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EHang 216

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Low altitude autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV). The EHang 184 variant is a single seater with four arms holding eight propellers (retired in 2020). The EHang 216 has two seats with 8 arms and 16 propellers and includes the firefighting variant, EH216-F.

EHang 216
Lift type
Rotary wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Autonomous
Engine type
Electric
Application
Experimental

Design & construction

Primary structure
Composite
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Flight controls
Full FBW digital
Autopilot
3-axis
Avionics architecture
Integrated glass suite
Environmental control
None-unpressurised
Rotor configuration
Multirotor
Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
EHang 216-L / Logistics variant, same propulsion design but with cargo payload (maximum: 220kg) carried beneath.
EHang 1842016 / 20182020Single-seater variant.
EHang 2162020 / 2020Two-seater variant, production variant: EH216-S.

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EHang, Inc.News

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