Firefly UAV - IGNIS 4K Integration testing

We’ve been up to a lot of exciting testing at Parallel Flight. Here are some behind the scenes of our initial integration flight testing with Drone Amplified’s IGNIS 4K. In this 20 minute testing session, Firefly started out with 2000 balls (dragon eggs), and dropped 275 of them. Testing continued, and in this video Firefly is carrying 1725 balls, which is about ~46 lbs. Total take-off weight here was 234 lbs.
Once deployed, Firefly will be able to carry this payload for over 2 hours! This is going to serve as a vital tool for various land management applications, including assisting firefighters on the front line tactical resupply during active wildfire fights, prescribed burning and more.
This testing is funded via a USDA PH II program. Stay tuned for more!

[@kevesor9973]

As a factory test-pilot I see nothing but success from this

[@danielclarke7109]

My guess this thing needs about 4x more control authority in the pitch and roll axis and about 8x more control authority in the yaw axis to be viable.

[@sk8rboy1255555]

It's not trying to be a race drone.. I'm sure the control authority is fine.