The fixed-wing drone could achieve a continuous flight distance of 130 miles (209.2 km) and an endurance of approximately 3 ...

They build a couple of cheaper, fixed wing drones first. “It’s still $2500 dollars just for the plane but this is the one that we’re working on. The guys over there are working on the more expensive ...

KEARNEY — Evan Palmer has sky high ambitions. A sophomore at Amherst High School, Palmer is building a fixed-wing drone to help farmers improve crop production.

ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 19-20 AND THEREAFTER - In a Feb. 25, 2016 photo, Evan Palmer, a sophomore at Amherst High School, works on the fixed-wing drone he’s building to survey crops in ...

As any novice fixed-wing drone operator can testify, it's hard work keeping a conventional fixed-wing aircraft in flight, particularly if conditions are optimal.

Adapting the fixed-wing fuselage to the tri-copter attachments means the drone can now operate in narrow spaces and harsh conditions. Scorpion, with the rotors, can fly for about 45 minutes, with a ...

Build Your Own Drone Made from scratch, a Kestrel takes flight. Ed Darack. ... Smaller fixed-wing UAVs often fly “squirrelly,” but that’s not true of a well-designed Y6, ...

Wing CEO Adam Woodworth, who took the reins at the Alphabet-owned company in February, spoke about why his team decided to design and build several new prototype drones for a commercial delivery ...

The vision was to build a fleet of bird-size fixed-wing drones with high-density solid-state storage drives on board, that could then be used to ferry data.

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Evan Palmer has sky high ambitions. A sophomore at Amherst High School, Palmer is building a fixed-wing drone to help farmers improve crop production. The project began ...