Anybody here have experience with building drones for the purpose of long range gps guided flight?I am not talking about fpv racing drones or photography drones.I want to build fixed wing drones capable of vtol which can carry packages up to 1kg in

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Chud 04/25/25 (Fri) 19:44:07 №11446 [Quote]

Anybody here have experience with building drones for the purpose of long range gps guided flight?

I am not talking about fpv racing drones or photography drones.

I want to build fixed wing drones capable of vtol which can carry packages up to 1kg in weight.

I walked into a drone shop one time and I told the guy what I was looking to build and he acted like he had never even heard of such a thing before. The drone community does not really seem to be interested in exploring the fascinating utilitarian potential of small drones equipped with computer systems and gps.

Pic sort of related.

Chud 04/25/25 (Fri) 19:55:22 №11448 [Quote]

I've heard of it before, it'll probably be pretty useful for the future for logistic reasons but for now it isn't that common I think. o algo

Chud 04/25/25 (Fri) 20:02:02 №11454 [Quote]

>>11446 (OP)
> The drone community does not really seem to be interested in exploring

False. The betaflight community is usually just into FPV drones. On the other hand, Ardupilot is specifically made for autonomous missions
https://ardupilot.org/

Chud 04/25/25 (Fri) 21:07:18 №11468 [Quote]

>>11446 (OP)
Are you thinking of legal applications? If you plan on doing things above board, I expect you need some kind of license to let an autonomous drone of that size fly around by itself.
It's a good thing that planes are usually equipped with radios to broadcast their position and height so I guess you can make sure to give them a wide berth to avoid potential legal problems when your drone clips a plane with humans inside of it.

Anon, you're not thinking of doing illegal things like smuggling adult candy or something, right?

Chud 04/25/25 (Fri) 21:10:57 №11471 [Quote]

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>>11446 (OP)
>build fixed wing drones capable of vtol which can carry packages up to 1kg in weight.

Chud 04/25/25 (Fri) 23:28:10 №11511 [Quote]

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Consider building a talon 1400

Chud 04/26/25 (Sat) 03:42:46 №11525 [Quote]

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>>11446 (OP)
What sorts of packages?

Chud 04/26/25 (Sat) 07:46:13 №11541 [Quote]

>>11511
>200+ km range

thats enough to penetrate deep into a foreign country and return>>11511

Chud 04/27/25 (Sun) 06:12:30 №11617 [Quote]

>>11446 (OP)
I saw something like this a while ago: "Captain Buzz: Smartphone Pilot - Computerphile" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE5e0C7xw7c
They seem to have removed a video of the drone actually flying.

Chud 04/27/25 (Sun) 06:15:31 №11619 [Quote]

>>11446 (OP)
I just remembered this: https://www.flyzipline.com/newsroom/stories/impact/preventing-maternal-deaths-through-faster-blood-delivery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnoUBfLxZz0

Chud 04/29/25 (Tue) 12:59:14 №11817 [Quote]

>>11446 (OP)
> packages up to 1kg in weight
Since when did DEA start posting on the sharty?