Drones (aerial)
Heavy-lift drone
A large multirotor that carries heavy payloads: cinema cameras, saws for tree trimming, cargo, fishing lines.
Good at
Carrying what small drones cannot.
Watch out for
Heavier aircraft mean stricter rules, shorter flights per kilogram and bigger consequences if something fails.
Specs that matter for this type
- Weight
- Runtime / flight time
- Payload
- Top speed
- Range
- Max wind resistance
- Ingress protection (IP)
- Operating temperature
- Sensors
Jobs it does
Usually the main robot for
Models we've catalogued
How to read this. Specs come from each maker's own spec page or datasheet, with the link and the date we checked it. Blank means the maker doesn't publish it (or we haven't found it). Scores are a whirrwork assessment, not a lab test: we only score a model when independent trials or tests exist. Methodology.
| Model | Weight | Runtime / flight time | Payload | Top speed | Range | Max wind resistance | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJI Agras T100 DJI | 75 kg | – | 90 kg | – | 2 km | 6 m/s | Not enough evidence to rate |
| DJI FlyCart 30 DJI | 65 kg | 18 min | 30 to 40 kg | 20 m/s | 16 km | 12 m/s | Not enough evidence to rate |
| DJI Inspire 3 DJI | 3.995 kg | 28 min | – | 26.1 m/s | – | 12 to 14 m/s | Not enough evidence to rate |
| DJI Matrice 400 DJI | 9.74 kg | 53 min | 6 kg | 25 m/s | 40 km | 12 m/s | Not enough evidence to rate |
Also called: heavy-lift drone, heavy-lift cinema drone, payload drone, saw drone, fishing drone.