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Pilotless eVTOL for dropping fire-suppressant canisters on early forest, grassland, industrial-park and warehouse fires. EHang says a 12-channel system carries twelve 10-kilogram canisters or eight 20-kilogram canisters.
Latest update Nov 4, 2026
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Unveiled Nov. 4, 2026, with a Wencheng demonstration flight and a first assembled batch. Design maximum takeoff weight 620 kilograms and design mission payload 160 kilograms. No certification, price or order stated.
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On Nov. 4, 2026 EHang unveiled the EH216-EK, a pilotless eVTOL meant to drop fire-suppressant canisters on early forest, grassland, industrial and warehouse fires. The company said the aircraft flew a demonstration at its Wencheng center and that the first batch has been assembled there for validation. EHang's design figures are a 620-kilogram maximum takeoff weight, a 160-kilogram mission payload, and twelve 10-kilogram or eight 20-kilogram canisters. The release states no certification, price, order or service date.
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Pilotless two-passenger multicopter eVTOL with 16 propellers on 8 arms, flying preset routes under centralized command-and-control with no pilot aboard. The world's first passenger eVTOL to hold type, production, and standard airworthiness certificates, now flying trial commercial passenger operations in Guangzhou and Hefei. Logistics (EH216-L) and firefighting (EH216-F) variants share the platform.
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