DBT Aero Successfully Flies Swyft 3D Printed Drone
DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
Emerging Aircraft Leader DBT Aero has demonstrated Double Box Tail (DBT) technology through successful test flights of a 3D printed Group 1 UAS. This is the company’s third successful manned prototype sub-scale demonstrator and has previously designed and tested Group 2 and Group 3 scale UASs.
Group 1 aircraft were developed in parallel. 3D Aero VenturesSponsored by high tech, balsa house and ZAP glue.that I got on an airplane for the first time At El Paso Radio Controller Field on September 11, 2022.
DBT Aero’s Swyft™ family of modular and scalable drones feature a low amount of integrated parts, making them easier to maintain and manufacture. The company’s insights and technology are well suited to meet the current demand for sustainable aviation without compromising payload, range or speed. Its technology is compatible with future propulsion technologies such as battery electric, fuel cell electric, hybrid, sustainable aviation fuels and hydrogen engines.
The company’s Double Box Tail (DBT) configuration improves stability and control for smoother flight and more accurate data acquisition. The aircraft’s swept-wing design is suitable for both high-speed and low-speed flight, reducing travel and delivery times and expediting data collection.
A combination of aerodynamics and system optimization promises to enable affordable, fast and quiet flight for beyond-line-of-sight UAS missions, as well as passenger and cargo regional air mobility (RAM). . DBT Aero technology is engineered to provide the lowest cost per seat mile or cost per ton mile at high speeds while remaining carbon neutral to carbon free. This technology has the potential to create new markets and improve existing ones, offering an alternative to traditional transportation and UAS missions.
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Ian attended Dominican University in California and graduated with a BA in English in 2019. With her lifelong passion for writing and storytelling and keen interest in technology, she now contributes to her DroneLife as a staff writer.
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