Advice on a suitable drone for medium heavy payload

[ice2kk]

Hi,
I am planning to build a drone for geophysical purposes. I need to mount a sensor on the drone. It is a magnetometer and it weighs 2 pounds.

I thought I can buy a quadcopter and fix the device on it. I need suggestions on the best model by DJI that can carry this payload. I need the drone to be on air for a considerate amount of time and has a good range of 2 to 5 km.

Thanks in advance.

 

[With The Birds]

http://www.dji.com/mobile/product/matrice600

 

[Meta4]

Hi,
I am planning to build a drone for geophysical purposes. I need to mount a sensor on the drone. It is a magnetometer and it weighs 2 pounds.

I thought I can buy a quadcopter and fix the device on it. I need suggestions on the best model by DJI that can carry this payload. I need the drone to be on air for a considerate amount of time and has a good range of 2 to 5 km.

The Matrice 600 would be good but probably overkill for a 2 lb payload - it can carry 13 lbs.
Buy Matrice 600 | DJI Store

It's smaller brother the Matrice 100 would probably be more suitable.
Buy Matrice 100 | DJI Store
Either way, it isn't going to be cheap.

 

[ice2kk]

In that case, which other model do you suggest that can carry 2lb payload and has a good range and air time?

 

[TheLightSpeedz]

Why can he use a Phantom


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[With The Birds]

Why can he use a Phantom


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Will be difficult to mount not to mention the 15min+ reduction in flight time and seriously compromised performance.

 

[TheLightSpeedz]

Yeah... For $3k, would be worth a shot!


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