IF800 Tomcat Context

Market context

IF800 Tomcat is Inspired Flight American-made medium-lift quadcopter for mapping, inspection, research, public safety and government missions.

  • Target environment: Outdoor industrial sites and enterprise field environments.
  • Workflow context: Aerial mapping, inspection, survey and industrial data collection using a NDAA-compliant U.S.-built platform.
  • Customer context: Enterprise operators and government agencies needing NDAA-compliant UAVs.
  • Deployment model: Commercial UAV from a U.S.-based manufacturer.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercially available U.S.-made UAV with NDAA and Blue UAS positioning.
  • Adoption constraints: Multirotor flight time limits coverage area per mission.
  • Market position: A compact U.S.-made payload drone with NDAA and Blue UAS positioning for government and enterprise use.
  • Adjacent products: Freefly Astro, mapping UAVs

Audience

Inspectors

Workflow

Aerial mapping, inspection, survey and industrial data collection using a NDAA-compliant U. S. -built platform.

Deployment environment

Outdoor industrial sites and enterprise field environments.

Specifications

  • Wind Resistance: 10 m/s, 12 m/s gusts
  • Flight Time Minutes: 54 minutes maximum flight time
  • Ceiling: Service ceiling 4.2 km with 0.0 kg payload, 3.2 km with 1.5 kg payload, 2.0 km with 3.0 kg payload
  • Battery System: Dual hot-swappable smart batteries
  • Flight Controller: ArduPilot autopilot on CubePilot Cube Blue H7 flight management unit
  • Task Scope: Industrial inspection, mapping, public safety, and payload-based enterprise UAV work
  • Operational Role: Medium-lift enterprise quadcopter for NDAA-compliant industrial UAV operations
  • Max Payload Kg: 3 kg
  • Max Air Speed Mps: 22 m/s max air speed

Tags

  • Peer Group: Industrial mapping drone
  • Workflow: Industrial inspection
  • Capability: Autonomous navigation
  • Deployment Environment: Outdoor field environment
  • Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
  • Commercial Stage: Commercial product
  • Market Signal: Blue UAS platform

Comparable Systems

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