DRONES LIFT: Gamers, Physicists, Drones, Engineers and a Minerals Extractor

What happens when a weed-smoking video gamer, a crazy-mad scientist (physicist), a tenacious engineer, and a minerals extractor collaborate to build a drone to lift 2,500 kilograms?

Vertical takeoff drones are already in use. So we are not reinventing the wheel by building vertical lift crafts. But! Doing things differently in the small-scale mining and agriculture industries is new. People can use our minerals to make cell phones, cheap useless toys for their bad-azz kids, or ugly knobs for their kitchen cabinets, but when we say we want to use drones instead of mules, dump trucks, and conveyor systems, it becomes impossible. Y'all, something else! We will use drones in the most challenging areas. If we are soft on anything, it is the treatment of people and animals and the miners' and farmers' mother, Mother Nature.

To lift 2,500 kilograms is not the challenge. The main problem with lift in drones is that it is difficult to control and maintain a consistent altitude. Now imagine that the drone has to lift itself and the payload. In our case, the freight is earth materials of sand, gravel, and ore (rocks) loaded with minerals like gold, rhodium, diamonds, etc. Sometimes it will haul equipment, tools, etc.

So the structure of these drones will have to be beyond strong, especially when we start hauling people and animals.

Motor

Drones rely on their motors and propellers to generate thrust, which is the force that pushes them forward and gives them lift. Think like doing a push-up. You have to push down to go up. The muscles in your arms, back, shoulders, and stomach work like motors. Tendons and ligaments are similar to cables. Your bones are the body/frame.??

Thrust

This thrust is produced by combining the rotating blades and the power of the motor. The problem with these payloads is that the drone is in the air; the motors must work harder to generate enough thrust and lift to keep the drone in the air while maintaining a constant altitude. This is a difficult task and requires a lot of power and careful adjustment of the propellers. The propeller tilting accuracy needs to be spot on. The lift generated by the drone is limited by the size of its propellers and the amount of air it can push. As a result, larger drones with larger propellers tend to have an easier time generating lift and maintaining a consistent altitude. This is also the thing with multiple small propellers with some accuracy variations. We discovered that adjusting the power to the propeller adjustment was challenging to keep the drone aloft while maintaining a consistent altitude when testing recreational drones to lift and haul rocks, swinging hammers, and helmets.?

Out Of Control?

On one occasion, the drone could not maintain its altitude, and the payload was dictating the direction of the drone as it swung all over the place. It came at me like a wild hornet. I am a jungle miner; I fear no man or beast. But! An out-of-control drone with sharp blades and a box of tools had me and everyone else running for cover. I literally dove behind a piece of equipment and looked over the top like I was in combat, hiding from a sniper. The engineer was running like a schoolgirl from a boy chasing her with a bug. The gamer was falling down laughing; I swear he probably smoked something before coming to the drone test. In fact, I am certain he smoked something. The physicist was still trying to take notes and swatting his hand like the 7-kilogram drone was a mosquito.?

When it finally crashed, we learned an elementary but essential lesson. Lift is not the issue on a non-windy day. We realized that we needed to think differently about the science of the materials, their structure, and most importantly, it doesn't have to be built how everyone else is doing it.

I asked the gamer how he would build the drone. I asked the engineer how he would play with the drone if it were a video game. You would not believe it when asked to switch roles; the concepts of how we could develop drones went crazy.

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Parameters

We only gave them the parameters of?

• lift a minimum of 2,500 kilograms,?
• maximize mobility and maneuverability,?
• being structurally sound and lightweight,?
• flying for an extended period of time,?
• being as safe as possible,?
• having the least amount of environmental impact?
• have dependable navigation and locator system,
• having built-in obstacle avoidance sensors, and?
• never make it the color pink.

We didn't care how it looked as long as it met the requirements. When the gamer's first question was, "Does it have to have propellers?" we knew we were on the right track. The engineer bucked his eyes, the physicist smiled, and I said, "It doesn't even have to have motors; it only needs to meet the parameters."

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If you are a scientist, researcher, professor, dorm room student, garage-based CEO, or basement tech company, or want to get out from behind the cubicle, we want to connect. We know how many of you are overlooked and underappreciated. We want to value you and the work you do. We promise if we commit, we will follow through!?

Please contact us with your project. We can get the minerals, so don't worry.

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Article: DRONES LIFT: Gamers, Physicists, Drones, Engineers and a Minerals Extractor

Author: Office of Writing For Publication?

Credits: None?

Narrator: Samantha VoiceOver (If Used)

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Website: Youngblood Industries dot Com??

Original:? February 02, 2023

Published: February 27, 2023

Updated: February 27, 2023

Publisher: Youngblood Industries

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