“The results validated our extensive simulation efforts, because the flight endurance is almost exactly what was predicted by our simulation.” “Extrapolating the flight endurance of Hybrid Tiger from the recent flight data suggests it can reach the programme goal flight endurance,” says Stroman. The laboratory plans such a demonstration later this spring. “Despite all of that, Hybrid Tiger performed well.”īecause the UAV performed well in poor conditions, engineers with the Naval Research Laboratory expect it could fly for more than two days continuously in better weather and sunlight. “The flight was effectively a performance test in worst-case conditions: temperatures falling below zero degrees Celsius, winds gusting to 20kt, and relatively little solar energy as we approached the solar solstice 21 December,” says Richard Stroman, a mechanical engineer from the Naval Research Laboratory Chemistry Division. Hybrid Tiger being launched with a winch system Airline Business special: CEOs to watch in 2021.

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