US Army successfully flies a hybrid electric drone with 3D-printed heavy-fuel rotary engine — 400v motor-generator uses advanced engineering to ditch a bulky liquid cooling system

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by Tom's Hardware at 04 Nov, 10:30 UTC

The US Army VICTOR drone uses an optimized heavy-fuel rotary engine developed with metal 3D printing for rapid prototyping.

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• T2US Army successfully flies a hybrid electric drone with 3D-printed heavy-fuel rotary engine — 400v motor-generator uses advanced engineering to ditch a bulky liquid cooling systemTom's Hardware04 Nov, 10:30