I'm one of those people that don't like to buy things. I have a little experience with RC cars and such, but I've never been into RC planes and helicopters until I've learned about quadrotors/quadcopters. I'm incredibly interested in the lifting capabilities (I'm sorry if I use terminology wrong like lift if I mean thrust, that's why I'm posting in the newbies section so people can correct me) of quadcopters. I keep looking at equations and things online, but they're generally talking about static thrust of RC planes. I'm not sure how to translate things like that.
Basically what I'd like to know is this : If I were to make a quadcopter from scratch (please don't cling to thoughts of how, it's hypothetical), is there an equation I could use that would tell me how much mass I could lift with my quadcopter if I plug in things like the size of the propeller, the Kv of the electric motors, and the voltage of the batteries?
I'm really just looking for equations based around lifting and how to find out how big a quadcopter would have to be to lift objects. I've taken physics classes, but they never went over stuff like that, so if you wouldn't mind explaining the variables of the equations, that would be great, too! Thank you to anyone that replies with help!
Basically what I'd like to know is this : If I were to make a quadcopter from scratch (please don't cling to thoughts of how, it's hypothetical), is there an equation I could use that would tell me how much mass I could lift with my quadcopter if I plug in things like the size of the propeller, the Kv of the electric motors, and the voltage of the batteries?
I'm really just looking for equations based around lifting and how to find out how big a quadcopter would have to be to lift objects. I've taken physics classes, but they never went over stuff like that, so if you wouldn't mind explaining the variables of the equations, that would be great, too! Thank you to anyone that replies with help!