BANDWAGON, you see the prototype for GET(russian company) charging system? they are testing a wireless -inflight- charging Station, that once it is all set, weather proof (except for wind conditions) you can have a charging station setup (looks like about a 15' circle of wires set about 10' high) where the test SUPPOSEDLY had a 6 minute rapid charge induction setup which gets you a 25 minute flight time all wireless and WHILE flying(hovering)..and it can do 3-4 drones at the same time.
if this tech pans out it would be good for setting up a permanent drone security system...with 24/7 coverage(except for really bad weather) along the perimeter of ANY size area... have these stations setup ~15 minute flight times apart, could cover an immense area with drones.
say a loop 100 miles long... 40 miles an hr for a good drone (inspire does 58). a charging station every 10 miles. (figure about 24 min from station depart to station depart)
initial deployment 82 drones(get 100 and have 18 for maintenance replacements).. 6 minutes apart going in each direction @a 3 minute stagger with the direction of each drone time 0 drone 1 going "south.. minute 3 drone 42 going north minute 6 drone 2 south etc.
minute 24 first station drone 1 has descended and finished charging. drone 2 arrives as drone 1 departs. repeat (10 stations per 100 mile loop (start and end at station 1
so drones 1 2 3 4 5( and drones 42 43 44 45) have departed in the first 24 minutes W/drone 1 has just finished charging@station 2. drone 2 has just arrived drone 3 is @mile 6.67 drone 4 is at mile 3.33 drone 5 is at mile 0 having just departed(roughly)
drones 6-9 will depart in the next 24 minutes- drone 1@station 3
10-13 next 24 minutes - drone 1@station 4
14-17 - drone 1@station 5 drone 38 leaving station 5 3 minutes later - we now have complete coverage @ 3 minute stagger
18-21 drone 1@ station 6
22-25 drone 1@station 7
26-29 drone 1@station 8
30-33 drone 1@station 9
34-37 drone 1 @station 10
38-41 drone 1 is 3 minutes from finishing its charge @station 1, drone 41 left 3 minutes prior, drone 82 is departing going north & drone 42 has just arrived from the south.
if i did my math right complete coverage of the 100 mile loop with a pass by at any one point every 3 minutes w/ no more than 3 drones @ a charging station at the same time- one will be just departing, one will be just arriving, and one will be in the middle of charging.
now we just have to have drones sturdy enough to do this 24/7/365 @a system to gather all the video data with no conflicting signals..