Flying truck: 1 ton payload, 1000km flight!

Japan Drone 2023

Flying truck: 1 ton payload, 1000km flight!

ーRealized by IHI with Gas Turbine Generatorー

Report from MONOist’s latest article

“Japan Drone 2023” IHI’s “flying truck”:

Developed a gas turbine generator that greatly expands payload and flight distance.

IHI has solved “the biggest problem with drones and flying cars.

“ It is the result of the development of an unmanned transport drone with a payload of 1 ton and a flight of 1,000 km.

Current drones are weak with LiB:

Lithium-ion batteries are a common current source of power for drones.

However, the payload is only about 10 to 20 kg.。

IHI has replaced its drone power source with a gas turbine generator.

In addition to the payload of 2-3 light trucks, the flight range has been greatly extended

This drone:

Equipped with two 30kW output gas turbine generators.

In addition, it is equipped with “eight rotors, a motor/inverter, and a small-capacity battery.”

Evaluate the properties of the levitation function:

The maximum thrust from the eight rotors is 200kg against the airframe weight of 105kg.

The maximum current on the generator side is 105A.