{"id":12039,"date":"2016-01-08T01:03:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T06:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12039"},"modified":"2016-01-08T01:03:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T06:03:40","slug":"sci-tech-chinese-ehang184-drone-designed-for-single-passenger-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12039","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Chinese EHANG184 drone designed for single passenger transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese company\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehang.com\/\">EHANG<\/a>\u00a0is developing the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehang.com\/ehang184\">EHANG184<\/a>, an electric powered\u00a0quadcopter style\u00a0vehicle that is large enough\u00a0to transport a single passenger. The vehicle flies\u00a0autonomously, with no input from the passenger other than specifying the destination.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/01\/06\/the-ehang-184-is-a-human-sized-drone-taking-off-at-ces\/\">The EHang 184 Is A Human-Sized Drone Taking Off At CES &#8211; TechCrunch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nextbigfuture.com\/2016\/01\/drone-able-to-transport-humans-shown-at.html\">Drone able to transport humans shown at Consumer Electronics Show by Chinese drone company &#8211; Next Big Future<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehang.com\/ehang184\/specs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12040\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=12040\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ehang184-specs.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1283,691\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ehang184-specs\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ehang184-specs-1024x552.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12040\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ehang184-specs-1024x552.jpg\" alt=\"Ehang184-specs\" width=\"520\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ehang184-specs-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ehang184-specs-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ehang184-specs-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ehang184-specs.jpg 1283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehang.com\/ehang184\/specs\" target=\"_blank\">Specifications &#8211; Click for larger image.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0company&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehang.com\/ehang184\" target=\"_blank\">description<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0the vehicle:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Ehang 184 AAV [Autonomous Aerial Vehicle] is the safest, Eco-est and Smartest low altitude autonomous aerial vehicle, aiming on providing Medium-Short Distance communication and transportation solution.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The 184 AAV is designed with full redundancy \u2013 If one set of the power system are operating abnormal, the vehicle can still operate a normal flight plan and ensure the safety of the passenger together with the vehicle.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The 184 was designed to be a 100% with green technology, and is powered by electricity only.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Four arms and eight propellers offer great lifting power and safety. Even with one propeller malfunctions, it can still land in the nearest possible area safely.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The 184 AAV has embedded with Ehangen fail safe system. If any components malfunction or disconnect, the aircraft will immediately land in the nearest possible area to ensure safety.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The communication is encrypted and each AAV has its independent key.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This video describes the background and goals\u00a0of the project:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IrPejpbz8RI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The EHANG184 is somewhat similar in concept to the German <a href=\"http:\/\/www.volocopter.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Volocopter<\/a>, which is also derived from VTOL drone designs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese company\u00a0EHANG\u00a0is developing the\u00a0EHANG184, an electric powered\u00a0quadcopter style\u00a0vehicle that is large enough\u00a0to transport a single passenger. The vehicle flies\u00a0autonomously, with no input from the passenger other than specifying the destination. The EHang 184 Is A Human-Sized Drone Taking Off At CES &#8211; TechCrunch Drone able to transport humans shown at Consumer Electronics Show by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12039\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Chinese EHANG184 drone designed for single passenger transport<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-38b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13712,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13712","url_meta":{"origin":12039,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Update on 2 vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) vehicles","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest video update from EHANG\u00a0of China on the development of the EHANG 184 autonomous aerial vehicle\u00a0for single passenger air taxi services: https:\/\/youtu.be\/F8shiw6zY_A AvWeek has a brief article about the project:\u00a0Video: EHang Reports Progress With Autonomous Air Taxi - Aviation Week\u00a0- The company says it is on its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/F8shiw6zY_A\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16770,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16770","url_meta":{"origin":12039,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Videos of Fly Astro Elroy and Metro Skyways CityHawk VTOL vehicles","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"***\u00a0Fly Astro\u00a0is developing\u00a0Elroy (previously called \"Passenger Drone\"), another electrically powered Vertical-Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicle making flight look easy: https:\/\/youtu.be\/V3pi4HfQ0Gc More at\u00a0Transport Canada grants Astro Aerospace SFOC for flight testing of their passenger drone, \u201cElroy\u201d. 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