Product profile
Carrier H6 Electric
Carrier H6 Electric is Harris Aerial's USA-made heavy-lift hexacopter for industrial payloads, inspection and mapping. The official platform page specifies...
Facts
- Company
- Harris Aerial
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- heavy_lift_payload_transport
- Website
- https://harrisaerial.com/carrier-drones/carrier-h6-electric/
About Carrier H6 Electric
Carrier H6 Electric is Harris Aerial's USA-made heavy-lift hexacopter for industrial payloads, inspection and mapping. The official platform page specifies an 8 kg payload, 48-minute unloaded endurance and a 25 kg maximum takeoff weight.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Heavy-lift hexacopter
Core: 8 kg payload and 48 min endurance
Function: Carries inspection, mapping and other professional payloads for outdoor missions
Audience: Industrial inspection teams, surveyors and public-safety operators
Specifications
- data_interfaces
- UART, Ethernet, CAN, GPIO and USB
- empty_weight_kg
- 9.8 kg
- flight_controller
- Cube Orange+ with custom ArduPilot
- max_flight_time_min
- Unloaded min
- max_horizontal_speed_m_s
- 15 m/s
- max_payload_kg
- 8 kg
- max_takeoff_weight_kg
- 25 kg
- max_vertical_speed_m_s
- 2.5 m/s
- payload_power_interfaces
- 12 V / 24 V / 48 V
- redundancy
- Triple-redundant IMU
- service_ceiling_ft
- 12000 ft
Operations
- Environment
- outdoor_operations, industrial_sites, utility_infrastructure, search_and_rescue
- Primary user
- industrial_inspection_teams, surveying_teams, public_safety_operators, robot_integrators
- Role
- heavy_lift_payload_transport, aerial_inspection, aerial_mapping, autonomous_drone_operations
- Interaction model
- autonomous_mission_execution, remote_teleoperation, payload_integration
- Mobility class
- multirotor_uav, heavy_payload_uav
- Product detail
- https://zlsbkmaixmmnjrgpkcyp.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/robotics_assets/products/korthos-product-candidates-2026-08-22-batch-28/harris-aerial-carrier-h6-electric-16x9.jpg, hexacopter_uav, heavy_lift_hexacopter, 1600, 900, a7160785815adc0c044327f82ca558720d62c8918542e2d6e5d858d2ef11d34c, reviewed_16x9_official_media, Heavy-Lift Drone, robotics_assets, https://harrisaerial.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/H6_Electric_SH3_v01.webp, https://harrisaerial.com/carrier-drones/carrier-h6-elect...
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Harris H6E completes 77-mile BVLOS inspection — 2023-06-05
- Harris Aerial maps historic Groveland cemetery — 2022-05-09
- LiDARUSA integrates scanners with Harris hybrid multicopters — 2019-07-09
- Harris Aerial launches Carrier H4 Hybrid — 2018-02-15