No runway, no problem: China demonstrates drone catapult made up of three trucks that interlock like Lego bricks and…
- Video showcases China's road-mobile electromagnetic catapult launching an aircraft for the first time
- The footage comes from a now-deleted social media post from the Beijing Institute of Technology's School of Mechanical Engineering
- Leverages China's existing EMALS tech by miniaturizing what it already uses on its aircraft carrier
China seems to have solved one of the biggest challenges modern drones face: deploying without a runway anywhere on the planet, thanks to a miniaturized version of the EMALS catapults found on its newest aircraft carrier.
A short video clip that surfaced towards the tail end of last month, from a social media post by the Beijing Institute of Technology's School of Mechanical Engineering, shows three eight-wheeled trucks linked together in a Lego-like fashion to form a runway that allows a propeller-driven drone to take flight.
The footage also shows all three trucks detached, coupling with each other, and exhibiting all-wheel steering that,...
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