Wood molding and sheet forming system and method

A motorcraft comprising:

• a prime mover including an output shaft;
• and
• a propeller coupled to the output shaft and made of a densified wood manufactured by:
• obtaining a wood sheet having a first tensile strength;
• portioning the wood sheet into a plurality of wood blanks;
• bathing a wood blank of the plurality of wood blanks in a pretreatment liquid to reduce a lignin content of the wood blank;
• removing the wood blank from the pretreatment liquid;
• emplacing the wood blank in a cavity of a die;
• compressing and simultaneously heating the wood blank within the cavity of the die to:
• conform the wood blank into a shape of the cavity of the die, and
• simultaneously densify a cellular structure of the wood blank to create a densified wood object;
• maintaining a pressure and a temperature within the cavity above a threshold pressure and a threshold temperature for a period of time between approximately 0.5 hours to approximately 24 hours to dehydrate and reconsolidate the densified wood object within the cavity;
• adjusting the temperature and pressure within the cavity to room temperature and pressure;
• and
• removing the densified wood object from the cavity of the die.

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), comprising:

• a frame;
• a plurality of prime movers coupled to the frame;
• a body panel coupled to the frame and made of a densified wood manufactured by:
• obtaining a wood sheet having a first specific strength;
• portioning the wood sheet into a plurality of wood blanks;
• bathing a wood blank of the plurality of wood blanks in a pretreatment liquid to reduce a lignin content of the wood blank;
• removing the wood blank from the pretreatment liquid;
• emplacing the wood blank in a cavity of a die;
• compressing and simultaneously heating the wood blank within the cavity of the die to:
• conform the wood blank into a shape of the cavity of the die, and
• simultaneously densify a cellular structure of the wood blank to create a densified wood object;
• maintaining a pressure and a temperature within the cavity above a threshold pressure and a threshold temperature for a period of time between approximately 0.5 hours to approximately 24 hours within the cavity;
• adjusting the temperature and pressure to dehydrate and reconsolidate the densified wood object within the cavity to room temperature and pressure;
• removing the densified wood object from the cavity of the die;
• a plurality of rotors coupled to the plurality of prime movers and made of the densified wood;
• a flight system configured for remote control of the plurality of prime movers;
• and
• a camera configured to provide a real-time video feed.