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Posted by Nuno Guedes on April 29, 2011 at 11:52am

Is this the smallest and the lightest quadcopter in the world?

Size: 12 x 12 cm

Weight: 20 g

Flight time: 4.5 min

light, quad, quadcopter, small

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Nick May 1, 2011 at 11:16am

It's your very own pet. Around how much did that cost?
Matt April 30, 2011 at 3:44pm

I saw a rather small quadcopter that students at MIT made, it is about the same size as the one in this post.
Tumba April 29, 2011 at 10:11pm

I think this 5 years old quadcopter is the smallest and lightest one:

www.smartflyer.de

Best regards

Tumba
Wim April 29, 2011 at 8:22pm

Here's another one using multiwii,
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1261382&page=56...
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Randy April 29, 2011 at 6:08pm

Awesome. A massive number of people in Asia don't have big back yards or easy access to flying fields for regular sized quads and planes. a micro quad like this would be as popular (if not more) as those $20 indoor helis you see everywhere.
Jack Crossfire April 29, 2011 at 2:09pm

At least someone finally answered the question of flight time & the answer is abysmal. As for the lifetime of the brushed motors, we'll never know, but it can't be good. He could have made a custom radio instead of using the huge breakout board. Too bad ARM chips still don't come in smaller packages. You're still stuck with 8 bit microcontrollers in smaller packages. The requirement for an 8 pin JTAG connector really kills ARM. Certainly a lot of ways to make a smaller board.
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Gary Mortimer April 29, 2011 at 1:19pm

Thats fab