Development of a continuous water discharge drone using a supply port
Yoshinori KOBATA, Shigenori Togashi · The Proceedings of Conference of Kanto Branch · 2024
There are many needs for continuous water discharge operations from drones. However, drones recently face subjects with battery and water replenishment, preventing continuous water discharge. Therefore, the objective of this research is to develop a continuous water discharge drone using a supply port without battery changes and water replenishment. The target of the water discharge area was determined, and water discharge method, drone and supply method were designed. The used drone was a quad type with at the diameter propeller of 10 inch. The water discharge device used in this experiment was made of T junction joints and carbon pipe fixed with heat shrink tubing, and used was a power supply with at the output of 1200 W. The payload was 690 g under "load proportional to flight height" environment with the drone wired and hose connected. Finally, the water discharge area by flight experiment became within 86.2% at the target area of 100m².