Recent content by Ikram

Ehang's motors provide a commulative horse power of around 143 hp and is able to lift and fly around 700lbs(including its own). If I use a heavy bike engine worth of 150hp of moderate wieght, why should it not not be able to fly around 650lbs. Shouldn't it?

parachutes can be used in failure. So what do you think about 150 hp engine? Will it be enough to perform all the flight operations?

I am a software engineer and don't have much knowledge of mechanics. I want to build a quadcopter that can lift about the wieght of a person say 100 kgs. I am thinking of to use a 125cc bike engine for power and gearbox for related speed change requirements. So the total weight of the drone...