Walkera UAVs

Walkera UAVs are micro air vehicles (MAV) developed by Guangzhou Walkera Technology Co., Ltd. (Walkera, 广州华科尔科技有限公司). Walkera, founded in 1994, is located at the center of Pearl River Delta - Panyu District of Guangzhou and is made up of 1500 staff. Traditionally, Walkera is an established Chinese manufacturer of remote control hobby helicopters, but the company has expanded its business to UAVs by starting with MAV production, based on its successful remote-control hobby helicopter business. Most MAVs developed by Walkera are equipped with daytime color TV camera, but none of them are in the helicopter configuration of the usual Walkera remote control models. Most of the multirotors MAV were originally developed for commercial and consumer use, but have been deployed by Chinese military and law enforcement agencies as trainers for more advanced and costly UAVs deployed in longer missions. In 2011, Walkera made famous the first commercially available 6-axis microcopter, called the Ladybird. This number one seller soon caught the attention of various manufacturers and copies of the Ladybird followed.

On June 3, 2014, Walkera opened its USA division to meet the demands on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). iUAS Inc was established and began distributing selective unmanned aircraft systems such as the QR X800, Tali H500 UAV USA Edition, QR X350 Pro UAV, VCT converters 5.8G image to WIFI, iLook+ 1080p FPV camera, Devo F12E FPV long-range radio transmitter. iUAS is also exploring the manufacturing of large scale models for cinematography, agriculture and security.

E-eyes

E-eyes is the only fix winged Walkera MAV (as of 2013). E-eyes has the typical conventional layout but the propulsion comes from a two-blade pusher propeller driven by a brushless motor mounted behind the wing. The camera is mounted in the nosecone and pops out upward during operation, as opposed extruding downward in most aircraft configurations. Specification:

Wingspan: 1.28 m
Length: 0.91 m
Weight: 0.66 kg
Wing area: 21/4 dm²

Hoten-X WiFi

Hoten-X WiFi is a quadrotor MAV that is remotely controlled by a smart phone type device. Specifications:

Length: 266 mm
Width: 266 mm
Battery: 7.4 V 1000 mAh LiPo battery
Main rotor diameter: 186 mm

Hoten-X Brushed

Hoten-X Brushed differs from Hoten-X WiFi in that a different remote control unit is needed for Hoten-X Brushed, as opposed to a smart phone type device. Specification:

Length: 266 mm
Width: 266 mm
Battery: 7.4 V 1000 mAh LiPo battery
Main rotor diameter: 186 mm
Weight: 363 g

Hoten-X FPV

Hoten-X FPV is a quadrotor MAV serving aerial photography missions via first-person view (FPV). One of the main differences between Hoten-X WiFi and Hoten-X FPV is in their respective control units, where Hoten-X WiFi can be controlled by a smart cellphone-type device, and a more bulky remote control unit is needed for Hoten-X FPV, as in Hoten-X Brushed. Specifications:

Length: 266 mm
Width: 266 mm
Endurance: 7–8 min with 7.4 V 1000 mAh Lipo battery
Main rotor diameter: 186 mm

Hoten-X BNF

Hoten-X BNF is a development of Hoten-X FPV, and it is Hoten-X FPV with Bind-N-Fly (BNF) so that a single remote control unit can control all BNF aircraft, thus lowering the overall cost. Like its predecessor Hoten-X FPV, a dedicated remote control units is also needed for Hoten-X BNF. Specification:

Length: 265 mm
Width: 265 mm
Height: 95 mm

QR Ladybird V2 FPV

QR Ladybird V2 FPV is the smallest quadrotor MAV developed by Walkera, and also has the lowest endurance under the same type of battery. QR Ladybird V2 FPV is the cheapest MAV Walkera offers and it is developed from QR Ladybird toy quadrotors. (What distinguish MAV/UAVs from toy remote control aircraft is that the latter does not have any payload while the former do, a character shared by Walkera toy aircraft). Specification:

Length: 85 mm
Width: 85 mm
Height: 30 mm

QR W100

QR W100 is a quadrotor MAV developed by Walkera, and it is characterized by how the camera is incorporated: instead of hinging on the camera mount below the fuselage like how most cameras are installed in most UAVs, the camera of QR W100 is directly integrated into the fuselage. Specification:

Length: 12 cm
Width: 12 cm
Weight: 76 kg
Endurance: 5–7 min

QR W100S

QR W100S is the development of QR W100. The main difference between QR W100S and its predecessor of QR W100 is that the rotors of QR W100S lower motor power loss and thus improving efficiency. QR W100S is also slightly larger than QR W100. Specification:

Length: 14.4 cm
Width: 14.4 cm
Endurance: 10 min

QR X350

QR X350 is a quadrotor with four legs, and each rotor is equipped with a two-blade propeller. The camera mount is installed below the fuselage. QR X350 is the first among Walkera MAV/UAVs to adopt GPS/altitude hold system. Specification:

Main rotor diameter: 556 mm
Main rotor length: 206 mm
Length: 289 mm
Width: 289 mm
Height: 180 mm
Endurance: 10–15 min

QR X400 FPV

QR X400 FPV is a quadrotor serving aerial photography missions via first-person view (FPV). Specifications:

Length: 0.27 m
Width: 0.27 m
Weight: 0.786 kg without battery
Main rotor diameter: 0.254 m

QR X400 BNF

QR X400 BNF is a development of QR X400 FPV, and it is QR X400 FPV with Bind-N-Fly (BNF) so that a single remote control unit can control all BNF aircraft, thus lowering the overall cost. The BNF concept has been applied to other products of Walkera.

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