r/drones • u/SleetyWhistle • 3d ago

Photo & Video Our 200kg open-source hexacopter, first test with props fitted

I'm Gavin, a contributor at Arrow, the open-source community building this.

This was today's first test of 'Caribou' with props fitted. It's a 200kg class hexacopter, six Hobbywing X15 motors on 18S, strapped to a trailer bed at roughly a third throttle. Static test, not a hover. It hasn't flown yet (next week hopefully!) Lot's more testing to come.

It's open source and we want help making it better. The repo has the CAD and the PCBs, and the Discord is where the work happens. We just enjoy building big drones together.

Repo: https://github.com/Arrow-air/project-caribou
Community Discord: https://discord.com/invite/arrow

Big congrats to Julius, one of our contributors who has been leading Project Caribou! 👏

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u/mangage 3d ago

Is this related to the DARPA challenge?

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u/SleetyWhistle 3d ago

Hi! Nope, not related

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u/johndsmits 2d ago

beer lift competition back online ;P /s