Yuneec
| Yuneec International Ltd. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Limited Company (Ltd.) |
| Seat | Jinxi , China |
| management | Larry Liu ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 1800 |
| Website | www.yuneec.com |
Yuneec International Electric Aviation is a Chinese company originally engaged in the manufacture of model airplanes . For a few years now, operations have shifted to the development and production of electric drives for aircraft and electrically powered light aircraft .
The owners of Yuneec founded the California- based company GreenWing International in 2013 , which is responsible for marketing, sales and servicing of the aircraft developed by Yuneec. Formally, the rights to the corresponding development programs remain with Yuneec.
In 2014, the eSpyder model was the first type certification for an electrically powered ultralight aircraft in Germany, the entry in the data sheet was made to the company Yuneec International (China) Co., Ltd.
Products
Yuneec's current product range includes the following product lines:
- Airplane or helicopter models with electric drive
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Multicopter for aerial photography
- z. B. Yuneec Breeze 4K or Typhoon H
- Personal Electric Transporter
- e-Go, an electrically powered skateboard
- Coordinated components for electrically powered aircraft:
- Electric motors up to 60 kW
- Accumulators or accumulator packages
- Control units
- Charger
- Electrically powered light aircraft, the following types are currently available:
- Yuneec ePac : an electric drive for paragliders
- Yuneec eViva : a two-seater motor glider whose development goes back to a Czech-German cooperation
- Yuneec e430 : A two-seater electric motor glider with up to three hours of flight time
- Yuneec eSpyder : An ultralight aircraft in the classic tube-fabric construction, the first electrically powered ultralight aircraft with type approval in Germany.
development
The next development step is in the prototype stage of a 4-seater aircraft called the e1000 , which is powered by two 45 kW electric motors arranged one behind the other above the wing. The aim is to achieve a range of around 480 km at a cruising speed of around 175 km / h. The prototype was supposed to take part in the EAA Electric Aircraft Competition at the Oshkosh AirVenture 2011, but crashed a few months earlier due to structural failure. Since this occurred at a low altitude, the German test pilot Martin Wezel had a fatal accident.
Awards
The e430 model won the 2010 Lindbergh Electric Aircraft Prize in the 'Best Electric Airplane' category. The prize is endowed with 25,000 US dollars in three categories and was awarded for the first time in 2010.
Web links
- Official website of Yuneec
- Report on the e-flight-expo at the AERO 2010 in "Flügel - Das Magazin
- YouTube video about the eSpyder
- Announcement of the e1000
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1] , accessed on March 13, 2019
- ↑ Announcement of the foundation on the GreenWing international website ( Memento from August 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Device data sheet from the German Ultralight Flight Association (PDF file)
- ^ Message about the accident with the e1000 ( Memento from May 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive )