How is it able to fly such long distance, without running out of fuel?
Drones for war = one way trip? It won’t be capable to return from a long journey right?
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The term “drone” can mean a lot of different things. Most people think it means quadcopters (helicopters with four rotors). But the more professional definition is unmanned flying vehicle. This definition includes RC airplanes. Airplanes use a lot less fuel then helicopters. Another thing people do not realize is that drones comes in any size. And these bigger drones can carry more fuel and cargo so they can bring bigger things longer distances.
Since you are mentioning drones for war some of these can be absolutely enormous. In fact the term “drone” was first used for converted fighter jets with RC receivers controlling them. Drones are used as cheap cruise missiles by using piston engines designed for small aircraft rather then fast jet engines and rocket engines. So you essentially have an unmanned 6 seat aircraft which instead of seats is filled with explosives and instead of a pilot they have just programmed the autopilot to crash into the target.
These aircraft drones have also been fitted with cameras, bomb bays and even machine guns and rockets. So they can fly to a combat zone and attack the ground without risking the life of the pilot, and then fly back and land.
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