The Advanced Engineering School of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) plans to create a line of electric motors for cargo unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This was reported in the press service of the university.
The devices will be presented in 2025. They will be used in UAVs with a mass of up to three tons.
The project is part of the work to create a wide range of engines for unmanned aerial vehicles of various weights, starting from a few kilograms. We use similar structural elements, which will reduce the cost of finished products when switching to mass production.
Specialists have already created a line of engines with a capacity of 1-10 kW for drones weighing up to 100 kg. The developers plan to expand the line, supplementing it with electric motors with a capacity of 20 to 100 kW.
The project also includes controllers - these are electronic devices that control the operation of the engines. This makes it possible to more finely select the parameters of the devices to ensure the greatest thrust.
In addition, experts are analyzing the use of 3D printing for the manufacture of electric motors. It is expected that this approach will increase their quality. More than 95% of the materials for production are domestic.
Earlier www1.ru reported that a new engine for drones was developed in Novosibirsk.
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