I am building my first drone and it appears that there are a ton of cheap brands that have varying quality. What OEMs/brands do you trust?
I am researching motors and ESCs right now and I am not really sure what manufacturer I want to go with. I have been looking at KDE and T Motors. I was about to pull the trigger on KDE but then found some posts on other boards that said the data that KDE provides is way off. Everyone seemed to still like them but it makes it very difficult to design with.
My general design criteria:
Use cases: aerial photos, possible thermal down the road for fun, general use
Quadcopter with camera, telemetry, lidar, GPS
Currently have a 500mm frame
Looking at 10" props
Weight: 800g*, I have considered designs that range from 1.6 to 2.1kg
Figure since this is a drone my design for motors/props would be a 2:1 thrust ratio
*excluding motors, ESCs, props and batteries (figure there are dependencies there that I will need to have a full solution for before I have final weights for)
I am completely open to design considerations and general input.