A Seven-Minute Quantum Leap

Dean Sigler Electric Powerplants, Sustainable Aviation Leave a Comment

Quantum Systems GmbH, located on the Dornierstraße (aptly named after a pioneering German aviation firm) near Munich, makes small eVTOL  (electric Vertical Take Off and Landing) vehicles with large missions.  Quantum’s Tron and Trinity drones offer two platforms for deliveries of small packages, performance of surveillance and mapping, and providing tactical observation.  Last week, the company demonstrated a key benefit of using their Trinity drone to speedily deliver “more than 15 urgent corona (SARS-Cov-2) test samples.”  It was a seven-minute “Quantum leap” from a mobile corona test station on the Theresienwiese to the Munich laboratory. Dramatic Recounting True to press release writing, Quantum adds a bit of drama to the story. “Gilching, Deutschland, June 4th, 2020. The physician in protective clothes inserts the swab into the tube, asks the older man a few specific questions and marks the note “urgent sample”. “Last week Quantum-Systems GmbH and laboratory Becker & Kollegen tested the transport of samples, by drone.  Timely results may have major influence on …