Joe and Justin give the Maker Faire 2013 crowd a demo of their new heavy-lift 12-rotor creation -- including an example of flying with only six motors operational. The downwash from this monster could be used for clearing leaves off the lawn or removing snow from the driveway, in addition to keeping a large camera aloft.
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Ha.
To answer your question though, Joe says it will lift 2Kg and fly normally. I'm sure it will lift much more than that, but it's going to start to feel it.
lol, then I'm in for 3.. :) Got some boulders and a small house to move..
Mike, I believe it's somewhere around a metric sh*t ton... give or take.
Joe or Justin can correct me on that.
Have you tested to see what weight this could safely lift in payload, other than batteries?
I have designed this aircraft with ultimate redundancy in mind. It can survive almost any failure imaginable and remain airborne. It also provides a largest amount of lifting power in the most compact airframe. We have taken the success of the new Y6 frame and applied it to "The Beast" and we have had great results. We built it for internal use only, but judging by everyone's response and interest, we may have to offer this configuration very soon! Stay tuned...
Thanks Luis!
that looked great in maker faire but all the other stuff they where showcasing its looking pretty good too.
the telemetry cases look very nice.
Great DodecaCopter guys, interesting to see if it can be practical for specific uses.
Seems like it could have considerable lift capacity in a small area.
Might be a good design for a tethered "work" copter as well.
J.J.,
Joe and Justin built this with the same parts in the Y6 conversion.
This uses the Y6 firmware. Believe it or not!
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