OUR JOURNEY
Lentola began developing and manufacturing drones in 2017. Over the years, we have designed and tested several different delivery drone concepts to find the best one. We have learned a lot about the performance of different wing and fuselage solutions along the way.
CONCEPT
There are many different aircraft concepts in the world. Each concept is always a compromise, because one concept is never the best of all in the field of flying. For example, a multicopter hovers most stably in strong winds, as it has no wings, but its range is very short.
The Lentola delivery drone concept offers numerous advantages over other concepts.
BENEFITS
Starting to use a heavy delivery drone can be exciting, sometimes even scary. Implementing a new mode of transport can seem overwhelming and laborious. However, the rewards are worth it. Drone delivery has far superior benefits in terms of cost and speed to other modes of transport in hard-to-reach areas.
METHOD
Safety is Lentola’s number one priority in all development and operations. The industry standard for a delivery drone is to go into hover and winch the package down to the customer. However, the risks of hovering a drone increase rapidly as wind strength increases. Given the accidents that have occurred worldwide in such situations, Lentola’s system supports the use of a parachute instead of hovering, which we consider a significantly safer operating method.
