Heavy Lift 50lbs 22.7kg 685mm X8 Multi Rotor

Specs for battery/motor/prop all at the end of this video • Controlled Lift Quadzi...
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This was for a contest to lift the most weight. The props were moved in to allow us to enter a smaller diameter category. Yes, we won! no one else was even close. To all those that think this was somehow faked HAHA right, have your friends see this and show you it is not faked. Look at my other videos I made on this

[@wezdog1]

Don't mean to be rude but I am really impressed. Americans using the Metric system! Way to go!

[@mlentsch]

Yeah, that sucks. What the fuk's a kilogram??

[@MegF142857]

Waiting for a drone to carry my hay out to the barn. Oh boy!

[@jhr7190]

Now I can send my kids to school without waking up early. Just program it with googlemaps & GPS & a collision avoidance. :-D Domino's pizza is already using UAV's to deliver pizzas in high traffic cities; once they deliver pizzas in my area & they also have collision-avoidance (re-route around my kids UAV), and I add a full-vehicle parachute, then we're all set!!

[@samholdsworth420]

​@@jhr71908 years later 😂 Still a pipe dream

[@Cyberdactyl]

What I thought was amusing was keeping the camera on the handler to eliminate any shenanigans with the water, yet the water is off camera for a good portion of the video while talking about the the MR.

[@Phoenix88.]

You should get up to 80 lbs of payload with 12KW of power

[@TheBalcerman]

OH MY GOD. THIS IS MADNESS. I would never believe that if I wouldn't see that.

[@aamartir]

50 pounds american. Twice as heavy as regular 50 pounds.

[@ComputerLearning0]

***** You know how it it today . . . had you said any other country there would have been nary a word about it but because you used the word *American* certain people feel the need to run their mouth. So typical of bigots today...

[@unapro3]

Mike Hawk I don't think so, 50 pounds is 50 pounds, that is why the comment was made, it's like saying 100mph American, or 100mph Australian, the country is redundant once you have used the pound/mph.

[@unapro3]

***** I think aamartir was being sarcastic, in that the guy on the video said "50lbs American" there was no need to say American, all he needed to say was "50lb" Then Mike Hawk took it as him having a go at Americans, he wasn't, he was simply pointing out, sarcastically, that the "American" was not needed. It is a bit of an art sometimes picking out the sarcasm from text as opposed to being able to hear the inflection in ones voice.

[@aamartir]

***** You mean to say that there is no such thing as American Pounds?? I have been living a lie all these years! You have shattered all my beliefs. You sir, are so smart. Thanks for enlightening us with your awesome wisdom.

[@aamartir]

***** Sarcasm: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm I advise you to read up on it, since it will be helpful in your life ^_^ yw

[@marjamada]

Some comments are saying 'fake', but I see nothing fake in this demo. Looks to me like you guys pulled it off. I had no idea quadcopters could be that strong. Nicely done.

[@MiloBeni5169]

Buenisimo!!!! Impresionate trabajo, los felicicito!!!!

[@Skeebled]

holy crap thats some serious freaking power. very impressive, well made and of course super cool. amazon prime air needs to use those octacopters for their deliveries!! that could deliver 55" flat screen TVs ;)

[@AlexandreAubrey]

If you really wanted to test the lifting capacity, you could've tethered the helicopter to the ground with a cable attached to your scale...

[@TheRunningBlackOUT]

That's a great way to down a helicopter.

[@Chris55433]

i work at a company with 3 factories and 2 warehouses. this would be awesome for sending supplies back and forth.

[@distantlands]

I'm sure they're even better now but that was impressive beyond belief! Well done! take a bow!

[@oneocean4364]

Cool. They just need vertical hot air or cool air ballons that can fit in a parking space to reduce the weight and save battery power.

[@andrewwilson8317]

Stunning effort, all credit to you guys,you set the bar pretty damn high, anybody else going to take up the challenge? Be sure to post some video for us!!!

[@Blueray450]

Look for my 30lb sustained lift, we list parts at the end

[@sdutango]

5 people are not happy that their toy RC can't even lift a pencil! Nice video and drone!

[@mikeg4972]

Great job! Can it take a load of drugs across the US/ Mexico boarder?.............................. Just kidding!

[@1USAUSA]

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[@johnmcx8809]

yes. but only 22 kilos, If the border is like 10 feet wide and the fence is 3 feet tall ... OR it can take 1.0 kilos 1 mile ---. something like that

[@manniom]

@@johnmcx8809 1kg a day and after 6 months if not caught, RETIRED! LOL

[@AbhishekThakur-wl1pl]

@@manniom if caught, then 22 years in prison. Great deal.

[@DeathMachine1122]

amazon should take a look at this

[@bbberrey]

ive got a micro x8 that carries a brushless 2 axis gimbal (2 axis to make sure that no props are in view) with 2 hero blacks, one in the gimbal and the other for fpv/flight filming, there is no reason to build a huge beast..... only thing it will do is add more mass / become more of a hazard in a search and rescue, and filming, you never want anything large over anyone, or anything of value.... that being said, i stay small light and efficient, i have a large x8 with a dslr brushless too though.

[@Ricky32908]

Now, just scales it up 2x or 3x and put a human on there. Boom, flying cars

[@eggaweb9127]

You may be interested in the Volocopter. It uses 16 motors to carry a human. Electric multicopter + sky highway = the future.

[@Ricky32908]

eggaweb I know right? Why aren't more people working on these???

[@zcolmeyaufop]

how youre gonna power it ??? liquid fuel ?! hmm if i was you, i wouldnt do it

[@Ricky32908]

with batteries

[@eggaweb9127]

Tom Miller Make the 'copter fly itself using a GPS enabled sky highway. NASA has already done most of the work. Punch in the destination and go. Hire them out, like car pooling. For safety, you would need a ballistic parachute as multicopters don't have auto-rotation like a helicopter.

[@AirsoftKeksTV]

Build 4 of them together and lift up a human!

[@jrcampen]

or rather build 2 of them and lift an Asian.

[@3laci]

jrcampen Build 10 of them together and lift an American!

[@omkarkasar5079]

leslie volgy 😂fatty

[@gtdrone21]

a lot of power in that quad !! amazing job

[@ChristiaanKleynhans]

Well, just from the way the bottle is swinging it is obvious that it is still filled and heavy. If it was lighter it would sway much more.

[@MrTMoore55]

Looks like your gains are set to high, lot of oscillating but strong copter!

[@dbonk6264]

You might be able to increase that further with inducted fans rather than standard props

[@ronanderson1023]

Awesome copter and what a sick lift! Great job on the build! Greetings and all the best!

[@pandarzzz]

Oh Wow, thats a feat of engineering!! Way to go guys!!

[@Blueray450]

Its real. It was for an international contest out of HK. So we were to use the metric system. Look for the 33kg lift in my videos. We built this. 6S5000mAh batteries 60 size equivalent motors

[@RoadTripTravel]

Wow, that is impressive! I would have never guessed it could lift that much weight!

[@martinkoch4332]

It can't. This is so a hoax.

[@jwhitfie]

Sounds like you pissed off bees from hell

[@HeliGraphix]

Very cool video and functional quad design. We just lifted 66+ lbs (30+ kg) with a 5.9 kg heli (more is possible), but this vid shows how powerful also quads can be. It's cool that the flight controller doesn't fall into a resonance - or did it just not occur because the slung load didn't start swinging? Did you have a case where the quad started to "osciallate"? This would seem likely because the mass of the quad is significantly lower than that of the slung load!

[@Blueray450]

We did 33kg, the video is in here somewhere. Yes, if you want to do a static lift, hanging it is the way to go. You don't lose control if its too much weight. Full Scale helicopters lift that way because of the same reason. You can stabilize easier. The trouble is when it goes into oscillation and the weight swings around (see my video of that failure last year). But I did not crash.

[@HeliGraphix]

Great, thanks for the insight - please keep up the good work! :) Yours, Team HeliGraphix

[@nickgilbert1264]

Blueray450 Would a 4 line bridle (~1 meter long) help make it more stable and stop the wobble? I think that's how they stabilise loads on full size helis.

[@HeliGraphix]

Meanwhile lifted a human person with the helis BTW: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWjYfGRvgN2Aq6s

[@zainabshakir9024]

Blueray450 hello sir , can I get help for my research My quadrotor has specfication of mass of =.5 kg , Length =.225 meter , moment of inertia in the x, y axis. =.0086 , in z axis = .0172 how much maximum Wieght can this quadrotor lift ? My quadrotor name is draganfly IV

[@V6Goose]

Wouldn't have believed it unless I saw that... well done!

[@danfrederiksen1607]

Cool. Angry little thing. Maybe lock it on as a rigid mass instead of the oscillating wire. Guy lifting the water, search for P90x. It can change your life. See how it has changed others. Stick to it. It's working for me as well.

[@22waffen]

Wow!!! We soon will see these machines used in all fields of work like rescue missions and so on....

[@MarshallMcFarlin]

Australia, Dubai and Japan lead. In Dubai they adapted them for fire fighting and rescue.

[@jamjamz3316]

thanks for the eye opener, this is ridiculous power. how high can it fly with an 8 pound bowling ball? keep up the great work.

[@jpfpv287]

go to 3:09 to see the lift

[@ihateyourusernames]

50 lbs is very impressive! Keep up the good work guys!

[@willgranzier1972]

Suggestion - use lower KVA motors and bigger props and you will lift 20% more

[@bbberrey]

yes, you can carry more batteries, but at that weight, you are drawing high amps, effeciency throughout the whole system comes into play, i won the multirotor lift challenge in weight lifted to weight of the copter with 4.8, and the thing is 7x7 square, and gets great fpv flight times :) and it is alot less likely to kill somene when it plumbits from 50 feet

[@XXplaythegamesXX]

ok,ur X8 Multi Rotor is VERY XXL- IMPRESSIVE !!!!! WE NEED A LIFTER-CHALLENGE ON UTUBE !!!!!

[@wbathrick]

Awesome demonstration. How long could it haul 50 lbs? I didn't see any battery/motor/prop specs at the end

[@alterntech]

I can't believe my eyes... that was amazing!.. great work guys...

[@TheBoooognish]

Very Nice! Great Job! Does your frame allow you to position motor distance?

[@itspoffy]

I'm no multirotor expert, but an X8 config is definitely supposed to have more thrust. You have to be at your max throttle and only get a minute or two of fly time.

[@GrippenTech]

Why do people hate on turnigy batteries? At 18 bucks for a 2200 3S they should say thank you for a bargain... not to mention it holds true to rating.

[@matvanhelsing7111]

Just beautiful guys. And not a little SPECTACULAR. If someone had told me I wouldn't believe it!

[@MrDriveAndFlyRC]

Wow, that's crazy!

[@russesse1]

1500 foot pounds per second would be out of range for the power plant. It must be getting great ground effect.

[@joshpickles9022]

That's awesome. Hope the rope doesn't break catapulting your quadrocopter into the sky never to be seen again!

[@MsH1h1h1h1]

this is the future cars

[@RichardGetzPhotography]

Great job guys!! You've come a long way from water balloons off the balcony :)

[@IvarvHoorn]

can anybody tell me how many watt`s are used here? i was just thinking if it can lift 25Kg it can also lift a power generator those things go as light as 11Kg`s with a 1000w output, in that case you could stay airborn for hours!

[@WHales-px5do]

Damn that was awesome! Eye opening indeed. Great work gentlemen.

[@snaprollinpitts]

Hey David, congrats on your beer lift wins!!! nice move on moving the motors in. I wanted to ask what are the motors and ESC's used, that's a lot a power.

[@RobertMaddox]

THAT IS SO CRAZY!

[@paulmccarthy859]

Wow! Very impressive! ! What are you running for motors?

[@originalfallinggirl]

Speaking from a total lay position, I can't understand the underside props. In my mind it seems like they would reduce lift unless staggered from the topside props. Obviously they know more than me but the physics puzzles me (maybe because I'm not a physicist). I'm assuming they went this route to keep the fuselage compact?

[@hariadhikari1006]

Euphemista Design · The Falling Givghbrl

[@djericanthony]

now, lets upscale these and create personal electric helicopter backpacks.

[@richardwheeldon7862]

Now THAT is power.

[@MultiVincicode]

Admin can you tell me where to get motors producing high thrust.... i wanna produce a thrust that can lift a human of 55 to 60 kg , its a project i have decided to try ... please help

[@wkdravenna]

I am impressed. 50 lbs. Nice.

[@rajithasan4572]

Sounds like angry bees heading towards you

[@ronjorgensen995]

You can tell by the way it barely can lift and rotate the six pack of water that there is no way it is lifting a large jug of water. A+ for the slight of hand.

[@leolldankology]

Awesome! I just got a mini copter that thing is a beast!

[@prendergast446]

wow.impressive strenght the inertial wobble was fascinating

[@mthomas8174]

rather than having a line connecting the weight i would have it static, well, as much as possible.

[@2335467]

To bad it can't pick up more weight, I could fly around whcih would be cool. Probably coming soon though.

[@Bobster986]

Cool! But why are the propeller set so far back on the arms.

[@tomlarue6436]

Deliver me a case of beer and i'll be impressed. Ok , i'm still impressed..nice

[@petrvalkoun4539]

Is there a good reason why you are using larger props? It should have better efficiency and higher thrust too

[@happywjc]

IMPRESSED!

[@vivekdubey5870]

Superb powerful drone 👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍

[@katyhackerspace9596]

Haha, they switched out the load while the camera wasn't looking. Total fake.. (just kidding guys... nice job!

[@descent8275]

lel

[@dditch66]

LOL, not fake at all, share and discuss all you care.

[@3silindir751]

cant you see bounce of bottle???

[@STLS]

I could see you nearly lost it due to pendulum resonance. Hanging loads are very difficult to manage in flight as you probably discovered. We tried this a while back and discovered that shifting the CG extremely low like that would very easily cause a catastrophic failure of the autopilot which will not compensate properly for the swinging load that it induces. Neat though... The heavy lift we designed could lift 150 pounds and we noted that an adjustable lifting bar to hang a load was FAR better for stability... :)... Just sayin'... Like your design. Our prototype was all aluminum as well for structural strength.

[@flat-earther]

thanks for your insight. BTW stls, have you become a flat earther yet? If not I suggest viewing the 13 part series _what on earth happened_ in my about to learn how the earth is not a globe

[@STLS]

@@flat-eartheruhmmm NO I am not a flat earther but ONLY because of thousands of years of hard and fast proof to the contrary. But that’s the only reason…. I mean YOU tell me me why we see Orion upside down in Australia.. should be a simple proof for you. YOU tell me why the angular diameter of a supposedly approaching and receding Sun doesn’t change in the sky as the day passes. YOU tell me why we see a rising dark wall on the opposite horizon from sunrise/set everywhere on Earth if it isn’t the shadow of the earth itself projected into our sky? YOU tell me how countries from around the world including our own have weather satellites up in ORBIT that show a spherical earth. Then as an add-on: YOU tell me why it would have to be a big global conspiracy all over the earth to keep the “flatness” quiet? TO WHAT END? I mean do tell. I am SURE you and your 13 part part series have figured this all out… I have about twenty additional flatEarth destroyers so feel free to respond for more. It doesn’t hurt that I am a professional astronomer… but go ahead… give it a shot. You only have your entire flat earth to lose.

[@tianlun2001]

Finally, some standardization of the units. The Germans have lifted up 2 guys with more propellers. But with a wider wing span.

[@lucmaximilien5630]

Well done ! With large propellers , lets say 29" , an hexa could lift over 30 kg (72 lb) for 4 minutes with 1.9 kg batteries. The cost of the Hexa with battery would vary from 4,2k to 3K USD. If someone would like to verify it, i'm looking for a sponsor :)

[@343_GuiltySpark]

I realize this is old but is that an original KK board on that thing? wow..

[@gavincurtis]

That's insanely impressive!

[@Deathshot_Official]

IF YOU HAD SIDE TO SIDE ROTOR CONFIGURATION THEN IT MIGHT'VE BEEN EASIER FOR YOUR MULTIROTOR

[@vyoufinder3615]

5 more lbs. and you are legal to fly in National Parks such as Arches National Park: www.nps.gov/arch/planyourvisit/regulations.htm "The use of model aircraft (unmanned, under 55 lbs, flown for hobby or recreational purposes within the line of sight of the operator) is prohibited for the protection of the park's environmental and scenic values and for avoiding conflict among visitor use activities."

[@unapro3]

I think you will find that it then becomes a UAV and not a model helicopter. Neither of which are allowed to fly in the National Park.

[@PlayStore-gk5lr]

Nathan Wynn by chance NM MN

[@BradSaintGeorge]

soooooo, could 4 of them lift a 200lbs adult up into the air?

[@pteppig]

nice idea and a great copter. but why is it not staying level ? is the weight too much or did the just not test it in hover mode ? if so, how much can this copter lift while hovering ?

[@GrippenTech]

Battery is 5s Turnigy Nanotech 5000mah (they used 4) motor, I'm not sure.

[@tanermedia]

Very impressive, great work! 😎

[@RoyAndrews82]

That's nuts. (+1 : 2,413) 50.04493 Lbs, or 5.9967056 Gallons, or 22,700 grams of water, seeing how 1cc (mL) of water weighs 1 gram. 0.00026417205263729590866333701745917 gal x 22,700mL

[@sayfhamdi6355]

Hi, I'm new in this field and i want to build my own multi-copter drone, i will use it as a project for my end of studies, its a multi-copter which supports heavy weight (~2kg except the components) so i want to suggest me about the type, Hexa-copter or Quad-copter, choosing the components, like the props size and motors, battery, frame.. and i think i'll use the NAZA v2 as a control board. Thanks advanced.

[@walterego2314]

Impressive - was your battery steaming after that?

[@TaylorYarick]

did it overheat after a few seconds or something?

[@Blueray450]

***** It was a contest and we only needed a short lift.

[@أحمدالعشق-ظ5و]

ثل

[@candisbrendel7396]

it looks real, and alot of other dudes are trying to do it too. no all of them can do it because they don't have the right motors. just check them out, it looks like the air frame would fold up from the weight, but it holds and they keep it to a count of ten. thanks for your reply most youtubers don't even bother

[@johndoe-od8zi]

Hi this thing is amazing is there anyway you could post specs or share a site with info to build something like this. Also would it be possible to get an hour flying time instead of 15 mins.

[@mysticvirgo9318]

ya know this may be a contender for Domino's Pizza delivery drone project.. 2 large pizzas and 2 two liters .. just need a carriage box

[@Burroughsbikebuilds]

That's... amazing.

[@affanahmedsiddiq1233]

sir great work done if you have a solidwork modelling of this, would you please like to share it with me thaanks

[@RoboTekno]

With 8 props and 50 lbs. of thrust, I don't think it will have a problem blending anything ;-)

[@mark33328]

boring,,, take it up 400 feet, then drop that load in a parking lot,... now that would be cool..

[@bluesborn]

jaded much?

[@DamirSpanic]

Thanks for sharing this powerful rig with us! Do you do custom orders?

[@OghamTheBold]

Slower full size heli blades - with variable pitch - would be great to see

[@XXplaythegamesXX]

ok,ur some step further then me: i can lift up,with my hexacopter V323 : 102 GRAMMS !!!!!! ur impressed or not ???

[@mkfilm7514]

i have tried it with my dji phantom. it didn`t work