The Need for Speed or Not

Posted by Randy Brazeau on December 20, 2012 at 1:29pm

I was practicing and testing my 3DR quad on the weekend and I noticed I reach a speed over 5 m/s which is about 12 mph. I was going at a good clip especially from my ground level view. :)

I understand speed has many variables such as motors, weight, battery etc but I was wondering if a quad as an example has limits. Has anyone pushed the envelope and what speeds have you achieved safely?

Do planes nornally travel at faster speeds?

 

Arducopter races...that would be fun!

 

Randy

 

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  • Nicolas December 21, 2012 at 4:09am

    Fastest my X Quad has gone is around 60 km/h - but only with three motors and mainly due to gravity. Actually, entirely due to gravity.

  • Randy Brazeau December 20, 2012 at 5:46pm
    Thanks for the video, I will check it out.
    80 km/hr is fast. Wonder what the fastest speed a quad has obtained?
    Faster with a hex or octo?
  • Thomas the Nerd December 20, 2012 at 3:06pm

    I think there's an option in the APM firmware parameters to set the max speed, and I think it's set to 5m/s by default. Is that only for Auto mode? I don't have the info in front of me.

  • Alex December 20, 2012 at 2:53pm

    Quads can get up around 80km/h when really moving. Have a look at some of the TDB FPV racing. They do some decent speeds (around obstacles too!)

    http://vimeo.com/user13921222

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