H1-X Cargo

Specifications:

Aircraft type

Air cargo eVTOL concept aircraft

Piloting

The aircraft is remotely piloted or autonomously piloted. In the future, the company expects their aircraft to be piloted using Artificial Intelligence (AI) piloting.

Capacity

Air cargo

Cruise speed

95 mph (153 km/h)

Maximum cruise speed

120 mph (193 km/h)

Range

60 m (97 km)

Flight time

45 minutes

Empty weight

1,850 lb (839 kg)

Maximum payload weight

500 lb (227 kg)

Maximum takeoff weight

2,350 lb (1,066 kg)

Propellers

8 VTOL-only ducted propellers, 2 electric ducted fans for forward flight

Electric motors

10 electric motors

Power source

Battery packs

Fuselage

Carbon fiber composite

Wings

Tandem wings

Wing span

18.2 ft (5.5 m)

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle wheeled landing gear with the rear struts

Safety features

Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) means having multiple propellers (or electric ducted fans) and multiple electric motors on an aircraft so if one or more propellers (or electric ducted fans) or some electric motors fail, the other working propellers (or electric ducted fans) and electric motors can safely land the aircraft. DEP provides safety through redundancy for its passengers or cargo. There are also redundancies of critical components in the sub-systems of the aircraft providing safety through redundancy for its passengers or cargo. Having multiple redundant systems on any aircraft decreases having any single point of failure. There is also a whole aircraft emergency ballistic parachute in case of an unexpected inflight emergency.