Our current drone is a quadcopter EACHINE model H8C. It has the ability to fly for 6-8 minutes and produce enough thrust to hold 0.25 kg and fly at 13 mph. It is equipped with clips to hold our filter. This is currently sufficient for our proof of concept but will not be enough for our prototypes in development.

With our pre-seed money from a grant, we would make a custom quadcopter drone that best fits our needs. We will be able to make an automated drone that can fly at 30 mph, carry a payload of 3 kg, and fly for 40 minutes.

In the future we will switch to a custom fixed wing drone for greater speeds and endurance. This will ideally fly at speeds up to 70 mph and for 100+ minutes. It will also be able to support a pay load of 10 kg. In addition to this, the drone will have an onboard solar charging system to maximize efficiency.