Quadcopters have quite a few strengths as aircraft, but battery life is not one of them. The very best models can operate for around 30 minutes at a time, and in the past we’ve looked at technologies ...

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The automotive electric vehicle revolution is paving the way for urban air mobility, but people must not be naive in thinking that electric vehicle batteries will suffice for electric flight. The fast ...

Archer Aviation's Midnight eVTOL air taxi successfully completed rigorous battery pack drop tests, a crucial milestone for its type certification with the FAA. The tests involved dropping battery ...

Power is the bane of drone pilots. You’d like to fly longer which means a bigger battery. But a bigger battery will weigh more which leads to less flight time. You have to strike a balance and for ...

U.S. startup Impossible Aerospace is claiming a first after its US-1 “flying battery” quadcopter drone made repeated 72-min. flights across the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada. Commercial ...