Drone flight data reveal energy and greenhouse gas emissions savings for very small package delivery

Thiago A. Rodrigues, Jay Patrikar, Natalia L. Oliveira, H. Scott Matthews, Sebastian Scherer, Constantine Samaras · 2022

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Builds an energy model from measured quadcopter flights for very small parcels.

Published 0.5 kg scenarios show substantial savings, while electric cargo bicycles have lower modeled emissions.

Tests cover one small aircraft and payloads up to 0.5 kg; warehouse changes and airspace detours are excluded.