Gryphon Hydrogen Endurance Drone

 

Hydrogen fuelled drones offer the ability to break the mould and fly many times longer than traditional electric powered drones. We have been pioneering the integration of hydrogen fuel cells for over 5 years, and as the technology matures the power output has increased. We fully understand the unique challenges as well as the benefits of hydrogen fuel technology. We have first hand experience on numerous projects that have attained firsts or world records, this has lead to us developing a very optimised and efficient drone solution for typical camera payloads.

The Gryphon Hydrogen drone can fly over 3 hours even with a 2kg camera payload, so whether you need situation awareness for a live event, to feature film to search and rescue endurance is not an issue.

Hydrogen Endurance Airframe

 

Bespoke Industrial Frame

 

The industrial octagonal booms and core of the Gryphon airframe is a custom design to cater for the hydrogen fuel cell and tank whilst leaving space for whatever payload option you require. The airframe is based around a flat hexacopter configuration as this offers the best power profile for the hydrogen fuel cell, but also redundancy should a motor fail.

The unique Y shaped outer arms are detachable for stowage and transportation, within these arm are the power looms that manage the motors, ESC's and LEDS. The connectors are made from aircraft grade aluminium and secured by pins and bolts to ensure rigidity in flight.

 

 

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

 

The latest generation fuel cells allows for over 3 hours endurance and unlike traditional battery systems where should the main power fail you loose everything, the hydrogen fuel cell has a backup battery which has sufficient power to allow the pilot to adapt to the situation and land the drone safely.

These spare batteries are also charged by the hydrogen fuel cell in flight when there is excess power being generated by the hydrogen fuel cell.

 

 

Re-fueling

Unlike LiPo Batteries where air travel is not permitted as they are considered dangerous goods, meaning that expensive batteries have to be purchased upon arrival, if readily available. Hydrogen fuel is easy to purchase in bottle form at any gas supplier locally.

 

Furthermore you do not need multiple batteries sets to allow continuous filming whilst the battery sets are recharging, as hydrogen tank refuelling only takes a few minutes. Additional benefits are that hydrogen is a green fuel therefore does not have any harmful emissions.

 

Specifications:

Aircraft Frame Type: Hexa Frame
Aircraft Material: Carbon Fibre + AL6061

Performance:

Hover time (10.8l Cylinder): 180 minutes with 2 Kg Payload
  90~120minutes with 5Kg Payload
Hovering Accuracy: Vertical 0.5m, Horizontal 1.5m
Max Speed: 15m/s (54 km/h)
Max Altitude: 2500m

Ground Controller

Operating Frequency: 2.400-2.483 Ghz
Dimensions (l x w x d) : 272 x 183 x 94mm
Endurance: 6-20 hours
MAx Brightness: 1800nits
Tansmission Distance : up to 30km
Ports: 1 x HDMI, 1 x MIDI, 1 x RJ45, 1 Type-C
Weight: 1100grams

Weights:

Airframe MTOM: 25 Kg
Airframe weight (inc Fuel Cell & 10.8l Tank): 18.1Kg
Maximum Recommended Payload: 7kg
Thrust-to-weight Ratio: 1.9:1

Dimensions

Length (not including arms) 975mm
Length (not including arms) 975mm
Height (with 10.8l Tank): 700mm
Arms Length 450mm
Arms Width 1000mm
Arms Height 200mm

What's Included - Airframe:

  • 1 x Hexa 1600mm Pro Hexa Reinforced Airframe
  • 6 x Motors
  • 6 x Propellers
  • 6 x ESCs
  • 6 x Core PCB for Super Frame
  • 1 x Dual Voltage BEC’s
  • 1 x Power Distribution Board
  • 6 x Internal ESC Trays
  • 1 x All-In-One Ground Control Station
  • 1 x HD Video Link
  • 1 x T-Type Quick Release Heavy Duty Landing Gear
  • 1 x Autopilot
  • 4 x High Flux LEDs
  • Transportation Case
  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell
  • Hydrogen 10.8l Tank
  • Reserve battery packs
  • Battery Charger
  • All Built, Configured, and Tested by Gryphon Dynamic Professional Team of engineers

 

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