Hey Greg, thanks for watching! That's a tougher question to answer than I thought, but here goes! An off the shelf drone would probably not be capable of much lifting and probably wouldn't do well if you crashed it. I only use my carbon-fiber racing drones for hanging antenna wire, for several reasons. I build them myself for about $300. These things will do 100+ mph and are good for about 5 min. of air time. With battery, they come in at about 600g and can really take a beating. I also think the FPV camera and goggles really help me get to where I want to be when ascending high tree's. I also have a DJI drone that I use for photography and video. It weighs in at 249g, can stay in the air for 30 min, and costs about $450. The DJI drone would not survive a crash well, nor does it have the motor thrust to do much lifting. My racing drones however, can lift about 2 lbs. for a few minutes. I hope I answered your question, but let me know if I need to elaborate on anything! Cheers - de W0KNI.
@@W0KNI I went over to your first antenna hang video and saw the details of the drone. Just thought it would be a good video for other hams on what is needed. Much more useful than a potato gun.
Well done - and excellent idea to add a servo to the quad
Thanks for watching! It was a fun project and quite rewarding to support one hobby with another! Have a great day!
Another fantastic video Stephen make good job 73 from kb2uew
Many thanks! Happy you enjoyed it!
Nice video. Would love to see a video for the ham looking to get into RC for hanging antennas. Are off the shelf quad copters up to the task?
Hey Greg, thanks for watching! That's a tougher question to answer than I thought, but here goes! An off the shelf drone would probably not be capable of much lifting and probably wouldn't do well if you crashed it.
I only use my carbon-fiber racing drones for hanging antenna wire, for several reasons. I build them myself for about $300. These things will do 100+ mph and are good for about 5 min. of air time. With battery, they come in at about 600g and can really take a beating. I also think the FPV camera and goggles really help me get to where I want to be when ascending high tree's. I also have a DJI drone that I use for photography and video. It weighs in at 249g, can stay in the air for 30 min, and costs about $450. The DJI drone would not survive a crash well, nor does it have the motor thrust to do much lifting. My racing drones however, can lift about 2 lbs. for a few minutes.
I hope I answered your question, but let me know if I need to elaborate on anything! Cheers - de W0KNI.
@@W0KNI I went over to your first antenna hang video and saw the details of the drone. Just thought it would be a good video for other hams on what is needed. Much more useful than a potato gun.
Exactly! You've given me some content ideas and now that the weather is shaping up - you've given me a great excuse to get out and start playing!!
@@W0KNI I'm subscribed, so will be looking forward to new videos.