Steroids for drones.

Armada InternationalVol. 29 Nbr. 1, February 2005

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Powerplants: drones

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Steroids for drones.

Apart from the larger high altitude and long endurance drones that use turbojet engines 'borrowed' from existing classical aeroplanes, the tactical and medium-altitude types use either drone- specific or microlight aviation-derived powerplants.

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The general starting rules to define the ideal engine in this context are lightness and compactness. Then other considerations like power/torque output can cut in, but maximum output should reach its peak at relatively low revolutions per minute, although this may depend on the diameter of the propeller used. Altho...

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