The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) stamped and certified Xiaopeng Huitian! The application for the type certificate of the "Land Aircraft Carrier" aircraft body was accepted
Finance Associated Press, March 25 (Reporter Wu Xin) On March 21, 2024, the application for the type certificate (TC) of the flying body (code: X3-F) of the Xiaopeng Huitian "Land Aircraft Carrier" flying car was officially accepted by the Central and South Regional Administration of Civil Aviation of China, marking that the model is about to enter the airworthiness certification stage.
Since the beginning of this year, forces from industry, policy and other parties have been accelerating the convergence of low-altitude economic fields, and Xiaopeng Huitian's application has been accepted, which will speed up the construction of the air traffic system. Xiaopeng Huitian told reporters that this shows the recognition of the Civil Aviation Administration of China for this product and the ability of R&D institutions to a certain extent.
In other words, "this means that the Civil Aviation Authority will be deeply involved in the company's type development work, reviewing the design compliance and safety level of products and their components". It is reported that Xpeng Huitian is the largest flying car company in Asia and an ecological enterprise of Xpeng Motors.
Notice of acceptance of application for Type Certificate (TC).
It is worth noting that the "land carrier" flying car is divided into two parts: the "land body" and the "flying body", which can be automatically separated and combined, and the land body can completely store the flying body into the car and drive on the ground. Flying bodies and land travel bodies will be certified in accordance with aviation and automobile related procedures respectively. It is understood that the flight body is the first domestic development for individual users, manned pure electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, using distributed electric propulsion system, to meet the requirements of single-point failure safety, with manual and automatic two driving modes, with a 270 ° panoramic double cockpit.
The reporter of the Financial Associated Press learned from Xiaopeng Huitian that an aircraft has to go through the "3C" process from design to delivery, that is, TC, PC (production license approval) and AC (stand-alone airworthiness qualification certification). TC is a certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China to the applicant (the designer of the aircraft, engine or propeller), including the model design, use restrictions, data sheets, relevant airworthiness requirements and environmental protection requirements, and other conditions or restrictions on civil aviation products.
Xiaopeng Huitian said, "TC is the first of the three types of airworthiness certification, but also the most difficult and time-consuming category, such as the pregnancy of ten months, not necessarily submitted will be accepted." At present, there are a lot of aircraft that apply for acceptance, but the validation resources are very limited at this stage, and a lot of human resources and time costs are required for the validation of an aircraft. ”
After the TC's application is accepted, the Civil Aviation Administration of China will set up an examination team with a corresponding professional review team to meet the needs of the review activities. From the moment the application is accepted, the applicant needs to meet the airworthiness requirements throughout the development life cycle process, such as the design of the model, the manufacture of each sample, the final assembly and flight test of the aircraft.
Up to now, Xpeng Huitian has independently developed five generations of intelligent electric vertical take-off and landing manned flying vehicles, with more than 15,000 test flights. Pre-orders for the company's next-generation split flying car will begin in the fourth quarter of 2024, with mass production and deliveries scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025. (Finance Associated Press reporter Wu Xin)