Self-Sufficient

The VTOL drone would land, refuel and take off by itself

Now drones can do everything autonomously and no human assistance is required while landing, refuelling and take off. The first prototype of Aerovel’s Flexrotor, named Pandora had its maiden test flight recently. The table-top sized aircraft is designed for more than 3,000 km range with an endurance exceeding a day and a half. Aerovel is developing the hover-capable Flexrotor drone which has its own automated docking station and no human ground support is needed.

The drone is being developed by Tad McGeer, Aerovel’s President who had earlier created the small ScanEagle drone for the fishermen and US Navy. While ScanEagle relied upon a pneumatic catapult launcher, the Flexrotor would do away with the requirement.