{"id":2356,"date":"2018-03-26T09:18:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T09:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestdroneforthejob.com\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2021-03-16T08:47:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T08:47:26","slug":"heavy-duty-drones-can-fly-hours-lift-hundreds-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestdroneforthejob.com\/blog\/heavy-duty-drones-can-fly-hours-lift-hundreds-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"These Heavy Duty Drones Can Fly for Hours and Lift Hundreds of Pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"
Most of the top drones sold today weigh less than 2Kg and have many utility limitations. But a new crop of heavy-duty drones is pushing the edges of what drones can do from fighting fires to rescues. They can stay in the air for hours and lift hundreds of pounds.<\/p>\n
Traditional consumer drones can typically lift only 1-2lbs of equipment like cameras and sensors. This limits their usefulness in many situations.<\/p>\n
For instance, while you can monitor a fire with a DJI camera drone<\/a>, it cannot lift a hose to douse the flames. In search and rescue, an ordinary camera drone may be able to spot someone in trouble but only someone on the ground or a helicopter can actually rescue them.<\/p>\n These new heavyweight drones do much more than a monitor and analyze. They can get into the thick of the action as well. They can fight fires, de-ice frozen turbines, carry heavy supplies and even lift someone to safety.<\/p>\n One of the best-known makers of heavy-duty drones is Aerones<\/a>. They make several types of drones for use in different applications.<\/p>\n The drones are connected by an electric cable to a generator on the ground. So they can stay in the air for much longer than smaller drones which typically have a 10-30 minutes flying time.<\/p>\n The drones have several other modifications to extend their utility to many new areas. For instance, wind turbine maintenance drones<\/a> are fitted with a hose that can carry water, cleaning liquids, or de-icing chemicals over a height of 100m to reach turbine blades.<\/p>\n A high-pressure pump on the ground provides the necessary pressure for liquids to climb the distance and clean or de-ice the turbines.<\/p>\n The industrial cleaning drones use the same mechanism to clean skyscrapers, tall grain storages, and other tall infrastructure that would normally require manual cleaning or a helicopter.<\/p>\nApplications<\/h2>\n