YANGDA Sky Whale heavy-lift electric VTOL drone is specially developed for LiDAR mapping, long-distance cargo delivery & transport and security & surveillance. It comes with four lift motors and one fixed-wing motor, which will allow the fixed-wing VTOL to ascend like a quadcopter. Once in the air, the aircraft transitions to horizontal flight as a push-prop fixed-wing.

Heavy-lift and long-endurance 
Sky Whale VTOL drone can fly 3.5 hours with 2kg payload, 2 hours with 6kg payload and 90 minutes with 10kg payload.

Fast deploy
The fixed-wing UAV is adapting the most advanced quick-detach technology on both airframe and cable connector, making assembly and disassembly becomes super easy. In this case, the Sky Whale VTOL plane can be set up in 3 minutes by a single man. Learn more.

Quick-release cargo bay
This design will give you more flexibility to switch among different payloads, like a surveillance camera, LiDAR, or medical supplies.

Weatherproof
Due to its anti-water design on the fuselage and air speedometer, the Sky Whale VTOL drone is weatherproof and can reach an IP54 rating. In this case, the waterproof VTOL aircraft can carry out urgent missions on rainy days, like search and rescue.  

Strong anti-wind capability
Thanks to its robust lift motor power, the Sky Whale electric VTOL can withstand winds of up to 13m/s, making it the perfect flight platform for coastline patrols and surveillance.

No piloting skills needed
The LAUNCH ground control software that Sky Whale VTOL drone uses is developed for beginners, so a pilot without any flight experience can fly the drone well. Click HERE to learn more.

Working day and night
Sky Whale can be easily identified in the air with onboard aviation lights, especially at night.

Built-in TOF landing assistance
The landing is gentle and safe with one range detection radar device.

Onboard ADS-B
Equipped with ADS-B, Sky Whale's GPS coordinate will be displayed on the air traffic control system.

Battery hot swapping
With one extra built-in battery for autopilot, the drone batteries can be replaced without powering off the system, which is very useful for multiple flights at one time.

Compass calibration-free (differential GPS)
The pilot does not need to do compass calibration on the Sky Whale VTOL UAV, saving lots of time in emergency tasks. Furthermore, the fixed-wing VTOL won't get affected by surrounding electromagnetic interference (EMI) anymore since the compass is replaced by DGPS, significantly improving the VTOL flight stability in the air.

Fly by camera (optional)
This surveillance VTOL can follow and monitor a stationary or moving target of interest along a routine patrol route if the onboard drone zoom camera tracks it. Additionally, the target's coordinates can be copied and shared with the command center. Once the monitoring is complete, the VTOL drone can return to its original patrol route.

Smart power, smarter performance
To deliver peak performance and reliability, the Sky Whale heavy-lift electric VTOL is powered by the XTurbo Intelligent Battery—a smart system built specifically for industrial drones. With real-time BMS monitoring, 400+ charge cycles, and smart safety features like auto-balancing and overcharge protection, it ensures safer, longer, and more efficient flights for ISR and mapping missions. 

 Monitor target movement status on GCS (optional)
The pilot can use the LAUNCH GCS to monitor the target's movement status, such as real-time updated GPS coordinates, the distance between the target and the drone, as well as the distance between the target and the HOME position.

Follow Me feature (optional)
Sometimes, the flight platform, such as a boat or a vehicle, needs to move after the drone takes off to complete a mission. In this scenario, the drone must be capable of following the moving flight platform and landing once the task is completed. This feature is very useful when the VTOL drone is conducting a surveillance or monitoring mission on the sea.

Remote landing and delivery (optional)
One-key to take off, no need for a skilled operator. Multiple landing points, suitable for cargo delivery application.

VTOL Parachute (optional)
Saver-40VT parachute has been developed to protect this precious VTOL drone during an unexpected accident in the air. 

Unlimited video & data range (optional)
Sky Whale aircraft provides a 4G / LTE video transmitter for unlimited video & data transmission.

Versatile airborne platform
Thanks to its excellent stability and powerful payload-lift capability, Sky Whale VTOL can be used in mapping, search, rescue, and surveillance applications.

What is included

1 x YANGDA Sky Whale VTOL fixed-wing airframe
4 x Lift motor
4 x ESC for lift motor
2 x 26 inch CF Propeller CW&CCW
1 x ESC for fixed-wing motor
1 x Fixed-wing motor
1 x 22 inch CF Propeller CW for fixed-wing motor
4 x Servo
1 x CAN air Speedometer
1 x Power Module For Flight Controller
1 x Pixhawk Cube Orange+ flight controller & Differential GPS
1 x TOF
1 x Futaba T6K V3S radio controller
1 x Assembly and Flight Test Service
1 x Aviation box
1 x LAUNCH ground control software

Size And Packing Dimension

Optional payloads

Sky Eye-U30 daylight zoom camera Lightweight 2-axis gimbal with 30X optical zoom camera and object tracking	Storm Eye-40IE EO/IR gimbal camera Lightweight 3-axis gimbal with 40X optical zoom camera and thermal sensor, and object tracking	Storm Eye-30IE-M EO/IR gimbal camera 3KM Laser Rangefinder EO/IR camera with AI Auto-Identify, target tracking and GPS coordinate	Storm Eye-30IE-M50 EO/IR gimbal camera 3KM Laser Rangefinder EO/IR camera with AI Auto-Identify, target tracking and GPS coordinate

Optional video & data link

Videopass-N30 30KM transmission range, video and telemetry in one, two frequencies, ultra-low latency	Videopass-N60 60KM transmission range, video and telemetry in one, two frequencies, ultra-low latency	Videopass-N150 150KM transmission range, video and telemetry in one, two frequencies, ultra-low latency	Shadow auto antenna tracker Follow the drone to extend the transmission range

Optional ground control station

		ROCK-II ground control station Rugged 17.3 inch dual-screen ground control station for drone mission planning and flight control, and payloads control

 User Manual