Skyfront Drone Flies for More Than 13 Hours

In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Dr. Troy Mestler, the CEO of Skyfront about the company’s Perimeter 8 drone. A hybrid-electric multirotor, the aircraft burns gasoline to generate electricity that powers the aircraft motors. Using this approach, the company has established a new world record of more than 13 hours of continuous flight while covering over 205 miles. The Perimeter 8 is capable of carrying large payloads such as powerful LiDAR systems for terrain mapping and modeling, as well as advanced optical cameras for surveillance. Its extended flight time also makes it a good choice for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight operations.

[olsonspeed]

A huge step in flight duration, efficiency almost too good to be believed. Thanks for excellent show coverage.

[OldCurmudgeonDP]

It's about time a hybrid design showed up on the scene. Been thinking about this for nearly a decade, but (affordable) generation hardware didn't exist. Oh, and FAA. FAA needs to crawl back in a hole and leave us alone.

[kingdevine]

Hello where you advise me to purchase a drone that can carry pounds and doesn't have geofencing (no flyzone) restrictions

[vuilehaid]

For payload of 17 pounds, only 1 hour of flight time. So the 13 hours is probably without any payload.