Consumer Products
Alongside TriStar Multicopters, SurfaceID developed a drone that flies more efficiently than any kind of drone on the market, with flight time averaging at approximately 90 minutes. This drone was developed for first responders, however the long flight time makes it very successful in consumer, industrial and security markets as well.
Industrial Design
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Use Cases
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Colours, Materials & Finishings
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Mechanical Design
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Currently, the biggest problem within the drone industry is short fly times. Flight time is often restricted to 20-30 minutes per battery due to high energy needs and poor energy efficiency.
The TriStar drone optimizes its battery power to provide users with three times the amount time to carry out important matters.
Our engineers used the most up to date softwares to bring the TriStar drone to life and gather real- time feedback on form, function and features.
TriStar Multicopters, a Montreal drone company, set out to beat the industry’s biggest limitation: flight time. Its three-rotor layout pairs one large main rotor with two smaller rotors. The company describes the result as a long-range drone three times more efficient than the competition. It has a foldable, lightweight structure that is easy to carry, plus an autopilot and mission planner that make it quick to deploy for first responders and industrial inspectors.
SurfaceID developed the drone alongside TriStar. On the design side, the work ran from research, use cases and material studies through colours, materials and finishes, CAD, prototyping and testing. On the engineering side, it covered mechanical design, firmware, PCB design and design for manufacturing. The result is a compact airframe about 79 cm across, with a camera gimbal under the nose.
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