{"id":147209,"date":"2026-03-04T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147209"},"modified":"2026-03-04T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:00:08","slug":"75-cost-cut-china-unveils-worlds-first-fixed-wing-drone-made-of-bamboo-fibre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147209","title":{"rendered":"75% cost-cut: China unveils world\u2019s first fixed-wing drone made of bamboo fibre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese researchers said they have developed a drone with wings made from bamboo, making it 20 per cent lighter and considerably cheaper than a carbon fibre device, according to state news agency Xinhua.<br \/>\nThe bamboo-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which completed its maiden flight in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin last month, costs about a quarter of the price of carbon fibre cloth, it said.<br \/>\nThe savings meant that the overall structural costs of a drone made with the new material could&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3345351\/75-cost-cut-china-unveils-worlds-first-fixed-wing-drone-made-bamboo-fibre?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese researchers said they have developed a drone with wings made from bamboo, making it 20 per cent lighter and considerably cheaper than a&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147209"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}