PatR
Premium Pilot
Well, since you went there, hexes and 8’s have consistently performed better in wind, especially as wind speed increases. Dodeca’s have also performed with extreme stability.
If we look at makers like FreeFly and Intel/Falcon, neither has made less than a hex for anything outside of the totally computer controlled market, and even DJI tried to step up their game when they developed the s1000. That they have maintained a hex platform for their heavy lifter is telling. Unfortunately their flight controllers were not yet up to the task with the s1000. Those didn’t really improve until after they started raiding open source FC programs for product improvement. Yes, they did get caught.
Now if we desired to go back to DJI’s beginnings in multirotors we see they started with the hex design in the f450 and f550 but they departed the hex design with the P1, where you bought it built for about the price of a 550 you built yourself.
If we ask why some might produce high priced quads instead of a hex or more the answer is pretty simple; they cost less to produce and if they can manage to command a high price for an inherently dangerous system, why not? It’s not like they might get hung out to dry for product liability as most of them are manufactured in a country where the government has to grant approval before any legal actions can proceed.
If we look at makers like FreeFly and Intel/Falcon, neither has made less than a hex for anything outside of the totally computer controlled market, and even DJI tried to step up their game when they developed the s1000. That they have maintained a hex platform for their heavy lifter is telling. Unfortunately their flight controllers were not yet up to the task with the s1000. Those didn’t really improve until after they started raiding open source FC programs for product improvement. Yes, they did get caught.
Now if we desired to go back to DJI’s beginnings in multirotors we see they started with the hex design in the f450 and f550 but they departed the hex design with the P1, where you bought it built for about the price of a 550 you built yourself.
If we ask why some might produce high priced quads instead of a hex or more the answer is pretty simple; they cost less to produce and if they can manage to command a high price for an inherently dangerous system, why not? It’s not like they might get hung out to dry for product liability as most of them are manufactured in a country where the government has to grant approval before any legal actions can proceed.
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