Payloads
2/25/250 tonnes (550,000 lbs)
SkyLifters are solar-electric air-cranes designed to lower the costs of building big infrastructure projects by overcoming the limitations of land-crane access and helicopter payload weights.
The SkyLifter hook is supported from above, not below as with land-cranes. The design of the system allows us to achieve hook heights of over 300 metres.
As the hook moves horizontally, the vertical support remains constant. Therefore the maximum payload can be carried across the hook’s entire reach.
2/25/250 tonnes (550,000 lbs)
over 2,000 km (1,200 miles)
endless, no-cost floating
about 45 knots (80 kmph/50 mph)
under 3,000m (10,000 ft)
1 pilot (on/offboard)
solar/electric
silent to low whirr