Built of carbon fibre and plastic
A drone: a carbon-fibre or moulded plastic frame carrying electric motors, batteries and the flight computer.
21 of the model families on this list are built this way, 14,500 aircraft on the register between them; the largest is the Zipline P2 delivery drone with 3,422, then the DJI AGRAS T40 agricultural drone (1,842).
Biggest model families aircraft on the register
Zipline P2 delivery drone3,422DJI AGRAS T40 agricultural drone1,842DJI AGRAS T50 agricultural drone1,702DJI AGRAS T100 agricultural drone875Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone740Hylio HYL-150 agricultural drone699UVify 810650EAVision EA J100595XAG P100546XAG P150436Shield AI V-BAT412DJI AGRAS T30 agricultural drone402
All 21 families with notes where the construction changed
Connections how this material links to the rest of the register
Model families
- Zipline P2 delivery drone 3,422 registered
- DJI AGRAS T40 agricultural drone 1,842 registered
- DJI AGRAS T50 agricultural drone 1,702 registered
- DJI AGRAS T100 agricultural drone 875 registered
- Amazon Prime Air MK30 delivery drone 740 registered
- Hylio HYL-150 agricultural drone 699 registered
- UVify 810 650 registered
- EAVision EA J100 595 registered
- XAG P100 546 registered
- XAG P150 436 registered
- Shield AI V-BAT 412 registered
- DJI AGRAS T30 agricultural drone 402 registered
Makers
- DJI 6,954 aircraft on the register
- Zipline 3,422 aircraft on the register
- XAG 1,009 aircraft on the register
- EAVision 1,139 aircraft on the register
- Hylio 1,211 aircraft on the register
- Amazon Prime Air 740 aircraft on the register
- UVify 650 aircraft on the register
- Shield AI 414 aircraft on the register
Other materials
- Aluminium 137 model families
- Steel tube and fabric 30 model families
- Aluminium with composite parts 30 model families
- Composite 21 model families
- Steel tube and aluminium 15 model families
- Steel tube, wood and fabric 9 model families
- Fabric and wicker 3 model families
- Fabric wing and steel frame 1 model families
These connections as data: /graph/material/drone-composite.json · about the eFlight graph.
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.