EHang completes eVTOL flight testing, preps for type certification
Since its application acceptance in 2021, the EH216-S has met all CAAC safety standards and airworthiness requirements to achieve type certification, and the end goal of commercial operation.
EH216-S autonomous aircraft in flight. Photo Credit, all images: EHang
In an update from CW’s last progress report in October 2022, (Guangzhou, China) has successfully all of the planned tests and flights for the EH216-S unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the last phase of demonstration and verification of compliance, and also completed the definitive TC Flight Test mandated by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). This is the last milestone before obtaining type certificate, which the company expects soon.
CAAC officially accepted the EH216-S type certification application in January 2021. Over the last 30 months, EHang says it has sufficiently proved that EH216-S meets the safety standards and airworthiness requirements by the CAAC, through scientific approaches, multi-angle demonstrations, rigorous testing and continuous optimizations.
