Doosan DS30 (the drone on hydrogen)

2019: The first tests

At the end of December, 2019 passed the first tests of the unmanned aerial vehicle working not on lithium batteries, and on hydrogen fuel. Developers consider that behind similar drones the future of air transportation.

For the purpose of timely delivery of medical company services of Skyfire Consulting, Doosan Mobility Innovation, Department of health care of the Virgin Islands of the USA and other partners combined efforts for creation of the unmanned aerial vehicle using hydrogen fuel. Within test flight the DS30 drone delivered 40 bottles with medicines and other objects of medical appointment from the test center on the island Santa Cruz to hospital on the island of Saint Thomas, having flown by 70 km. The command monitored flight by the boat together with the pilot who managed the drone for all two hours of flight. When the drone landed on the island, fuel in a tank there were 30 more minutes of additional flight.

Doosan DS30 is the first-ever drone on hydrogen

Doosan DS30 is the first-ever drone on hydrogen. The new technology provides more progressive tense of work, than normal batteries, and does not require long recharge. Specially developed 3D-printing tanks prevent hydrogen self-ignition. When planning test flight the command wanted to facilitate to the maximum a drone task therefore decided not to program autonomous flight and not to use the third-party software. However in long-term plans the company intends to create necessary for software.

Developers prepare a basis for the end of 2019: check controllability of the UAV under different weather conditions, analyze methods of deployment and estimate a possibility of autonomous piloting. Ideally the nurse should take blood samples in hospital, fix them on the drone and in an hour to receive the message that the drone brought them safe and sound to laboratory.^[1]

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