Wingcopter 198

Wingcopter 198 is a tilt-rotor VTOL aircraft for long-range logistics and LiDAR survey, combining vertical operations with efficient fixed-wing cruise.

Facts

  • Company: Wingcopter
  • Type: Delivery Drone
  • Core: 94 km
  • Function: Long-range logistics and LiDAR survey
  • Audience: Logistics and survey teams
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://wingcopter.com/wingcopter-198

About

About Wingcopter 198

Wingcopter 198 is a tilt-rotor VTOL aircraft for medical delivery, logistics and lidar survey. It takes off and lands vertically, then transitions to fixed-wing cruise for more efficient travel over longer routes.

Wingcopter specifies missions up to 94 kilometres under stated conditions. Payload, range, delivery method, beyond-visual-line-of-sight use and operating availability depend on configuration, weather and regulatory approval.

Specifications

  • Max Range Km: 94 km
  • Cruise Speed Kph: 90 km/h
  • Payload Capacity Kg: 4.7 kg

Market context

Logistics and survey teams

  • Peer Group: Delivery Drone

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Capabilities

  • Deployment model: Field Deployed
  • Autonomous cargo delivery - Claimed - 2021-04-27 - Carry and release up to three packages at separate delivery points in one flight. - environment: VTOL delivery routes - source: wingcopter.com

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Timeline

  • Wingcopter and Continental Drones agree plan for 12,000 Wingcopter drones across Sub-Saharan Africa - 2022-05-18 - Commercial Order - Wingcopter and Continental Drones signed an agreement to establish large-scale drone delivery networks across 49 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The plan targeted deployment of 12,000 Wingcopter 198 systems over five years. - source: wingcopter.com

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