Fuel cells to replace LiPo's in the future

[Richard M]

Fuel cells set to power up the drone industry

A couple of Inspire 1 pictures in the article, but I think our first generation Inspire will be obsolete by the time this technology becomes mainstream. Perhaps the Inspire 4 will be powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and have a 3 hour endurance.

 

[DesertWindAero]

Fuel cells set to power up the drone industry

A couple of Inspire 1 pictures in the article, but I think our first generation Inspire will be obsolete by the time this technology becomes mainstream. Perhaps the Inspire 4 will be powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and have a 3 hour endurance.

Just like anything new, they will be prohibitively expensive for years, especially in the consumer market...probably going only to high-dollar commercial or military customers first.