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Canopy or sliding cover design, which suits the drone in-a-box better?

The Drone in-a-box solution is gaining uprising attention from both the drone industry and the other high-tech industries. Two popular designs are found in the market: the canopy and the sliding cover design, but which one suits the drone in-a-box better? Drone in-a-box with sliding cover structure Let ’ s take a look at the sliding cover structure first. By sliding a pair of separate covers to two sides, a drone charging board is exposed and integrates with a landing platform function. This design is the most adopted one, it ’ s a classic and robust structure, here I listed the pros and cons. Pros: 1.  Less space and material requires.   The sliding cover part of a drone in-a-box hardware requires only a pair of separate covers and a roller (or a pair of a mechanical pulling device). 2.  More integrate appearance.   As little space is required, the sliding cover makes the whole drone in-a-box look integrated and easy to transport. Cons: 1.  Lower dust-proof per...

6 drone power sources and common drone interfaces

The emergence of drones has provided many conveniences to people's lives and has been widely used in all walks of life in society. But its limited flight time has always been a headache for researchers. At present, drones mainly rely on six kinds of power sources to complete complex tasks. 1. Lithium battery : Most drones are equipped with lithium batteries, but the effect can only last for about 20 minutes, and the batteries need to be removed and replaced frequently, which is time-consuming and laborious. To deal with this situation, researchers have explored two new sources of power, greatly improving the efficiency of UAVs. 2. Hydrogen fuel cell: instead of a lithium battery, the hydrogen fuel cell can support the drone to operate continuously for two hours, it can be charged very quickly but in a little bit complicated way. 3. Laser transmitter: The laser transmitter powers the drone. The laser beam emitted from the ground is converted into power by the receiver on the fusel...