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Featurev2.16

Swap any motor, propeller, battery or ESC for a real part

Select a part, press Swap, and pick from real industry parts drawn to size, each checked for viability with its flight figures before you fit it.

After: The Agricopter with Motor 1 selected: before, the panel went straight into property fields; after, a card with Swap motor (136), Inspect, Lock and Hide.
Before: The Agricopter with Motor 1 selected: before, the panel went straight into property fields; after, a card with Swap motor (136), Inspect, Lock and Hide.
BeforeAfter
A selected motor
Three steps of the Swap panel: the Swap motor button, the list of real motors drawn to size with viable or not viable marks, and the picked motor's check with mass, hover time, thrust to weight and hover power now and with it.
Swap, pick, check
The Agricopter after fitting six T-Motor U8 II Lite motors: still viable, one undo step.
Fitted to all six motors

A selected part now opens with a clear card: its kind and name, then Swap, Inspect, Lock and Hide as plain buttons. Swap lists the real parts that fit, nearest size first: 136 propulsion motors, 15 propellers, 20 batteries, 14 ESCs, 19 servos and 31 bearings, every figure from the maker's datasheet. Each is drawn to its own proportions, and the rows on screen show whether the design stays viable with it fitted.

Click one to see the physics check with it fitted: Viable or Not viable with the reasons, and what it changes, now and with it, for mass, flight time, thrust to weight, hover power and the product's own figures, plus the datasheet caveats (thrust measured on another prop or voltage). Use fits it to this part or to every part of its kind in one undo step; the motor keeps its base on the mount and the propeller rides on its new top. Import parts (JSON) adds your own, validated.

Added
  • Added the Swap panel with 264 real industry parts and a viability check per part
  • Added a part card with Swap, Inspect, Lock and Hide
  • Added Swap for a real part to the double-tap menu
  • Added importing your own parts from JSON
Improved
  • Improved the Agricopter model: each motor sits on its motor mount, the real load path
Try it

Click a motor on a drone and press Swap motor.

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