Design and development of heavy-lift hexacopter for heavy payload

Abstract

Research on multicopter nowadays is rapidly growing in many fields of application. One of the problems in the multicopter application is the ability to lift a heavy load that requires the careful design and selection of the proper type of multicopter for its ability in carrying out the missions involving the heavy load lifting. One type of multicopters that is often used is hexacopter. This paper describes the design of hexacopter that lift a heavy load. The design is done by calculating and analyzing the constraints and the criteria by the aid of software. The first flight experiment proved the capability of the designed heavy-lift hexacopter to fly in stable attitude while carrying a heavy load.