Pyka’s Autonomous Electric Pelican To Spray Californian Farms

The Pelican 2 has 15 battery packs that can be swapped between flights.

The Pelican 2 has 15 battery packs that can be swapped between flights.

Credit: Pyka
A commercial-scale demonstration of zero-emission crop spraying using electric aircraft is beginning under a multi-year project funded by the California government and involving Pyka’s Pelican 2 autonomous agricultural aircraft. The California Zero-Emission Aviation Demonstration Project is backed...
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