Autel Robotics Dragonfish: VTOL drone with a distance of 30 km.

Introduction

Autel Robotics Dragonfish VTOL was first introduced back at CES 2017 as a prototype and has been slowly evolving over the past three years. Dragonfish is now available on the Autel website with a maximum flight time of 120 minutes and a video streaming range of up to 30 km.

Key Features

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Dragonfish has a maximum flight speed of 108 km / h and is capable of flying at wind speeds of up to 14 m / s. The maximum take-off weight of the drone is 7.8 kg, of which 1.5 kg are reserved for the payload. And also, thanks to two duplicating RTK modules, Dragonfish provides an accuracy of up to one centimeter with a measurement error of one millionth, which can significantly improve the quality of metadata of the resulting images for photogrammetry, as well as improve the accuracy and safety of flight in general.

Specification

Max. flight time (with standard payload):

120 min

Max. FPV Offset Distance:

30 km

Max. flight speed:

108 km / h

Degree of protection:

IP43

Level of wind resistance:

Work. temperature range:

-20 ~ 55 ° C

Highest transition height:

4500 m

Max. ceiling above sea level:

6000 m

Max. payload:

1.5 kg

Positioning accuracy:

1 cm 1 ppm

Assembled and ready to fly:

5 min

Intelligence and autonomy

The great advantage of this drone is his intelligence and autonomous capabilities. Dragonfish can complete a mission and automatically return home, track vehicles, circle over a selected object, fly at a constant height above the ground, and complete multi-point missions. All this is possible thanks to advanced algorithms that control the drone and make it easier for the user to control it.

One Button Takeoff and Landing

Adaptive Ground Tracking

Advanced Mission Planning

POI

Intelligent Tracking Moving Targets

Security and Duplication

Looking at the image below, you can see that Autel places great emphasis on security and duplication to make Dragonfish as secure as possible. Dragonfish has two batteries, an IMU, barometers, compasses, and GPS RTK modules in case one of them stops working, thus allowing the backup device to start working immediately after the first fails. If the drone detects that it is about to stall or cannot continue flying in the current mode, it will switch to motor mode, in which the propellers will assume an upright position, simulating a quadcopter.

The condition of the fuselage surfaces and its elements is monitored via the CAN bus with a double reserve in case one connection fails. The unmanned aerial vehicle also uses AI to continuously monitor the health of its systems throughout its flight, in order to detect malfunctions before they occur.

Interchangeable Payload System

Dragonfish currently has three ready-made payload proposals:

Camera with two 4K sensors, one of which acts as 4K cameras with 20x optical zoom, and the other role is 48 megapixel wide-angle camera.
Three-sensor camera, one of which acts as a 4K camera with 20x optical zoom, the other as a 48MP wide-angle camera, and the third as a thermal imaging camera.
48-megapixel wide-angle multispectral RGB camera with five 2-megapixel multispectral sensors with infrared detection of objects at distances up to 2000 meters.

And also supports third party payloads.