Drone is too heavy to takeoff in simulation - Gazebo Plugin

@chiarls - based on the specs you supplied and some simple scaling, here are some settings you might try. You’ll need to adjust all the <multiplier> elements in the ArduPilot plugin and the <area> and <cp> elements in all the lift-drag plugin entries (retaining the existing signs). That may give you an initial set up that will let you tune the copter. Let us know how you get on as I’d be interested to know how well the config works.

Iris E2000
prop 10 x 4.7 21 x 7
prop diameter 254 mm 533 mm
<area> [1] 0.002 0.008
<cp> [2] 0.084 0 0 0.168 0 0
motor kV 850 130
battery voltage 11.1 52.2
rpm max 9435 6786
ang vel max 988 rad/s 710 rad/s
<multiplier> [3] 838 602
  1. Scaling prop area by 2 * 2
  2. Scaling prop diameter by 2
  3. Using a multiplier of approx. 85% ang vel max.
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