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Drone with hybrid electric propulsion system to be highlighted at XPONENTIAL

Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) will highlight the capabilities of its Hercules drone, which features a hybrid electric propulsion that is based on current NASA research and development practices.
April 21, 2017
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Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) will highlight the capabilities of its Hercules drone, which features a hybrid electric propulsion that is based on current NASA research and development practices. Hercules has a patent-pending design that is optimized to fly at higher airspeed than other multi-rotors and comes standard with an inexpensive camera turret. AAC will also integrated more advanced camera systems, or leave the payload bays empty, upon customer request. Additionally, Hercules is designed with a modular nose payload bay and a modular center bay on the belly of the aircraft, which makes payload integration easier. Hercules, according to AAC, can be deployed in such applications as precision agriculture, defense, infrastructure inspection, and environmental monitoring.

XPONENTIAL 2017 booth number: 3430-F

To Learn More:

Contact: Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC)
Headquarters: Hampton, VA, USA
Product:
Hercules drone
Key Features: 8-rotor UAS, 38 lbs. gross weight, 2-stroke gasoline engine, 12.5 ft. span, 5 ft. length, two payload bays for cameras.

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Former VSD Editor James Carroll joined the team 2013.  Carroll covered machine vision and imaging from numerous angles, including application stories, industry news, market updates, and new products. In addition to writing and editing articles, Carroll managed the Innovators Awards program and webcasts.

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