Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Drones

[Gindra]

Doosan’s hydrogen-powered drone wins CES awards

- Cho Chung-un | The Korea Herald Doosan Mobility Innovation, a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group, has won two awards from the Consumer Electronics Show 2020 for its fuel cell drones that can fly uninterrupted for over two hours, the company said Sunday. DMI received best of...

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[Thomas B]

Would be a long flight time!

 

[anotherlab]

It will be game changer for search and rescue missions. There are some nice videos of the D30 on Doosan's YouTube channel

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Hydrogen fuel cells are great for industrial applications. For consumer use, you hit the problem of how to get the tanks charged out. If you can get them filled up or swapped out like you can with propane, then it opens up for Mavic-sized devices.

 

[AnzacJack]

Impressive

 

[paul050079]

It will be game changer for search and rescue missions. There are some nice videos of the D30 on Doosan's YouTube channel

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Hydrogen fuel cells are great for industrial applications. For consumer use, you hit the problem of how to get the tanks charged out. If you can get them filled up or swapped out like you can with propane, then it opens up for Mavic-sized devices.

Water and drones don’t mix lol

 

[Smokieflies]

I think collisions and hydrogen also would not mix well. A whole new meaning to crash and burn.

 

[anotherlab]

I think collisions and hydrogen also would not mix well. A whole new meaning to crash and burn.

That's less of an issue that you might have thought. Hydrogen weighs roughly 16 times less than the air at sea level. If a hydrogen fuel cell is punctured, the hydrogen is just going to escape out and up.

If you are thinking of the Hindenburg, it was the diesel fuel that caught fire and that ignited up the skin, which was extremely flammable.

 

[Smokieflies]

I was thinking the Hindenburg, but I new it was mostly the skin that caught fire with the hydrogen adding to it. I think it might have actually been the paint on the skin that was at fault. I think I remember seeing an episode of Mythbusters about that.