Parallel Flight Technologies Firefly

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Quadcopter radical UAS combining extreme heavy lifting and long flight duration. Proprietary Parallel Hybrid Electric Multirotor (PHEM) drone technology gives the platform the capability of listing its own mass for over two hours.

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Lift type

Rotary wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Remotely piloted

Engine type

Hybrid

Application

Cargo, Utility

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Landing gear

Skids

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Configuration & certification

Rotor configuration

Multirotor

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Parallel Flight Technologies Firefly	/		Heavy-lift UAS.

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