Least noisy quadcopter

[Chas]

Hi,

I would like to use a quadcopter for wildlife photography, I don't have any experience but they all seem very noisy? Is there a reasonably quiet option available?

Thanks

 

[Mike]

From my experience, they're all pretty noisy. You're spinning electric motors very fast and moving a lot of air with the propellers. When it's high in the air, you'll hear a lot less noise on the ground though, if that helps.

 

[Hugh Hemington]

Flying away from people and traffic, quadcopters seem much noisier!
There are many slow-fly planes and gliders you might consider for nature photography. You can't loiter the same way you can with a quadcopter, but you can shut the motor off for brief periods and glide which will disturb wildlife less than four screaming motors.
You can also generally count on longer flights covering more distance with a fixed wing craft, so installing longer range radio gear pays off.
You may even get close to things too far away from a road to get at with a quad, but wherever you fly, you might crash, so better be prepared to do the "walk of shame" or write off your craft.