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Payload of 20 kg or more

Posted by Olav Bakka on March 26, 2016 at 10:21am

I just bought a canoe that has a weight of 16 kg + paddles. I am looking for an easy method to get it onto the car roof and then from the car to the water. It would be good to be able to do it alone. Also to get the canoe from one lake to the next easily would be great. First I thought of a balloon that can lift approx 20 kg and just tag it along after me in the air i a rope. But the balloon would be so big that it would be unpractical I imagine. Now I am looking for drone possibilities. Can you think of other ways? Any suggestions of type, cost, size and weight of a drone with 20 kg payload? Olav

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  • Dorjano Baruca March 31, 2016 at 8:08pm

    Well..... What about punting some booms on your canoe, them some ESC, and motors on top a big 2x10000mAh LiPo, a simple FC and you are good to go. You even don't need TX/RX as you could just use a wire and some simple command attached.

    And here you go a flying canoe. But seriously, if you are not physically challenged or disabled then you should seek other options. Even with such a simple setup the price would be in a range of couple 1000$ (big motors, big props, big lipos).

    All the best!

    D.

    • Ron Joly > Dorjano Baruca April 5, 2016 at 8:35am

      That is a viable option and can work.

      Hell you can even configure it to propel the canoe forward once on the water, that would be kind of neat to see.

  • Matt™ March 31, 2016 at 2:40pm

    So much is wrong with this...  It would be infinitely easier to use your hands - assuming you're the proud owner of hands and legs.  If not, then a drone could be a fully legitimate method of transporting this object.  If you do have human appendages though...well...use those instead.

  • George Kelly March 30, 2016 at 9:39pm

    We could turn the question around. Is your canoe big enough?

    George

  • George Kelly March 30, 2016 at 9:24pm

    A portage drone!

    Is nothing sacred?

    George

  • Phil Gamito March 30, 2016 at 8:54pm

    I don't think you'd be looking at less than $10,000. Why not get a gym membership for much less?

  • Corrie Venter March 26, 2016 at 6:03pm

    Manpower.

  • Rob_Lefebvre March 26, 2016 at 12:04pm

    Yes, you should be able to do it with a 40kg drone.

    • Phil Gamito > Rob_Lefebvre March 30, 2016 at 9:29pm

      On an unrelated note, Rob, I think there's a bug in the tricopter software

      • Developer
        leonardthall > Phil Gamito March 31, 2016 at 1:10am

        Hi Phil,

        I sent you a friend request to ask what this bug was. I am currently working on the tricopter code.

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