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by nikitaga 1699 days ago
If you're interested in the components, looks like both motors and propellers are from https://www.mad-motor.com

It's quite hard to find high quality electric drive components in this size – too big for drones, too small for full scale airplanes. https://store.tmotor.com/ is another alternative.

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Where do Tesla's motors fit in on that scale? They don't (afaik) wholesale them, but used drive units are purchasable.
Not in the same market, so it's too heavy.

It could handle the required rpm to create lift/takeoff (up to 18k according to their marketing material, it would probably overheat if you had that kind of rpm for an extended period of time though), but you'd probably need a cable to an energy source.