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Unmanned Helicopter UAVs: Single Rotor VTOL Drones for LiDAR Surveys, Cargo & Medical Deliveries United States of America
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Velos Rotors

Unmanned Helicopter UAVs: Single Rotor VTOL Drones for LiDAR Surveys, Cargo & Medical Deliveries

Velos Rotors is a leading developer of rugged, fully redundant small helicopter drones for industrial applications.

Our easy-to-operate Velos twin-engine UAVs feature robust weather resistance and requires minimal maintenance, providing superior flight time, speed and high payload capacity to comparable multirotor drones.

Velos Small Helicopter Drone

Velos V3 – Small Helicopter Drone

Long-range drone for LiDAR surveys, cargo & medical deliveries

unmanned helicopter uav

The Velos V3 is the next-generation version of our twin-engine UAV, designed from the ground up to provide the utmost efficiency and reliability, and featuring a rugged IP65-rated construction, enhanced stability, and improved payload capacity.

The small helicopter drone has been built with a highly innovative fully redundant design, providing extreme failure tolerance and preventing crashes due to loss of power. The aircraft can safely land and protect its payload even with a complete failure of most major components.

The Velos V3 provides fully automatic navigation and waypoint following as well as emergency auto-landing, and it has been tested extensively with the Here2 and Here3 RTK GNSS systems. Custom firmware provides compatibility with leading ground control software including Mission Planner, QGroundControl, UgCS and more.

helicopter uavs

The aircraft has been engineered with a unique payload rail that provides 28 different locations for mounting off-the-shelf sensors and equipment, providing true multi-mission versatility. The Velos V3 is an ideal platform for mounting LiDAR scanners, medical delivery payloads and other cargo.

Velos POR – Helicopter UAV

Unmanned helicopter with payload over rotor configuration

Unmanned helicopter with payload over rotorThe Velos POR is a variant of the V3 that enables payloads to be mounted above the aircraft’s rotor on the centre of gravity axis, ensuring minimal effect on the helicopter’s balance and flight parameters. The 360-degree clear sky view enables additional operations such as panoramic filming, and detailed inspections with cameras mounted to face both upwards and downwards.

The top mounting also allows the incorporation of a ballistic parachute system, providing an additional layer of safety and protection for both the UAV and expensive payloads. The parachute is ejected in a fraction of a second and allows the helicopter to land with low speed and maximal impact area.

More information: Velos POR – Small Helicopter UAV

UAS Services

Custom Payload Integration
Our team can customize, integrate and test a wide variety of custom payloads, sensors and technologies to meet your specific requirements. These include LiDAR scanners, ISR sensors, LTE and SATCOM datalinks, cargo delivery systems and more.

Custom Payload Integration

Training
We offer a comprehensive three-day training package that provides everything you need to successfully conduct operations with our helicopter UAVs, including mission planning, flight practice, scenarios and exercises, and maintenance. Bespoke training also can be provided to suit additional needs.

Maintenance
Velos unmanned helicopters feature a relatively simple powertrain, and maintenance, inspection and parts replacement can be performed easily by the customer. We offer specific training on how to perform these tasks.

Support
We provide our customers with extensive after-sales support to ensure the continued seamless running of your UAV operations, including online review of flight parameters and data as well as 24/7 phone availability.

Unmanned Helicopter Applications

Mapping & Surveying
Velos helicopter drones with LiDAR scanners and photogrammetric cameras are ideal for the creation of orthographic maps, 3D digital terrain models and other high-accuracy deliverables for mapping and surveying.

small helicopter drone with lidar scanner

Search & Rescue 
Helicopter UAVs equipped with thermal infrared sensors are ideal for covering vast areas of land or water to find missing persons when time is of the essence, as well as for delivering emergency supplies such as water, radios and medkits.

Precision Agriculture
Multispectral sensors and other equipment can gather precision agriculture data quickly and efficiently, providing crucial insights into crop health and enabling farmers to maximize yields.

lidar drone for surveying

Industrial & Infrastructure Inspection
Velos unmanned helicopters can efficiently inspect wind turbines, oil and gas facilities, pipelines, roads, railways, powerlines and more, reducing downtime while minimizing risk to workers.

Medical Drones & Cargo UAV
With its 12kg payload capacity, the Velos VTOL drone is ideal for drone delivery operations and transport of crucial cargo such as medical supplies, with the ability to fly safely over people as well as to reach remote and hard-to-access locations.

Long Range Cargo Delivery Drone

Surveillance & Border Patrol
The Velos V3 can use high-resolution visible and thermal cameras to provide daytime and nighttime surveillance of hazardous or critical regions. Imagery can be monitored in real-time from a remote command centre without the need to put personnel in harm’s way.

Aerial Videography
Thanks to its 90-minute flight time, the Velos V3 can use high-resolution video cameras to capture high-quality aerial footage at lower production costs than manned aircraft.

Products

Velos V3 Helicopter UAV

Small helicopter drone with fully redundant design

Velos POR Helicopter UAV

Unmanned helicopter with payload over rotor configuration

Articles

Latest
Velos Rotors Integrates the RIEGL VQ-840-GL

Velos Rotors has tested a new payload for the Velos V3, the RIEGL VQ-840-GL, a fully integrated, compact airborne laser scanner for combined topographic and bathymetric survey

Oct 11, 2023
Velos Rotors to Receive Vibration Reduction Technology for UAV Helicopter

VELOS aims to use the technology to enhance the performance of sophisticated payloads typically found in its drones, such as LiDAR, infrared, and high-precision optical cameras

Sep 22, 2023
GFZ Completes Velos V3 UAV OEM Training

GFZ will use the Velos V3 to carry LiDAR and hyperspectral sensors that will capture terrain and vegetation height information, and validate optical satellite imagery

Aug 09, 2023
Rugged Helicopter UAVs for Mapping, Inspection & Cargo Delivery

The Velos V3 features a rugged IP65-rated construction and a fully redundant design that provides extreme failure tolerance

May 11, 2023
Velos Rotors Partners with Volatus Aerospace

UAV integrator Volatus Aerospace has become the primary distributor for the Americas of the Velos V3 next generation single-rotor UAV by Velos Rotors

May 10, 2023
New Investment Funds Expanded Production of Velos V3 Drone

The $2 million investment from Marathon Venture Capital will help fund the growing demand for Velos Rotors’ electric Velos V3 unmanned helicopter

Apr 12, 2023
Unmanned Helicopter Integrates with Cloud-Based Ground Control System

Velos Rotors conducted a BVLOS flight of its VelosV3 UAV using Skylift’s fully redundant cloud-based ground control station

Mar 24, 2023

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Regional Offices & Locations
Velos Rotors - USA Office United States of America Wilmington, DE 19810
Velos Rotors - Europe Office Greece Xylokastro Korinthias, 20400
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