
Datalink 1 protocol Iridium satellite communication
Datalink 1 range Global
Datalink 2 protocol 900 MHZ long range communication
Datalink 2 range 40km
Weather properties
Maximum wind speed 30kts
Maximum precipitation Light rain

All the best to the MAVLab Team and their DELFTACOPTER during their Outback Challenge adventures.

Related Links:
DELFTACOPTER Site
DELFTACOPTER Video
MAVLab Outback Medical Express Article
MAVLab Ambulance Drone Video
MAVLab DelFly – Robot Dragonfly Video
1BitSquared Lisa/MX Autopilot

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