DraganFly Commander2
The Draganflyer Commander2 is a commercial multirotor drone made by Draganfly of Canada, launched in August 2021 as a North American-manufactured successor to the original Draganflyer Commander. It is built around a folding carbon-fibre airframe with interchangeable sensor payloads for professional data-collection work.
Overview
Draganfly, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, has built multirotor aircraft since the late 1990s and has long marketed its Commander line toward public-safety, agriculture and industrial-inspection customers rather than consumer photography. The Commander2 was introduced in August 2021 and is manufactured in North America, a point the company has emphasised for customers subject to domestic-sourcing requirements.
Design and capabilities
The Commander2 measures about 87.3 cm by 87.3 cm by 29.5 cm with its arms folded out, with a top rotor diameter of roughly 107 cm. It weighs about 2.75 kg with battery installed and has a maximum take-off weight of 3.75 kg, giving it a rated payload capacity of up to 1 kg. Draganfly's specification sheet lists a typical flight time of about 30 minutes with payload attached, a maximum mission speed of 64 km/h and a climb and descent rate of 2 m/s, with a density-altitude ceiling of about 2,438 m (8,000 ft). The airframe is designed to accept a range of interchangeable payloads, including high-resolution optical-zoom cameras, multispectral and thermal-infrared sensors and hyperspectral imagers, and it runs on MAVLink-based flight-planning software that supports fully automated, semi-automated and manual missions.
Use cases
Draganfly markets the Commander2 for agricultural work such as crop-health assessment and irrigation monitoring, for public-safety missions including search and rescue and collision reconstruction, and for infrastructure, mining and insurance-related aerial inspection. Its interchangeable-payload design is intended to let a single airframe serve multiple customer industries rather than being built for one narrow use case.
Frequently asked questions
How long can the Draganflyer Commander2 fly?
Draganfly's specification sheet lists a typical flight time of about 30 minutes with a payload attached.
What is the payload capacity of the Draganflyer Commander2?
It has a maximum take-off weight of 3.75 kg and a rated payload capacity of up to 1 kg.
Who makes the Draganflyer Commander2?
It is made by Draganfly, a Canadian drone manufacturer based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
What is the Draganflyer Commander2 used for?
It is marketed for agriculture, public safety, and industrial and insurance-related inspection work.
How fast is the Draganflyer Commander2?
Draganfly lists a maximum mission speed of 64 km/h.
When was the Draganflyer Commander2 launched?
Draganfly launched the Commander2 in August 2021 as a North American-manufactured successor to the original Commander.
