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Hi Everyone,

I want to build a Quad for tethered flight. Something that can climb and hold for long durations. Its just a hobby project, so I don't have any huge problems regarding reliability right now.

So here are the requirements:

1. Should be able to climb upto 200ft. 

2. if the power supply fails from ground station the copter just lands using its battery power.

3. should be able to carry a gimble and go pro.

The weight of twisted pair cable that long will come out about 700-1000gm. Plus the wind effect on cable and craft. I think an addition 1kg of payload capability will be good. So a total payload capacity of 2kg should be good.  Plus if I decide to give 220V AC from the ground station to keep the losses low and wire thin. I will need an additional about 1kg for the power supply.

So lets say 3kg of total payload. 

I am little tight on budget here so I was thinking of buying IRIS and modding it to my requirement. But IRIS has a payload capacity of only ~450gm. And I think, after putting the camera and gimple it has none. Can an IRIS be modded for that kind of payload. I now an x8 configuration will be better from reliability perspective but its too expensive. If I have to build one. What kind of frame/motors/props should I look for.