Hello everyone! Slowly but surely, the weather outside the window is getting warmer and warmer, which means that many of you will soon begin to get out more and more often from behind computers and spend more time outside. Over the past couple of years, only a few have not noticed that the spring-summer period is the most active among fans of flying on a wide variety of quadcopters, and no one is surprised when small, but menacingly buzzing devices sweep several tens of meters overhead. However, for the most part these are all amateur cars, today I will talk about several of the most expensive professional (but not military!) Models, and because drones are, by definition, not cheap gadgets, the amount of $ 4,000 was taken for the lower bar.
But before starting, I want to make a small reservation: yes, this is a site about the mobile industry and about Android in particular. And quadrocopters are an integral part of this very industry. Judge for yourself: not a single modern IT exhibition is complete without a large stand with drones, the governments of many countries have long taken into account the issue of the civilized settlement of the powers of the owners of quadcopters, and in the end, these flying mini-computers are extremely closely interacting with our Android – gadgets, in vital need of their support.
DJI Spreading Wings S1000
Spreading Wings S1000 is an octocopter (it has 8 propellers) from the Chinese company DJI, well known to Russian users for other more affordable, but also professional models of the Inspire, Phantom series and the recently released new product DJI Mavic Pro.
But back to Spreading Wings S1000. The body of the aircraft has several important advantages: firstly, the frame and chassis are made of carbon fiber, which makes the S1000 lighter and more resistant to mechanical damage, and secondly, the octocopter's design is foldable, which greatly simplifies its transportation.
- Weight without load and accessories: 4 kg
- Maximum flight weight: 11 kg
- Cost: $ 4,000
Draganflyer guardian
While this model is less than the aforementioned DJI Spreading Wings S1000, it costs much more. The Draganflyer Guardian is even very small: the length and width are half a meter, and the height is equal to a quarter of a meter, with a weight (without battery) of 1050 grams. The developers of the device initially aimed to reduce weight, so the drone propellers are made of durable nylon, and the frame is made of carbon fiber.
In addition, Draganflyer Guardian is equipped with a powerful processor and 11 sensors, which allows it to quickly respond to commands from the control panel (to which, in turn, a tablet or smartphone is attached), develop a fairly decent flight speed of 2 m / s and climb to a height of up to 2.5 kilometers.
- Weight (without battery): 1050 grams
- Maximum flight weight: 1470 grams
- Cost: $ 7,000
Draganflyer X6
Draganflyer X6 – Another incredibly expensive product from the Canadian company Draganfly. Despite its size, this huge (840,900,265 cm) hexacopter is very mobile: it can be easily folded up and placed in a complete case, and the Draganflyer X6 weighs only one and a half kilograms!
It is controlled using a remote control that is already equipped with a touch screen and therefore does not require a smartphone or tablet to be connected. Such a high price tag is also due to the first-class camera – a 20-megapixel Sony QX100 with optics from Carl Zeiss is installed here.
- Weight (without battery): 1310 grams
- Maximum flight weight: 1645 grams
- Cost: from $ 8000
Turbo Ace Cinewing 8E
If the price of the previous drones still fit into the framework of common sense, now it's time to tell you about the super-expensive drones worth under a million rubles. The first is the Cinewing 8E from South California manufacturer Turbo Ace.
The size of this eight-engine colossus is 1,676 millimeters in diameter, and the Turbo Ace Cinewing 8E weighs 7 kg, which is why even two impressive 22,000 mAh batteries are enough for only 15 minutes of flight.
- Weight (without battery and accessories): 4.5 kg
- Maximum flight weight: 14.5 kg
- Cost: $ 13,000
Turbo Ace Infinity 9PRO
The second sky-high expensive quadrocopter (or rather, octocopter) is also a creation of Turbo Ace. Infinity 9PRO is heavier and more expensive than all the previously described devices. For only one frame weighing 7 kg, they ask 15 thousand, not to mention the numerous accessories for this model, which can be hung here as much as 14 kg.
On the one hand, such a weight imposes obvious restrictions on the time this monster stays in the air (maximum 15 minutes), and on the other hand, Turbo Ace Infinity 9PRO is not afraid of practically no winds (within reason, of course), which allows shooting in far from the most favorable weather conditions.
- Weight (without battery and accessories): 7 kg
- Maximum flight weight: 21 kg
- Cost: $ 15,000
Eventually
Naturally, you can find even more expensive drones on the market, but there we are already talking about professional and semi-professional drones used in cinematography, mapping and surveying, with a price like a big good car. Write in the comments, are you interested in this topic? If yes, then we can make such collections monthly, since today there are already quite a lot of expensive copters, which, unfortunately, few people in our country know about.