Almost-Ready-to-Fly · 500 mm
NDAA ARF Kit
A 500 mm quadcopter platform with an NDAA-compliant powertrain, telemetry and optical-flow sensing. Flight controller, companion computer, mission sensors and battery are chosen by the integrator.
$3,000
Specification
THE NUMBERS
Airframe
- Configuration
- Quad · X-frame
- Wheelbase
- 500 mm
- Frame Weight
- 920 g
- Base Airframe
- 1625 g
- MTOW
- 4000 g
- Payload Headroom
- 1185 g
Powertrain
- Motor
- Ewing EM3115 860 KV
- ESC
- ARK 4IN1 · 50 A cont. per motor
- Propeller
- Master Airscrew MR 10×4.5
- Thrust Margin
- 2.8:1 at reference weight
- Hover Throttle
- ~28%
- Power Path
- XT90 to 4-in-1 ESC
Avionics
- Telemetry
- RFD 900x-US pair · 902–928 MHz
- Optical Flow
- ARK Flow · flow + rangefinder
- Autopilot Interface
- Standard Pixhawk
- Firmware
- ArduPilot · PX4
Battery & Endurance
- Battery
- 6S 5000 mAh LiPo (not included)
- Endurance, reference
- 12.0 min
- Endurance, no payload
- 15.0 min
- Reference Payload
- 410 g
In the Kit
- +Q500 500 mm carbon-fiber airframe
- +Ewing EM3115 860 KV motors (4)
- +ARK 4IN1 ESC
- +Master Airscrew MR 10×4.5 propellers (4)
- +RFD 900x-US telemetry pair (air + ground)
- +ARK Flow optical flow + rangefinder
- +Hardware, wiring, standoffs and straps
Integrator-Supplied
- –Autopilot — Cube Orange+, Pixhawk 6C/6X or similar
- –Companion computer — Jetson Orin Nano class; mounting provided, power is integrator-supplied
- –6S 5000 mAh LiPo with XT90 connector
- –RC transmitter and receiver
- –Mission payload — 1185 g of headroom to MTOW
- –Ground station software — Mission Planner or QGroundControl