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
| 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 |
Quadcopter load capacity for Agriculture
| Brand | Quad | Motor | Propeller | ESC | Weight | Carry weight |
| TXC | TXC16-10 | 7015 KV330 |
22inch | 100A | 30KG | 20KG |
| SW | SW1800ZB | 5400W | 20KG | 8-10KG |
Quadcopter load capacity for aerial photography
| 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 |
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.
