Omni Hansa V5
Omni Hansa V5 is a drone. It covered 51 kilometres of distance in a single flight. As of November 2021, this was the longest distance covered by any drone in India.
About Omni Hansa V5
- The drone was developed by Omnipresent Robot Technologies.
- The drone was designed to conduct a survey on the pipelines of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL).
- Earlier to Omni Hansa V5, the longest distance covered by any drone in India was 42 kilometres.
- The Omni Hansa V5 is an auto-pilot drone. The entire flight of the drone from take off to landing was completely autonomous.
- The Omni Hansa V5 takes off and lands like a helicopter. It does not need any runway.
- It is called Hybrid fixed wing VTOL drone. VTOL means Vertical take off and landing drone.
- The drone is capable of flying more than 51 kilometres in Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) mode.
- The Omni Hansa V5 is capable of reaching a maximum height of 400 feet.
- The first flight of the drone was held in Haryana.
- The drone was tracked using a 4G network.