ODR Autel DrangonFish Demo With Jon McBride

[@Dnf_Jeff]

I like seeing American made. Constructive criticism from this experience watching. I’ll be honest, I’m no pro. But Tri rotor?(I see the 4th.. oh this different. Neat) Hour and a half? If I’m correct. That’s only a little more than double what competitive quads do. If it’s gonna look like this and be that big, make it a little bigger and give me (them emergency service people) like 6 hours, that’s competitive if I’m making compromises in other depts.
The difference between the inconvenience of a drone this size and a drone 20lb heavier and slightly bigger isn’t as much. The delicacy of this seems like it would make setup even longer.
Doesn’t seem like it’s gonna be highly maneuverable (tri rotor (edit I see 4th but this layout new to me), or fixed wing mode) or highly stable (video wise)
I see you have people with emergency services, which accommodates the two previous points.
It doesn’t look durable, I’d like to see it crashed in various ways.
More importantly, I’d like to see any simulated real world environment crash where this is still 100% operational. Other than a slightly hard landing. Trees, landing on its side (body weight test) landing upside down.
Of course that’s not something you want to happen, but I’m concerned exactly how much would even be salvageable. The Gimbal looks thin, like I’m worried about it while loading let alone flying/landing/crashing
I know I was harsh, but that’s only because I care about American companies and want you to succeed.