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KARI OPPAV

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Personal eVTOL R&D project, fixed-wing design with four front tilt propellers and four rear lift propellers. Planned commercialisation, and future development for a five-seater variant.

Lift type
Fixed wing
Construction
Factory-built
Control
Piloted, Autonomous
Engine type
Electric
Application
Urban air mobility

Design & construction

Primary structure
Composite
Wing
Composite
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Flight controls
Full FBW digital
Environmental control
None-unpressurised

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
KARI OPPAV2019 / 2023Optionally Piloted Personal Air Vehicle, demonstrator.

Airframer

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)
Next Aerospace (Vessel Aerospace)Partnered on development & manufacturing

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