# Hexacopter

> Why use six motors?

- Category: Drone design › Drone frame layouts
- Kind: Standard part
- Basis: Design rules and figures from the cited sources; example geometry by Xem Studio
- Page: https://xemstudio.com/objects/hexacopter/ · JSON: https://xemstudio.com/api/geometry?object=hexacopter · Plain text: https://xemstudio.com/objects/hexacopter/sheet.txt
- License: dimension sheet CC BY 4.0 (Xem Studio); files Xem Studio Design License (free to use and sell from, not to redistribute as files: https://xemstudio.com/license/)
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**Exact dimensions.** True size, with no printing tolerance added.

## Notes

- Six motors (typically 60 deg apart) give more lift and can usually land after a motor failure (Oscar Liang), at the cost of size, cost and more failure points (ArduPilot).
- The file is a reference example built by Xem Studio from the numbers above (Illustrative large frame; no hex size table in sources.). Sizes the sources do not fix are illustrative; scale the example to your own vehicle.

## Sizes

| parameter | value or range | source |
|---|---|---|
| Motor spacing | 60 deg | Oscar Liang |

## Where the files are

- Oscar Liang: [Types of multicopter](https://oscarliang.com/types-of-multicopter) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts
- ArduPilot: [Archived: Advanced MultiCopter Design](https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/advanced-multicopter-design.html) — web — Publisher's page; dimensions are facts

## Free STEP/STL (1 parts, Xem Studio Design License, Xem Studio)

Index: https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/hexacopter/index.json · license: https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/hexacopter/LICENSE.md

- hexacopter-layout: [STEP](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/hexacopter/hexacopter-layout.step) · [STL](https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/hexacopter/hexacopter-layout.stl) — hex frame layout: 550 mm motor-to-motor diagonal, 12 in props (discs show the swept area; arms and plate illustrative)

## Questions

**Will it survive a motor loss?**

Often it can land safely (Oscar Liang).

## Fits with

- [True X quad frame](https://xemstudio.com/objects/true-x-frame/)
- [Stretched X frame](https://xemstudio.com/objects/stretched-x-frame/)
- [Squashed (wide) X frame](https://xemstudio.com/objects/squashed-x-frame/)
- [Hybrid X frame](https://xemstudio.com/objects/hybrid-x-frame/)
- [Deadcat frame](https://xemstudio.com/objects/deadcat-frame/)
- [H frame](https://xemstudio.com/objects/h-frame/)