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AKIZU Drone
Starling 2 Max in an AKIZU body
A proven ModalAI development platform with a VOXL 2 computer, wrapped in a compact AKIZU body. The body protects electronics and batteries, keeps the cameras behind glass and gives the drone the look of a professional tool. Frame, motors and propellers stay original.
StatusIn development
Overview
Who it is for
Inspection operators and public-safety teams that need to fly beyond visual line of sight over an ordinary mobile network.
What it solves
The airborne link of the chain is designed for VERA from the start: camera, VOXL 2 computer and modem form one unit.
What stays original
Frame, motors, propellers and flight software of the Starling 2 Max. The AKIZU body is a design that adds protection and identity.
Body
Designed as a working tool.
The PA12 glass-fibre body covers electronics and batteries. Cameras sit behind glass, the service panel uses Torx screws and vents carry heat away from the VOXL 2. Labels show what is original and what AKIZU adds.
Cameras
An image that knows its age.
Two 12 MP Sony IMX412 cameras and two AR0144 tracking cameras for navigation. The main VERA profile assumes 240 frames per second, so each frame is at most 4.2 ms ahead of the next on the drone.
- Main cameras2 × Sony IMX412 12 MP M
- Tracking cameras2 × AR0144 1 MP M
- Main profile240 fps N
Colours
Two lines: Deep Navy and Light Grey.
Deep navy for public safety and defence, light grey for inspection and industry. The AKIZU logo is printed on the body, and the Brain onboard unit carries the same colours.
AKIZU Drone
Specifications
Platform
- Base
- ModalAI Starling 2 Max M
- Computer
- VOXL 2, Qualcomm QRB5165, 8 GB M
- Cameras
- 2 × Sony IMX412 12 MP, 2 × AR0144 1 MP, optional ToF M
- Navigation
- GNSS u-blox M10, IMU, barometer M
- Links
- Wi-Fi, Microhard, 4G or 5G M
- RC control
- Ghost Atto 2.4 GHz or ELRS 915 MHz M
- NDAA
- depends on configuration; the ELRS version is not NDAA-compliant M
Size and performance
- Span
- 512 mm diagonal, height 120 mm M
- Take-off weight
- 500–566 g depending on source M
- Batteries
- 2 × 2S 18650 in series (4S), max 16.8 V M
- Flight
- ~55 min Amprius, ~40 min Li-Ion M
- Wind
- gusts up to 15 m/s M
AKIZU body
- Material
- PA12 with glass fibre O
- Added weight
- 60–80 g C
- Video
- VERA, 240 fps main profile N
- Colours
- Deep Navy, Light Grey N
To verify before production
- Field of view of the cameras and ToF sensor through the body
- GNSS and 5G attenuation through the body material
- Centre of gravity and endurance with the body
- The manufacturer reports issues with the current GPS version; we are tracking the fix
Data labels
- Zmeasured internally
- Mmanufacturer data, not verified by AKIZU
- NAKIZU design
- Ctarget
- Pplan
- Odesign estimate
- Unot yet known
M values are stated by the manufacturer for the base platform and not verified with the AKIZU body. Starling and VOXL are products of ModalAI, Inc. ModalAI
In more detail
What the airframe does not do
The airframe carries Brain. It does not decide about the frame.
Image age is not made by the airframe. It is made by the chain in Brain and in the cockpit. An airframe without Brain is an aircraft like any other.
The beacon in the Solutions scenes is not part of the drone. It is a payload from another maker. Night lights depend on the aircraft and AKIZU has not verified them.
The two lines, Deep Navy and Light Grey, are appearance. They are not two different performance figures.
Bring to the meeting
- A place for Brain.
- Four screws and one connector in the fit design.
- The status on the page, not a promise from a render.
This is not
- An autonomous decision.
- A beacon.
- A certificate from a visualisation.
Explore
Explore every area and the other sections
Twelve solution areas and the sections that belong with them. The case studies are illustrations, not completed deployments.
Solutions
Other sections
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