Remembering TechStarts Demo Day 2018 - LiftWorks exhibited to support customer Aerotronic

Fellow LiftWorks founders Adam Morrison (left) and Zacheriah Cole (right)

A year ago this month LiftWorks was toiling away to produce its first publicly presented fully integrated hybrid power plant for large industrial sUAS after two years of research and development. Preparations were being made to show support for customer, Aerotronic, for their Demo Day at TechStars in Detroit.

Dauntless & PowerBlock Model LW3 Side by Side

This was the first time to gain public feedback on the look and feel of the final product, packaging together the various technologies comprising the hybrid power plant christened the PowerBlock Model LW3, and it was unanimously very well received.

Now with final product development testing wrapping up, LiftWorks and Aerotronic expect to begin flight testing later this year and begin the long-endurance operations of the hybrid version of Aerotronic’s Dauntless All-weather single-rotor UAV.

The PowerBlock Model LW3 is a 3kW system comprised of a piston engine, generator, batteries, and a hybrid power management control system built by LiftWorks, facilitating easy conversion of electric-powered sUAS to increase endurance from less than an hour to several hours depending on mission profiles.

PowerBlock Model LW3

About LiftWorks, Inc.

LiftWorks is a provider of custom propulsion systems for sUAS specializing in hybrid power for drones such as quadcopters, helicopters, and fixed wing aircraft founded in 2015 with operations in California, Oregon, and Indiana.