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Volocopter VoloDrone

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Electric utility drone for heavy-lift services with 18 propellers and 18 electric motors, and carries payload of up to 200 kg.

Lift type
Tilt-rotor
Construction
Control
Autonomous
Engine type
Electric
Application
Business, Cargo, Search & rescue, Utility

Design & construction

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

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Volocopter VoloDrone / 2019Heavy-lift drone.

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Volocopter (Chengdu) Technology Co. LTD.News

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