NEW!! Steadidrone VADER

[Bartman]

New from Steadidrone

Find more info at
http://www.steadidrone.com/brochures/VaderBrochure.pdf

or their full line at
http://www.steadidrone.com/#activities

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[Old Man]

Steadidrone has held some pretty high standards in their product line. This new offering has a lot of potential.

 

[Bartman]

I agree Pat, and I like their design ethos of less is more which should be the norm for anything flying on batteries where more weight equals less endurance

 

[Old Man]

I plan on looking into their pricing structure for this one. I like the versatility and payload options. The arrangement would pretty well suit most of what I do or plan to do if the FC is the right one. Pretty sure it is.

 

[maxwelltub]

so the battery is just strapped to the arm? nothing supporting it underneath? seems like a bracket might be a good idea

 

[Mactadpole]

so the battery is just strapped to the arm? nothing supporting it underneath? seems like a bracket might be a good idea

There is a little bracket if you look closely but it's not much.

Brace yourself: http://www.d9solutions.com/apps/webstore/

 

[Motopreserve]

There is a little bracket if you look closely but it's not much.

Brace yourself: http://www.d9solutions.com/apps/webstore/

After looking at that link, I'm assuming that little bracket is gold?

 

[Old Man]

Unobtanium

$25k before payload? Ouch!! That could make for a hard decision. Down payment on a house, or a new MR before adding payload equipment.

 

[Old Man]

That's a little over 339,000 Rand at yesterday's exchange rates....

I really like their stuff but perhaps they like them more.

 

[Mactadpole]

Some interesting observations I've pulled from their material with pricing.

1. My guess is the motors are or similar to the U10's. (~$330/ea x 8 = $2640)
2. They must be running those 5s batteries in series to create 10s voltage. (TATTU 10000mAh 5s 25c Lipo Battery, ~$220/ea x 4 = $880)
3. In their pictures it looks like they are running the 28x9.2 props on top and the 26x8.5 on the bottom. This weird to me. Back when I was messing with X8's a lot the theory was to run shorter, lower pitch on top. This has me a little intrigued because I wouldn't think they would have the props on wrong for the pics. I wonder if they are running slightly higher kv on the bottom so they spin faster? (28x9.2 $371/set x2 = $742, 26x8.5 $339/set x2 = $678)
4. I bet they are using t-motor Flame 80A ESC (~$120/ea x8 = $960)

total on that is about $5900. I get R&D costs etc. but is this really rocket science price worthy?

I am most curious about coaxial prop configuration. It says it comes with 2 sets of 28x9.2 and 2 sets of 26x8.5. You can clearly see the 28x9.2 on top and from the pics the bottom blades do look a little shorter.

 

[Old Man]

I hope they are using the T-Motor Flame 80's. those have been independently tested and hold up at 100A. I don't get too bothered about the prop size differential because the disturbed air cone from the upper props narrows quickly. However I agree having a larger prop on the bottom would be better, even if it simply matched the upper prop's dimensions.

There is additional benefit with their system integration but the amount of that value is subject to some debate.