Comment by Ellison Chan on May 2, 2012 at 2:48pm

So, are you manufacturing these for sale?

Developer Comment by John Arne Birkeland on May 2, 2012 at 3:02pm

That looks very, very slick. But 3,7kg is a bit much, so I guess that is the downside.

Comment by Muhammad Al-Rawi on May 2, 2012 at 3:08pm

How does it behave in the wind? 

Comment by Ellison Chan on May 2, 2012 at 3:15pm

He says that it fits 12" props, and 4x5A 4s batteries, with 6 decent powered motors  the 3.7kg, should be a piece of cake to lift.

Comment by MC on May 2, 2012 at 3:24pm

It looks cute.

3.7kg empty weight sounds too heavy; how long it flies (i.e. what its endurance)?

Comment by Greg Fletcher on May 2, 2012 at 9:30pm

You are sacrificing efficiency for safety and robustness. The motor struts are very draggy. With a copter, hang time depends on efficiency. Weight = current =  time.

Comment by eduardo on May 2, 2012 at 11:21pm

not too safety ...

Comment by AirviewLive on May 3, 2012 at 1:12am

Hi Guys,

The frames are not yet for sale, they have been manufactured under contract, but there are plans for selling them.

The 3,7kg is easy for normal flying, however for edurance it's a bit on the low side. It hovers at 30A without payload. With 1kg payload, it's 60A(!) Flight time now with 1 lipo: 7 minutes. It is however a great trainer as you can hover inches above grass (when the landing gear isnt attached) and safely maneuver it around. 

The motor struts do drag, but because we turned the motors the other way around the effect should be minimal. there is nothing below the props that can obstruct the airflow. From the top, there is only suction.

There are plans on making a mesh above and under the props, but my guess is that that will decrease flighttime rapidly...

thanks for the comments guys.

Comment by Aerhead on May 3, 2012 at 7:29am

Great Hexcopter

If you can find a light weight mesh and have a large area covered above the props you should not have much reduction in lift.  Below the props the air speed is so high it would be very difficult to not have a large reduction in lift.

Moderator Comment by Hai Tran on May 3, 2012 at 7:58am

Where can I buy one of these frames from? :-)

Although 60A with a 1KG payload is too high.  My Hexa hovers with camera and gimbal payload at 30A.  My Octo hovers with camea and gimbal payload at 40A.

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