The Pros and Cons of Quadcopter vs Hexacopter vs Octocopter

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The Pros and Cons of Quadcopter vs Hexacopter vs
Octocopter

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• Nowadays Multicopters are getting more popular.
  Most of them are quite affordable and everyone is
  putting them on their shopping lists. Kids are
  quite attractive towards them. They like to fly
  them like personal robots. Hence they are now
  available in all the stores.
• Drones are mainly divided into three sections.
• Quadcopter
• Hexacopter
• Octacopter

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Quadcopter Features

• Multicopters are the fastest and most popular in
  the market. Everyone has seen them at least in
  videos or advertisements. They are cheap as
  compared to hexacopter octacopter. You can
  assemble them fast and easily. They comprise of
  four propellers which are either rectangular or
  square in shape.

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Pros Cons of a Quadcopter
Four propellers are most beneficial in listing
the object off the ground with more power.
Therefore most of the drones you will find in
this category as they can easily carry their
weight and the manufacturers can keep the prices
low.

• Cheap relative manufacturing.
• Great Movement Controlling.
• Enough capable to hold accessories.
• Greater power and thrust.
• Available Repairable.

• Less powerful than hexacopter or octocopter

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Hexacopter Features

• Hexacopters are next level as the name says which
  has six propellers with corresponding motors. It
  is an addition to their capability of flying with
  expensive cameras attached.

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Pros Cons of a Hexacopter

• Power Due to 2 extra propellers they have high
  speed and more power than quadcopters.
• Height Their air flight is higher than their
  counterparts.
• Safety In the case of a motor damage, a pilot
  can still land the drone safely without any
  damage to the drone. This is hard to do with 4
  motors.

• Costly than the quadcopter.
• Difficult to fly in tight spaces.
• Costly motor parts

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Octocopter Features

• With all the features of a hexacopter, it has
  more power with 2 more motors. Octocopters are
  often seen capturing the best aerial footage
  available.

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Pros Cons of an Octocopter

• Design Octocopter drone With 8 propellers can
  exceptionally reach high elevations.
• Speed faster than its competitors
• Control No hindrance in traffic control due to
  rain or wind.
• Safety You can still fly these drones when one
  or two motors are damaged.

• Their size is big.
• Costly than hexacopter and quadcopter.
• Battery life less than counterparts.

We recommend choosing an octocopter that can
withstand heavy wind and carry best camera
equipment.
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