Mission Profile & Advantage
- Zero-Downtime Active Failover: Engineered for massive power demands. If the aircraft's primary power source fails or drops voltage during crank, the PFMax switches to auxiliary power in microseconds. Your payload will not shut down, brownout, or drop data.
- Hardware-Level Soft Latch: In the event of an upstream power loss, the PFMax automatically severs the output connection. Outputs remain safely disengaged until manually overridden by the operator, protecting sensitive sensors from violent inrush currents and alternator spikes.
- Zero-Tether Post-Flight Data Ops: Massive point clouds take time to process and transfer. Safely execute LiDAR static alignment and massive data offloads post-flight without burning Hobbs time or tethering your aircraft to consumer-grade battery stations.
The Heavy-Duty Tactical Advantage
Bypass the expensive Cockpit Buildout: For first responders, tactical operations, aerial survey crews, and tier-one engineering firms, the PFMax eliminates the need for extremely high dollar hardwired cockpit integrations. By utilizing standard aviation auxiliary feeds, operators can rapidly deploy enterprise-grade payloads across leased or standard fleet airframes.
Massive Simultaneous Bandwidth: The PFMax is engineered to carry the compounding load of the sensors and the processing laptop simultaneously. It serves as the unyielding power nervous system for heavy-draw gimbals, LiDAR, EO/IR arrays, Gas Detection units, Multispectral cameras, SAR/Radar, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), and Magnetometers.
Architecture & Specifications
- Massive 40A Continuous Throughput: Built with extreme thermal mass to handle the erratic, high-amperage draws of heavy GPUs processing point clouds while simultaneously running active sensor arrays.
- Priority Input Selection: Manually define the primary power draw hierarchy. This enables seamless integration with lower-voltage airframe systems or massive independent backup reserves (e.g., an 8S Lithium battery bank), completely isolating the aircraft alternator while maintaining instant failover capability.
- Live Telemetry Command: Stop guessing what your payload is drawing. An integrated flight-deck LCD provides real-time, second-by-second voltage and current draw telemetry for all channels, allowing operators to monitor payload power health at a glance.
- Hardware Safety Interlocks: Integrated resettable breakers, thermal throttling, and hardware-level polarity-agnostic inputs to prevent catastrophic reverse-wiring during rapid tactical deployments.
Operational Deployments
The PFMax is the apex of the ManiWrks payload power architecture. It is designed for operators who cannot afford a single dropped frame or corrupted data packet due to airframe power volatility.
Whether tracking fugitive gas emissions with hyper-spectral sensors, conducting high-altitude LiDAR sweeps, or coordinating disaster response with heavy EO/IR gimbals, the PFMax guarantees your hardware receives clean, uninterrupted, heavily-filtered power.
Operational Compliance & Liability Notice
RESTRICTED DEPLOYMENT: Strict adherence to ManiWrks Aviation Products Liability limits applies. The PFMax is classified as Ground Support Equipment (GSE) / Cargo. ManiWrks mandates certified A&P mechanic installation for any active airframe power draw (typically via a dedicated high-amperage aircraft breaker). A signed Hold Harmless agreement and documented bench-testing are required prior to live deployment.