{"id":199400,"date":"2024-10-25T14:33:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/worlds-largest-drone-carries-5-tons\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T14:50:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:50:14","slug":"worlds-largest-drone-carries-5-tons","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/worlds-largest-drone-carries-5-tons\/","title":{"rendered":"This unmanned cargo plane travels up to 2,600 km without needing to recharge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the China-ASEAN Expo held on September 25, 2024, the Air White Whale company, a pioneer in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/plan-future-of-flight-unmanned-aviation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"139831\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unmanned aviation<\/a><\/strong> , revealed its new cargo plane, the <strong>W5000<\/strong> , already considered <strong>the largest drone in the world<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n<p>This fixed-wing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/unmanned-unmanned-ready-space-plane\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"162449\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unmanned aircraft<\/a><\/strong> is specifically designed for the air cargo market, standing out for its impressive capabilities and logistical efficiency.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The world&#8217;s largest drone moves at over 500 km\/h<\/h2>\n\n<p>The W5000 has a maximum take-off weight of 10.8 tonnes and can <strong>carry up to 5 tonnes of payload<\/strong> . Its optimised design allows for a cruising altitude of 6,000 metres and a maximum speed of 526 km\/h, <strong>covering distances of up to 2,600 kilometres without the need for recharging<\/strong> . 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Source: Air White Whale <\/p>\n\n<p>The W5000\u2019s boxy fuselage is designed to maximize cargo space, with <strong>more than 15% greater efficiency<\/strong> than traditional passenger-to-freight aircraft. This approach allows for greater space utilization while maintaining a lightweight structure by <strong>reducing weight by approximately 34%<\/strong> compared to aircraft in the same category. <\/p>\n\n<p>The cargo hold also has an effective volume of over 65 <sup>m3<\/sup> and is equipped with a rear hatch, allowing the handling of different types of cargo, including extra-long items of up to 13 metres.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other features of the W5000<\/h2>\n\n<p>Notable features of the W5000 include the use of composite materials in its <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/lhyfe-and-its-largest-green-hydrogen-plant\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"197589\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">construction<\/a><\/strong> , which improves anti-fatigue and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/additive-anticorrosive-with-graphene-presented\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"164505\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-corrosion<\/a><\/strong> properties, while <strong>reducing maintenance costs by more than 20%<\/strong> compared to metal-framed aircraft. In addition, the W5000&#8217;s autonomous driving system allows one crew to <strong>oversee 6-7 aircraft simultaneously<\/strong> , reducing operating costs by 40% compared to manned cargo aircraft. <\/p>\n\n<p>Another important aspect is that the aircraft is also compatible with multiple types of standard <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/walmart-invests-in-fox-robotics-stores\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"145372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cargo pallets<\/a><\/strong> such as LD3, P1P and AAA, facilitating its use in a variety of logistics scenarios, adapting to both civil and general aviation airports.<\/p>\n\n<p>In terms of cargo transportation solutions, the W5000, in addition to promising efficiency and reduced operating costs, contributes to <strong>reducing the environmental footprint in the logistics industry<\/strong> , taking a step forward towards <strong>decarbonization<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on social media and don&#8217;t miss any of our posts!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inspenet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspenet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source and photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airwhitewhale.com\/#\/newsDetails?oid=24ekawgoo1&amp;title=%E7%99%BD%E9%B2%B8%E8%88%AA%E7%BA%BFW5000%E4%BA%AE%E7%9B%B8%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E4%B8%9C%E7%9B%9F%E5%8D%9A%E8%A7%88%E4%BC%9A\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Air White Whale<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It features an optimized cargo hold that increases space utilization by more than 15% compared to traditional cargo aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8403,"featured_media":199186,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13064,13030],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-199400","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-aerospace","categoria_noticias-industry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/199400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/199400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=199400"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=199400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}