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There are commercially available tailsitter UAVs primarily used for mapping purposes: https://www.atmosuav.com/product/mapping-drone-marlyn?view=wind https://w
by walrus01 4y ago
There are commercially available tailsitter UAVs primarily used for mapping purposes:
https://www.atmosuav.com/product/mapping-drone-marlyn?view=wind https://www.atmosuav.com/product/mapping-drone-marlyn?view=w...
It transitions into forward wing flight after take off. It does achieve a greater flight distance/flight time per battery compared to the same size of thing as a quadcopter, but NOT as great of endurance as something like a 2 meter wingspan VTOL with four lift motors + single thrust motor, such as:
https://www.foxtechfpv.com/foxtech-loong-2160-vtol-mapping-package.html https://www.foxtechfpv.com/foxtech-loong-2160-vtol-mapping-p...
- swores 4y agoI (as someone without a need for any drone and therefore without having looked at enough prices of drones to have any gut instinct here) was curious how much that first one you linked - the Marlyn UAV - might cost, since the company only says to contact them for pricing. This page [1] suggests $17k, is that likely on the money (pun intended, sorry) or just a random scam site? [1] https://volatusdrones.com/products/atmos-marlyn https://volatusdrones.com/products/atmos-marlyn
- walrus01 4y agodon't think that's a scam site, though it probably has a healthy profit margin. that price is within the range of normal for a fully built surveying drone for use by people who aren't interested in getting into the technical details of pixhawk/ardupilot/arducopter stuff and building their own. They're sold to surveying companies, mining companies etc. go look at pricing for the DJI Matrice 30 (M30) for some comparisons...