Built of carbon fibre and plastic
A drone: a carbon-fibre or moulded plastic frame carrying electric motors, batteries and the flight computer.
170 of the model families on this list are built this way, 18,258 aircraft on the register between them; the largest is the Zipline P2 delivery drone with 3,695, then the DJI AGRAS T40 agricultural drone (1,843).
Biggest model families aircraft on the register
Zipline P2 delivery drone3,695DJI AGRAS T40 agricultural drone1,843DJI AGRAS T50 agricultural drone1,710DJI AGRAS T100 agricultural drone926Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone821Hylio HYL-150 agricultural drone701UVify 810650EAVision EA J100605XAG P100547Shield AI V-BAT459XAG P150457DJI AGRAS T30 agricultural drone402
The biggest families, as a table
All 170 families with notes where the construction changed
650UVify 810
547XAG P100
457XAG P150
163DJI MAVIC 2
134Hylio AG 230 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
129DJI T40
107EAVision J-150 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
81DJI T50
53Pyka PELICAN · An electric crop-spraying aircraft with a composite airframe.
51Leading Edge Aerial Technologies PV40 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
46Huida Tech HD580 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
46Hylio AG-130 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
46Hylio AG-272 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
43EAVision J100 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
41EAVision EA-J70 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
34DJI T-30
31Firestorm Labs TEMPEST BETA 2 · Printed from plastic on site, with carbon-fibre spars.
30DJI T20
27Leading Edge Aerial Technologies PV100 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
26Vector HD 580 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
24DJI M300
24Hylio AG-116 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
23Hylio AG-122 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
21Hylio AG-216 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
20General Atomics UBC97000 · A large military drone with a composite airframe.
18Leading Edge Aerial Technologies PV35 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
15XAG V40 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
12General Atomics MQ-9 · A large military drone with a composite airframe.
11General Atomics UHK97000 · A large military drone with a composite airframe.
10Skydio 2
10ZenaDrone ZENADRONE 1000 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
9BroUAV U60 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
9Pyka PELICAN CARGO · An electric crop-spraying aircraft with a composite airframe.
9Abz Innovation L30 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
8Guardian Agriculture SC1 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
8Leading Edge Aerial Technologies PRECISION VISION 35X · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
8XAG 3 · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
6Guardian Agriculture MOE · An agricultural drone: carbon-fibre tube arms on a cast aluminium centre, with composite tanks.
5General Atomics USH97000 · A large military drone with a composite airframe.
5Yamaha Motor FAZER R · An unmanned helicopter for crop spraying.
Connections how this material links to the rest of the register
Model families
- Zipline P2 delivery drone 3,695 registered
- DJI AGRAS T40 agricultural drone 1,843 registered
- DJI AGRAS T50 agricultural drone 1,710 registered
- DJI AGRAS T100 agricultural drone 926 registered
- Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone 821 registered
- Hylio HYL-150 agricultural drone 701 registered
- UVify 810 650 registered
- EAVision EA J100 605 registered
- XAG P100 547 registered
- Shield AI V-BAT 459 registered
- XAG P150 457 registered
- DJI AGRAS T30 agricultural drone 402 registered
Makers
- DJI 7,019 aircraft on the register
- Zipline 3,695 aircraft on the register
- Hylio 1,213 aircraft on the register
- EAVision 1,194 aircraft on the register
- XAG 1,031 aircraft on the register
- Amazon Prime Air 821 aircraft on the register
- UVify 650 aircraft on the register
- Shield AI 461 aircraft on the register
Other materials
- Aluminium 748 model families
- Composite 231 model families
- Steel tube, wood and fabric 209 model families
- Fabric and wicker 176 model families
- Steel tube and fabric 145 model families
- Aluminium with composite parts 112 model families
- Aluminium tube and fabric 85 model families
- Steel tube and aluminium 58 model families
- Fabric wing and steel frame 52 model families
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/material/drone-composite.json.
The FAA's register does not record construction; this list is written by hand from the makers' descriptions and the type certificate data sheets, which remain the authority for any one model. Connections as data: /graph/material/drone-composite.json.