Pyka Unveils Pelican Cargo Heavy-Payload UAS

The Pelican Cargo has four electric motors, while the Spray has two on the wing and one on the tail.

Credit: Pyka
U.S. startup Pyka is conducting flight tests of its Pelican Cargo heavy-payload electric uncrewed logistics aircraft in California and planning to perform operational flights in the UK this year with Skyports Drone Services. The Pelican Cargo is a development of Pyka’s Pelican Spray autonomous...
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