DJI Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL), fixed-wing quadcopter drone

eljunbo809 · Feb 21, 2018

Holy mama here are the specs and website from where I got the strory from
First photos and specs appear of DJI’s VTOL fixed-wing quadcopter drone

The specifications of the DJI VTOL fixed-wing drone:

Wingspan: 2380mm
length: 1300mm
maximum take-off weight: 6.5kg
maximum flight height: 200m
maximum speed: 75km/h
maximum flight time: 60min
maximum payload weight: 0.8kg
range: 20km
radio link: LB2/4G LTE
price: $50000+

BerndM · Feb 21, 2018

$50,000 ?????????????????????

MavicCF · Feb 21, 2018

Well gosh I think I spent all my loose change already

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Tommytucka · Feb 21, 2018

Wow! This is no toy

BerndM · Feb 21, 2018

Certainly not at THAT price.
"Toys For Big (rich) Boys"

CactusJackSlade · Feb 21, 2018

Hummmmm how do the motors pitch forward?... especially the rear ones without interfering with the current way it's mounted. Looks like they strapped the twin motor beams from the Inspire onto a fixed wing. I wanna call BS, but will wait and see if this is the true design.

I would be interested in a Mavic X type design with tilt motors and the motor arms were airfoils to aid in lift.

lightbg · Feb 22, 2018

CactusJackSlade said:
Hummmmm how do the motors pitch forward?... especially the rear ones without interfering with the current way it's mounted. Looks like they strapped the twin motor beams from the Inspire onto a fixed wing. I wanna call BS, but will wait and see if this is the true design.

I would be interested in a Mavic X type design with tilt motors and the motor arms were airfoils to aid in lift.

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Just speculation, but the rears become pushers, like on the old B-36.

Jake

Mavic - Pilot · Feb 22, 2018

serious? 200 m height?
every Spark could fly twice as high

CactusJackSlade · Feb 23, 2018

lightbg said:
Just speculation, but the rears become pushers, like on the old B-36.

Jake

Possible.... but motor would need to stop and reverse direction... wouldn't it?

Anyway, will be watching with interest...

GerdS · Feb 23, 2018

Not very convincing. 6.5kg weight and only 0.8kg payload?

Tripner · Feb 23, 2018

Autel Robotics announced a similar bird, it looked more elegant, perhaps smaller. But since it was Autel, the bird exists entirely in their imagination. I think it is (was?) named Kestrel.

egildersleeve · Feb 24, 2018

I was really excited when I saw this and still kind of am. However, the same site referenced in the first post followed up with this article.

DJI dispels rumors about DJI fixed-wing VTOL drone

egildersleeve · Feb 24, 2018

Tripner said:
Autel Robotics announced a similar bird, it looked more elegant, perhaps smaller. But since it was Autel, the bird exists entirely in their imagination. I think it is (was?) named Kestrel.

That sounds correct. I actually spoke with them from a public safety standpoint and they have barely built the first prototype and claim to have more than a hundred agencies that have put in pre-orders. They sure are not local government agencies in thr USA. We can not order concepts.