On September 14, GAC announced that its flying car GOVE had officially obtained the civil unmanned aerial vehicle charter issued by the Civil Aviation Central and South Regional Administration of China, marking a further step in the airworthiness certification and commercialization of GAC flying cars.
Generally speaking, before mass production, flying vehicles need to go through a more complex airworthiness certification stage, including project application, compliance verification, obtaining a type certificate (TC), obtaining an airworthiness certificate, etc.
After that, they need to further obtain Production licenses, operation licenses, etc.
can they truly enter the large-scale commercial stage.
Photo source: GAC Research Institute.
It is reported that the application for the GOVE licensed pilot license of GAC Flying Vehicles is carried out in accordance with the “Airworthiness Approval Management Procedure for Civil Unmanned Aviation”(AP-21-AA-2022-71).
At present, GAC Flying Vehicle GOVE has completed a large number of test verifications such as power system endurance test, multiple power test, iron bird test, static test, aerial mooring test, hover flight test, chassis take-off test, and performance verification.
In the next stage, GAC will continue to promote the technological upgrade and engineering implementation of flying vehicles, and accelerate product implementation and airworthiness certification.
GAC Flying Vehicle GOVE is a pure electric vertical take-off and landing multi-rotor flying vehicle independently developed by GAC Research Institute.
It adopts a land-air amphibious configuration, that is, the flight cabin and the smart chassis can be separated.
It is similar to Xiaopeng Huitian’s split flying vehicle “Land Aircraft Carrier”, which can achieve optimal utilization of the three major scenarios of ground driving, air flight, and air-ground docking.
The application scenarios cover emergency rescue, air inspection, tourism, short-distance commuting, etc.
Among them, the chassis of the flying car is not only an intelligent take-off and landing platform, but also a mobile charging station.
Photo source: GAC Research Institute.
According to GAC’s previous plan, GAC will launch a flying vehicle demonstration operation plan in 2027 to achieve a three-dimensional “multiple site-ground transportation-air transportation” full chain in 2-3 cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Smart travel services.
In addition, GAC Group also plans to “launch” compound-wing flying vehicles within the year.
Unlike multi-rotor flying vehicles suitable for short-distance flights, composite-wing flying vehicles can be used for cross-city travel in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of 150 kilometers.
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