Cargo Air Vehicle IT1

Specifications:

Aircraft type

Heavy-lift eVTOL air cargo prototype drone

Piloting

Autonomous piloting

Capacity

Air cargo only, loading from the front (possibly)

Cruise speed

Unknown

Empty weight

Unknown

Maximum payload weight

500 lb (227 kg)

Propellers

12 propellers (6 pairs of stacked propellers) located on two parallel booms (to the fuselage) and at the wing tips

Electric motors

12 electric motors

Power source

In-house made battery packs

Fuselage

Carbon fiber composite

Wings

1 main high wing with two parallel booms to the fuselage

Landing gear

4 fixed landing 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 passengers or cargo. There are also redundancies of critical components in the sub-systems of the aircraft providing safety through redundancy. Having multiple redundant systems on any aircraft decreases having any single point of failure. To ensure safe flight operations, the CAV always flies within designated airspace and it is equipped with automated safety features that can command it to land.