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

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Remotely piloted

Engine type

Hybrid

Application

Cargo, Utility

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Landing gear

Skids

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Rotor configuration

Multirotor

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

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