Ten times further, four times longer, ten times less noisy, five times more payload for an equivalent or even lower price. These breathtaking figures are those of American Sifly drones compared to its Chinese competitors and first of all DJI. If these claims are truthful, these aéronefsaéronefs are simply exceptional. The Q12 and Q250 are not small drones. They are mainly intended for industry and are designed to transport useful loads of 4.5 kilos and 90.7 kilos respectively. The devices have an architecture different from what is usually found. The body of the drone is massive and rectangular. Arms, undoubtedly made up of carbonecarboneare much longer than usual, with a rather pronounced angle upwards.
The smaller Q12 platform can achieve a Stationary flightStationary flight For two hours. It can evolve for three hours with a radius of action of 145 kilometers. The machine would be completely silent at 100 meters, which intends it to use in urban areas, to specific civil missions, or to meet the needs of steepnesssteepness acoustics of military operations.
Sifly unveils a comparative video between the performance of its drones and those of Chinese competition. © Sifly
It carries 90 kilos of load for 1 hour 20!
More imposing, the Q250 is designed for heavy loading. Its autonomy would be 1 hour 20. It is more intended for the fight against fires, freight transport andspreadingspreading agricultural. It should be released in 2026. According to Sifly, this machine could replace a helicopterhelicopter For this type of missions, by reducing the operating cost to that of a drone.
It remains to be seen how Sifly has reached such performances. Has the firm developed unpublished technologies to optimize autonomy at this point in relation to heavy loads? On the available images, however, there is nothing truly innovative. And at the rate level, which has not been announced, how can an American company produce more efficient and less expensive drones than comparable Chinese models? For the moment, we must limit ourselves to believing society on word, because, in addition to these delirious figures, it does not deliver any detail.
