Chaparral Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Cargo Uav Payload Lift
  • Control modes: Autonomous
  • VTOL transition flight - Demonstrated - 2025-08-14 - Autonomously transitioned from vertical takeoff to 70 mph wingborne flight and returned to a vertical landing. - environment: Elroy Air flight-test operations in California - source: elroyair.com
  • Autonomous cargo delivery - Demonstrated - 2025-12-18 - A first airport-to-airport cargo delivery was completed using the hybrid-electric Chaparral VTOL aircraft. - source: elroyair.com
  • Load carrying - Demonstrated - Lifted a 300 lb cargo load during a five-flight campaign at Yuma Proving Ground in July 2024. - environment: U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground - source: elroyair.com
  • Warehouse automation - Claimed - 2022-01-26 - The product gives Elroy Air a concrete offering for warehouse automation and material-handling workflows. - source: elroyair.com

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