AERIS: An unmanned aerial vehicle capable of continuous flight by using remote power
Welcome to the home page of AERIS. An unmanned aerial vehicle capable of continuous flight by using remote power. This team was given the opportunity to come up with a partially laser powered UAV design capable of continuous flight.
Ever since the very first flight in 1903, aircraft and their missions have been limited in endurance. Since then, technologies have proven effective. yet the world flight endurance record for an unmanned aircraft stands at just over 336 [hrs] after more than one hundred years of progress. Take-offs and climbs are mission segments that are particularly fuel intensive; to increase aircraft endurance, it is best to minimize the impact of these mission segments, or eliminate them entirely. From the perspective of any business-minded individual, frequent fround activities such as re-fuelling and carrying out maintenance is time consuming as well as costly and inconvenient.