Bladeless Drones - Are These The Drones Of The Future?
This concept is brought to us by the Mexican designer Edgar Herrera. This beautiful futuristic design looks nothing like the drones we all love and know today. Endowed with a Red Dot award, this concept solves 3 main problems we have with today’s drones - noise, exposed and fast-spinning propellers, and wind problems.
Without exposed propellers, this drone will remove the danger of injuring people in the event of a drone failure. We are well aware of the damage fast-spinning propellers can do to human flesh.
Another benefit to this design is that there is no noise. Drone noise is caused by the constant fluctuation of pressure around propellers. Getting rid of propeller blades takes away that noise. Talking about wind, when a gust of wind hits a drone with propellers, it disturbs the airflow and can lead to the drone losing control or worse crashing.
The Bladeless Drone, due to its aerodynamic shape can use that wind to its advantage, giving more stability when flying in windy conditions
The Bladeless Drone has 4 “propellers”. One in the centre for controlling altitude, take-off and landing. Two front ones can turn 20 degrees forwards and backwards and control movements in those directions. And there is the 4th one in the back that can also turn 20 degrees sideways, for controlling yaw.
All this wouldn’t be possible without the application of Dyson’s bladeless fans, or so-called air multipliers. They are engineered in a way that the output airflow is 15 times greater than the amount that passes through the motors inside the fan.
Is this futuristic design the drone of the future? Time will tell I guess. Mojo NZ Drones will definitely be keeping an eye on this one!
Without exposed propellers, this drone will remove the danger of injuring people in the event of a drone failure. We are well aware of the damage fast-spinning propellers can do to human flesh.
Another benefit to this design is that there is no noise. Drone noise is caused by the constant fluctuation of pressure around propellers. Getting rid of propeller blades takes away that noise. Talking about wind, when a gust of wind hits a drone with propellers, it disturbs the airflow and can lead to the drone losing control or worse crashing.
The Bladeless Drone, due to its aerodynamic shape can use that wind to its advantage, giving more stability when flying in windy conditions
The Bladeless Drone has 4 “propellers”. One in the centre for controlling altitude, take-off and landing. Two front ones can turn 20 degrees forwards and backwards and control movements in those directions. And there is the 4th one in the back that can also turn 20 degrees sideways, for controlling yaw.
All this wouldn’t be possible without the application of Dyson’s bladeless fans, or so-called air multipliers. They are engineered in a way that the output airflow is 15 times greater than the amount that passes through the motors inside the fan.
Is this futuristic design the drone of the future? Time will tell I guess. Mojo NZ Drones will definitely be keeping an eye on this one!