09/15/2022
Today’s the day! We’ve completed and shipped off Elroy Air’s second cargo logistics airframe.
This was a big push to completion and we are very proud of our team. We are thrilled to be apart of this project to push aerial transport to reality.
“The Chaparral is a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aerial cargo platform. The first version of the Chaparral will carry 300–500lbs of cargo over a 300-mile range with its hybrid-electric powertrain and simple, redundant lift and forward-flight motors.
The Chaparral is the flying part of an integrated, high-throughput autonomous aerial logistics system. The vehicle can land, deposit cargo, pick up another load, and take-off again, all in just a few minutes and without operator interaction. The Chaparral is designed to carry cargo in lightweight, aerodynamic pods which are pre-loaded by ground personnel, and picked up autonomously by the aircraft before takeoff. The result is a conveyor belt through the sky for high-throughput express shipping.
The Chaparral has been designed by the Elroy Air team in San Francisco, CA, for autonomous flight and ground operations. It can be remotely-piloted to comply with civil aviation authorities and airspace integration policy.” -
