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GET /v1/thrust-weight

Thrust-to-weight ratio

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/drone-api/v1/thrust-weight" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/drone-api/v1/thrust-weight", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/drone-api/v1/thrust-weight");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/drone-api/v1/thrust-weight",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "note": "Thrust-to-weight = total max motor thrust ÷ all-up weight. Aim for at least 2:1 so the craft has authority to hold position and recover; freestyle wants 3–5:1, heavy-lift/cinematic can live near 1.5:1. Below 2:1 it feels mushy and struggles in wind.",
        "inputs": {
            "auw_g": 1200,
            "motor_count": 4,
            "motor_thrust_g": 800
        },
        "flight_class": "agile / freestyle",
        "total_thrust_g": 3200,
        "thrust_to_weight": 2.67
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-06T23:53:56.763Z",
        "request_id": "5856a586-5a5e-42a5-ba0d-7eef3bddf3d8"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Thrust-to-weight",
    "success": true
}