dutched fan drone

[grantl422]

i'm planning on building a dutched fan drone. so far i have chosen 80mm 6s fans. but i having trouble picking esc's and flight controllers. if anyone could give me a tip on which one that would be helpful.

[grantl422]

this is what i have for a design so far i will make some improvements when it comes to building it. and this is a very simple design i was just trying to get a general look.

[Skyboom]

That's very interesting. It looks like it will work. I would only be guessing in what type of esc or flight control board it would need.

[grantl422]

They do make 6s flight control boards but then I’m just trying to understand what I’m going to need for a esc and a battery. Like can one 6s. Battery run 4 6s motors

[grantl422]

That's very interesting. It looks like it will work. I would only be guessing in what type of esc or flight control board it would need.

I've changed my design up a little. but i did find a flight control board but would one battery be able to run all 4 motors for at least 10min or so

[Skyboom]

Each motor would need its own esc? Kind of reminds me of the Harrier jet concept.

[dronesvilla]

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[Grantham Kid]

That one has been done before and I'm quite sure he has patented it. Ducted fans have an extremely short battery life compared to props, let alone 4 x ducted fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L6FSdUmEpg

[xviper]

I don't understand how these things work, especially why they need those long, bent tubes. The Flex Innovations FV-31 Cypher is basically a 4 EDF drone with wings. It doesn't use tubes and it can fly as a drone the whole time, if that's what you want. Yes, the flight time in hover is exceedingly short on the biggest battery that it will lift (about 1 minute). If you use just the vertical for lift off and landing capabilities and immediately go into and out of airplane mode, it can fly for about 3 to 4 minutes or more (about the same as a more conventional EDF airplane model).
In that video, it was an interesting and motivated project, however, if the only reason to do it was because he whacked his fingers (flying indoors no less), I'm not sure that was a good enough reason.

[Grantham Kid]

I'm sure OP has no idea what he is doing at all except to show he can use CAD. A project like this is way beyond his capabilities and comprehension.