christopher.shiny
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Multicopters are extremely popular. These drones or copters are seen on store shelves everywhere and they have become so affordable that they are on shopping lists worldwide. When looking to buy a multicopter, you’ll find that there are many options.
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Terminology, such as quad, hexa and octo will be used as well as a few other, lesser-known words. What does this all mean? Let’s find out.
By far the most popular multicopter on the market. Quadcopters are fast, easy to manufacture and affordably priced. These copters utilize four propellers to ensure that the aircraft is able to lift up into the air. Essentially, there is a 4 propeller layout in the design of a square or rectangle around the body.
The one obvious benefit is that with four propellers, the product has a lot more power to be able to lift off of the ground. This allows for more payload or overall weight to be added.
Drones often use this design simply because it can hold a lot of weight without raising the price of the product drastically.
A few of the pros that are seen are:
Relatively cheap to manufacture.
Great maneuverability.
Powerful enough to add accessories.
Greater thrust and power versus tricopters.
Cons of a quadcopter:
Not as powerful as a hexacopter or octocopter.
For a hobbyist, the quadcopter simply makes sense. These models are readily available, easy to repair and they cost far less than their counterparts.
The best of the best on our list. The octocopter has all of the benefits seen with the hexacopters, but with even more power. These models are not cheap by any means and are often seen capturing the best aerial footage available. If you’re a professional videographer, you may want to hold onto your hat because what the octocopter has to offer is simply stunning.
Design-wise, this copter features 8 motors and propellers. These 8 motors provide the same benefit that the hexacopter provides over the quadcopter:
Speed: Much faster than the competition.
Control: Terrific control that is not hindered as much by wind or rain.
Safety: You can lose any one motor and still fly these copters just as well as you could a hexacopter. Furthermore, you may be able to lose 2 or 3 motors without the craft crashing down, depending on positioning and the overall payload.
If you plan on strapping a $1,600 camera to your drone to get truly vivid imagery and video, you wouldn’t want anything else aside from an octocopter. These aircrafts are made for flight and have true engine control and stability.
The pros of an octocopter are as follows:
Very fast and agile.
Reach exceptionally high elevations.
Extremely powerful.
Can hold heavy camera equipment.
Very safe and stable.
The cons, some of them already mentioned, are:
Big in size.
Expensive compared to the hexacopter and quadcopter.
Battery life is often far less.
Price and battery life are a concern. Newer models will have higher flight times, which is ideal. However, first generation models would have their batteries drained within 10 minutes and would require immense charging times. The overall battery life will depend on the overall payload, flight conditions and flight actions that are taken.
If you want a copter that can withstand heavy wind and can carry the best-of-the-best camera equipment, the absolute best choice, right now, would be to choose an octocopter.
to jump to the VERDICT!
Terminology, such as quad, hexa and octo will be used as well as a few other, lesser-known words. What does this all mean? Let’s find out.
By far the most popular multicopter on the market. Quadcopters are fast, easy to manufacture and affordably priced. These copters utilize four propellers to ensure that the aircraft is able to lift up into the air. Essentially, there is a 4 propeller layout in the design of a square or rectangle around the body.
The one obvious benefit is that with four propellers, the product has a lot more power to be able to lift off of the ground. This allows for more payload or overall weight to be added.
Drones often use this design simply because it can hold a lot of weight without raising the price of the product drastically.
A few of the pros that are seen are:
Relatively cheap to manufacture.
Great maneuverability.
Powerful enough to add accessories.
Greater thrust and power versus tricopters.
Cons of a quadcopter:
Not as powerful as a hexacopter or octocopter.
For a hobbyist, the quadcopter simply makes sense. These models are readily available, easy to repair and they cost far less than their counterparts.
The best of the best on our list. The octocopter has all of the benefits seen with the hexacopters, but with even more power. These models are not cheap by any means and are often seen capturing the best aerial footage available. If you’re a professional videographer, you may want to hold onto your hat because what the octocopter has to offer is simply stunning.
Design-wise, this copter features 8 motors and propellers. These 8 motors provide the same benefit that the hexacopter provides over the quadcopter:
Speed: Much faster than the competition.
Control: Terrific control that is not hindered as much by wind or rain.
Safety: You can lose any one motor and still fly these copters just as well as you could a hexacopter. Furthermore, you may be able to lose 2 or 3 motors without the craft crashing down, depending on positioning and the overall payload.
If you plan on strapping a $1,600 camera to your drone to get truly vivid imagery and video, you wouldn’t want anything else aside from an octocopter. These aircrafts are made for flight and have true engine control and stability.
The pros of an octocopter are as follows:
Very fast and agile.
Reach exceptionally high elevations.
Extremely powerful.
Can hold heavy camera equipment.
Very safe and stable.
The cons, some of them already mentioned, are:
Big in size.
Expensive compared to the hexacopter and quadcopter.
Battery life is often far less.
Price and battery life are a concern. Newer models will have higher flight times, which is ideal. However, first generation models would have their batteries drained within 10 minutes and would require immense charging times. The overall battery life will depend on the overall payload, flight conditions and flight actions that are taken.
If you want a copter that can withstand heavy wind and can carry the best-of-the-best camera equipment, the absolute best choice, right now, would be to choose an octocopter.