Dimensions of Q500 case?

[NealJ777]

I'm looking at purchasing a Q500 locally (well, 2 hrs away from me!!) but he said that there's no case, but he does have the original box. He bought the drone from a liquidation sale. I'd like to get a hard case. I could buy the drone from him ($350) or from eBay with a case (no box) for $399.

Does anyone know the dimensions of the case? I'm looking into getting something from possibly Harbor Freight.

The advantage I would have of buying locally is that I'll have the drone before this weekend and I've been invited to a drone pilots meetup and fly on Saturday.

Thank you

 

[WTFDproject]

The Q500 4K hard case is:
18 1/4 inch wide
17 3/4 front to back
12 1/4 top to bottom
This stock case requires removing the propellers EVERY time it goes in the case. That's a pain, at best, and frequent propeller removal has recently been noticed as a common factor in the "prop came off in the air" threads you see.
If the seller still has the Styrofoam inserts in the box he has, there is a great Huskey rolling case for $49.00 at Home Depot. I got one about a week ago, recommended by another thread somewhere here on this forum. Model # is 222167. SKU in local store was 1000052149. It has lots of extra room, and you can leave the props on. (with a little whittling on the original Styrofoam).

 

[NealJ777]

Thanks for the heads up on the Husky case. I've been looking at that online. I'll be near a Home Depot on Saturday.

So, I'm guessing this one might be too small.

 

[WTFDproject]

Looks like it would be about an inch and half too narrow for the standard Styrofoam. The specs on that case say 16.20 wide. Q500 is slightly wider at 16.25. I think I'd take the drone with me if I was looking at it, because it doesn't sound like it would make it. At least not with any room for protection. But then again, I flunked "measuring stuff" a long time ago. (It's why I build everything I can out of steel. If I mess up, I can weld it back. Doesn't work that way with wood)

 

[NealJ777]

I'll take a look at it on Saturday. I want to make sure that the rolling case will be easy to transport and fit in the trunk of my car. I need to clean out some space in the storage room to keep it.