Product profile
Carrier HX8
Carrier HX8 is Harris Aerial's foldable coaxial octocopter for heavy professional payloads. Its official specifications list an 8 kg payload, 43.2-minute n...
Facts
- Company
- Harris Aerial
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- heavy_lift_payload_transport
- Website
- https://harrisaerial.com/carrier-Hx8/
About Carrier HX8
Carrier HX8 is Harris Aerial's foldable coaxial octocopter for heavy professional payloads. Its official specifications list an 8 kg payload, 43.2-minute no-payload flight time, dual RTK GNSS and fully autonomous flight modes.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Heavy-lift coaxial octocopter
Core: 8 kg payload with redundant propulsion
Function: Carries inspection, mapping and other professional payloads in autonomous-capable missions
Audience: Industrial inspection teams, surveyors and robot integrators
Specifications
- data_interfaces
- UART, Ethernet, CAN, GPIO and USB
- empty_weight_kg
- 9.8 kg
- flight_modes
- GPS loiter, altitude hold and fully autonomous
- max_flight_time_min
- No payload min
- max_horizontal_speed_m_s
- 14 m/s
- max_payload_kg
- 8 kg
- max_takeoff_weight_kg
- 25 kg
- max_vertical_speed_m_s
- 2.5 m/s
- positioning
- Dual RTK GNSS
- propulsion
- Eight KV100 motors with coaxial octocopter configuration
- telemetry_range_km
- Ideal telemetry range km
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-hx8-16x9.jpg, coaxial_octocopter, heavy_lift_coaxial_octocopter, 1600, 900, 1810714b558217ea653a5b4a898bbf7cafd2354a5e8255bc7d09fdd13ff5cb75, reviewed_16x9_official_media, Heavy-Lift Drone, robotics_assets, https://harrisaerial.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/H8_SH2_v01.webp, https://harrisaerial.com/carrier-drones/carrier-Hx8/, officia...
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