With a re-designed, 30% lighter airframe mixed with a 3Kg+ payload capability and 55+ minute flight time, the DMqD Gen 2 is an ideal fleet addition for a extra demanding survey and inspection functions.
There was a seismic shift in direction of UAV-based functions lately, pushed by their ease of use, rising capabilities and consistently enhancing security.
Naturally, as adoption will increase, so does the demand for extra succesful drones that may fly for longer while carrying heavier payloads.
The Darkish Matter qD Gen 2 has been developed to not solely meet however exceed our pilot’s calls for. Not only for the current day, however for years to return.
Modular design
Like its greater brother, the hX Gen 2, the qD has a modular design. The arms could be swapped out for a extra highly effective drive prepare to offer extra thrust and redundancy for greater payloads, the legs can be configured as an extended leg arrange, quick leg arrange, mounted touchdown gear and a tripod-mounted lading system to help the plane when touchdown on shifting or uneven surfaces.
This permits the qD to hold a much bigger number of payloads and will increase security when flying in tougher environments.
These particular person person specs could be utilized on the level of order or could be made to order in a while, offering most flexibility for our prospects and their consistently rising record of necessities.
However the modular design advantages don’t cease there. Just about any a part of our plane could be upgraded – that means that when the subsequent era of autopilot techniques are launched, you don’t have to interchange your entire plane to have entry to the most recent options. We merely take away the outdated {hardware} and change it with the newer {hardware}, permitting our prospects to proceed to utilize their completely operational plane in addition to maximizing their ROI.
Cowl extra floor
The qD is obtainable with completely different drive prepare choices and it can be flown with one or two batteries. The result’s a staggering flight time of 55+ minutes, with sufficient nonetheless within the tank to return and land safely.
Much more spectacular, is a flight time of 45+ minutes with a 1.5Kg payload. This makes the qD Gen 2 a particularly succesful plane when paired with a Yellowscan LiDAR, Workswell WIRIS sensor or a Viewpro digital camera payload to call a number of examples.
All of our Darkish Matter platforms now come single band RTK prepared too, that means surveys could be accomplished with extraordinarily excessive accuracy.
However it doesn’t cease there, if the job covers an excellent bigger space, the plane could be landed and the batteries ‘hotswapped’ to permit mission continuity.
GCS flexibility
Our Darkish Matter plane are actually Ardupilot primarily based, harnessing the potential of an open supply platform being developed by a worldwide neighborhood.
With this, comes most flexibility for our pilots, as among the hottest GCS platforms are actually supported by our plane. Our two hottest controller choices are Android-based, that means the GCS utility (if accessible) could be downloaded and put in.
Security as a high precedence
While we’ve pushed the envelope when it comes to efficiency and reliability, we even have an enormous deal with security for the qD.
The lenses for the navigational lighting have been redeveloped to make the plane extra conspicuous by cleverly dispersing the sunshine.
All our plane now additionally include twin GPS modules as normal, guaranteeing the plane is aware of precisely the place it’s always. It has additionally been programmed to pick the opposite GPS module within the occasion that one begins offering faulty knowledge.
The autopilot module additionally has three temperature-controlled IMUs, two of that are mechanically vibration dampened to cut back the impact of body vibration to state estimation. There are additionally two onboard barometers.
Your entire system from airframe to every particular person element has been deliberately over-engineered to make sure our platforms could be as secure and dependable as attainable for our pilots.
ADS-B choices are actually accessible for our plane too. This, together with the improved lighting, permits the plane to be as conspicuous and as seen as attainable to each native plane and ATC.
Customization from the bottom up
At Clogworks, we’re dedicated to a lot extra than simply manufacturing plane as an ‘off the shelf’ resolution. We have now varied configurations accessible for our plane. However we additionally develop tailor-made options to fulfill our prospects’ actual necessities.
We work with our prospects from the preliminary concept, proper the best way by way of to the ultimate, delivered resolution.
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