DJI Phantom 4 lift test

Test the feasability of a Phantom 4 lifting 250' of 18 gauge stranded wire. Was hoping to use the drone to lift the wire to act as a vertical antenna for use on the 160m amateur radio band. I know this would have gone better if the load was secured better. But I learned two things, even though the drone 'may' technically be able to lift the weight, its not made for it. The flight computer knows how heavy the drone is, adding weight throws the model off and it does not react well.

A few minutes after this test I unreeled the wire and did secure it so that it was balanced between left and right and front and back. I did lift the wire up to around 150'. The wind loading on the wire acted as a sail and it was enough to pull the drone off course. Even when landing the extra weight of a bungee cord and a few feet of 18 gauge wire was enough pull the drone down quicker than I liked. It can be controlled manually, but I think a kite would be better at lifting 250' of wire into the air to act as an antenna.

Would love to hear comments from those have tried either a kite or drone for such purposes.

73 - KC1OCA / WRJQ238

[JackMcCourt]

The phantom gave it it's all, respect for it

[kylepope]

Insanely cool how much control they have even while trying to lift the impossible

[MichaelLaferriere]

Also, I did get it down safely. I turned off the camera though so I could take control.

[E.MADNESS]

This drone is a goat, it’s so popular aswell😅

[trevorshackleton]

Looks like it would do it with a prop change because you could see the blades bending

[DronePilot]

it cant lift it bc the weight isint even on both sides and it has to be in the middle :D

[WTF-qp]

The thumbnail looked like it was pushing a lawnmower

[perrys]

Put it in sport mode and give it a longer rope 😅

[Al]

If the rope was on the drone more supported it would probably work

[Typhooons]

you would need the agras t40 to atleast lift it

[MadGamezYT]

Why are there electrical wires right above it?

[lextera]

Your going to overheat the motors for sure

[scamapn]

Materialul trebuie asigurat cât mai fix de cadrul dronei.

[DJCallitquits]

Dote huis verkin jaqtne jaqtne xermtish!👍

[mrbrettlee]

why would you want to put strain on the mtors it wasnt built for that were does dji say you can carry stuff im fully registered and licensed and i diddnt see anything like carry weight of course it wont lift that. strap yourself to the drone and take off

[yusufgoktas_]

Kessinlikle az kullanildi hic bir sorunu yok

[dfrontierit]

load on the props, joints and motor. even if it took off i think a prop or motor will break mid flight and the drown will be lost

[grognatou]

Me with my 8 kilogram trust 500g fpv drone 😅

[bradfrancis]

Yeah let’s try and lift something that rolls, great idea.

[kingisrael]

When you've realized shes just not that attractive anymore and he just wont get up for her😆😏