So manufacturer says MTOW is 90kg, which likely means they barely got it in the air once at freezing temperatures on a very long tarmac strip. Max speed of 170 km/h would indicate that it's happy cruising at around 120-150 km/h. The place they found it in a barn is 170km away from the Morrocan coast around El Hoceima, so about two hours of flight including take-off and climb. Compared to a specified 7hr max flight time, they'd have to fill it up to about one third, so 9 liters of fuel, or 7kg.
An empty weight of 25kg and 7kg of fuel gives us rougly 32kg of empty take-off mass, and you then could load it up with not-quite 50kg of payload. Significant, but a far cry from the 150kg that was reported.
Unfortunately, the 26.5kg empty weight they specify is the bare airframe. That means it excludes the engine, VTOL powertrain (motors + escs + props), general wiring/electronics and VTOL batteries.
Their quoted "25kg" payload is likely about right for a shorter flight.
$12k for the airframe. Each engine (4x) is another $8k. I wouldn't be surprised if the out-the-door cost of the airframe, engines, avionics and controls surpasses $50k.
hengheng|4 years ago
An empty weight of 25kg and 7kg of fuel gives us rougly 32kg of empty take-off mass, and you then could load it up with not-quite 50kg of payload. Significant, but a far cry from the 150kg that was reported.
blutack|4 years ago
Their quoted "25kg" payload is likely about right for a shorter flight.
snovv_crash|4 years ago
unknown|4 years ago
[deleted]
scoot|4 years ago
chrisseaton|4 years ago
SMAAART|4 years ago
api_or_ipa|4 years ago
TOMDM|4 years ago
Seems it's only the airframe though and maybe the fuel tank.
VTOL motors, alternator, engine, props, control system etc. are all extra.
coolspot|4 years ago
unknown|4 years ago
[deleted]