Various kinds of quadcopter load capacity comparsion table

Sometime pilots ask me how to calculate quadcopter load capacity? This question difficult to answer, becasue different quadcopters have different applications and have different performance characteristics. Today I will show you comparsion table of quadcopter load capacity from different applications,quadcopter brand name including DJI, Yuneec, Ghost, Wingsland, Walkera, XIRO, etc.

Quadcopter load capacity for Surverying

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Brand	Quad	Motor	ESC	Weight	Carry weight
microdrones	md4-200	15.5 N		800 g	394 g
Trimble	ZX5	6 brushless motor		2.7KG	2.3 kg

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Quadcopter load capacity for Agriculture

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Brand	Quad	Motor	Propeller	ESC	Weight	Carry weight
TXC	TXC16-10	7015 KV330	22inch	100A	30KG	20KG
SW	SW1800ZB	5400W			20KG	8-10KG

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Quadcopter load capacity for aerial photography

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Brand	Quad	Motor	Propeller	ESC	Weight	Carry weight
XIRO	XPLORER	2212	9450	30A	1KG	1,2KG
DJI	Inspire	3510	1345		3KG
DJI	phantom 2	2312/960KV	9450	30A	1KG	1.3KG
DJI	phantom 3	2312/960KV	9450		1.3KG
DJI	S1000	4114/500W	1552/1552R	40A	4.2KG	6-11KG
DJI	S1000+	4114/500W	1552/1552R	40A	4.4KG	6KG-11KG
DJI	S800	4114/500W	1552/1552R	40A	3.3KG	4.7-8.2KG
Yuneec	Q500	KV700	13inch	30A	1.1KG	1.7KG
GHOST	GHOST	KV900	8555	20A	0,78KG	1KG
Walkera	Scout X4	WK-WS-34-002		16A	1.77KG	2.3KG
Walkera	TALI H500	WK-WS-34-001		15A		2.5KG
Walkera	QR X350PRO	WK-WS-28-008C		15A		1.3KG
Walkera	QR X800	WK-WS-48-001		60A		3.9KG

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Conclusion

The table above indicates that you will found some rules as below:

AP quadcopters load more capacity than surverying, but quadcopters for agriculture are load max capacity which is up to 20KG even more.
DJI quadcopters are good at aerial photography and have become famous in this field.
All quadcopters for aerial photography load capacity are not too much between 1kg and 4KG, except DJI professional AP quadcopters such as S1000+.
The more load capacity require bigger motor, propeller and ESC to work.