Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticated' drone near Tucson

Re:Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticate... by weystrom on Sunday August 22, 2021 @08:45AM (#28265031)

I fly FPV drones too and the batteries suck and this thing seemed to have 40+ minutes of flight time.

Even top of the DJI drones (which are not exactly freestyle/racy) would top out at around 30 minutes.

Not implying aliens, but I wish we had that kind of battery technology in my Nazgul5, if it's a drone they've seen.

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Re:Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticate... by jjoonathan on Sunday August 22, 2021 @10:10AM (#28265606)

Hydrocarbons have 100 times the energy density. We have the technology.

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Re:Police helicopter's 100mph chase with 'super sophisticate... by tim333 on Sunday August 22, 2021 @03:33PM (#28268734)

Fuel cells for drones are a thing with about 3x endurance https://www.intelligent-energy.com/our-products/uavs/

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