Parrot video of tethered operation for 1,000 hours

[SleepLessTLV]

Hi All,
there is a video by Parrot showing proudly how their Anafi AI (and probably Anafi as well) can fly tethered for 1,000 hours while connected to a cable which looks like the USB C cable and connection.
I wonder - the USB C is rated for 3 Amperes max, and charging Anafi with the charger takes 150 minutes, while operating time is ~30 mins. So charging current is 1/5 of operation current. How did they pull this off?
thanks

 

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Hi All,
there is a video by Parrot showing proudly how their Anafi AI (and probably Anafi as well) can fly tethered for 1,000 hours while connected to a cable which looks like the USB C cable and connection.
I wonder - the USB C is rated for 3 Amperes max, and charging Anafi with the charger takes 150 minutes, while operating time is ~30 mins. So charging current is 1/5 of operation current. How did they pull this off?
thanks

Study these photos, of the Anafi AI and the Anafi USA, note the thick, multi-cable bundle.

In the photo of the Anafi AI, one can see a large box.

Parrot almost certainly has some high power mains setup connected directly to the appropriate pins on the drone with no battery involved, capable of handling the power requirements of the drone smoothly.

There are some commercial solutions available for doing this (tethered power), here's an example:
tethered-drone-solutions

 

[SleepLessTLV]

OK Thanks! Yes the cable definitely looks more than a simple USB C one

 

[ParrotAnafiFan]

Id like to know how and why the images are used by the vertical camera.