Choosing y6 propellors

Posted by Wessie on August 19, 2013 at 5:04am

I have been looking at several commercial Y- configured multicopters out there, and have noticed that most of them use the normal APC -E props rather than SF props. I asked a local drone delveloper why this was, and he answered that they have tried a huge number of different prop combinations, and the one that worked the best was the high pitch E props.

Has anyone tried this on the 3DR Y-6?

Im thinking of using 9x8's and 10x8's if I can find them.

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  • Raph October 22, 2013 at 12:48pm

    very interested as well - would love to hear if anyone has tried different props

  • Tom Mahood August 19, 2013 at 4:42pm

    eCalc offers the option of using either APC SF or E props when running an analysis. If you compare the two, the E props seem to usually provide a VERY slight increase in flight time. It's a small enough difference I don't sweat which one, I usually grab whatever is cheaper. I wouldn't mix the two types on a quad, but you could for a Y6 between top and bottom. Of course this presupposes that eCalc is correct....

    I'm curious why you are dropping down an inch in prop size from what 3DR recommends for the Y6? What's your thinking?

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