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Our proprietary Battery Management System (BMS) monitors each cell independently. Faulty modules are instantly isolated without interrupting power, ensuring continuous, safe flight. As battery technology advances, the system adapts to new chemistries without altering the aircraft's structural design.
The e200X has no tilting parts. Six vertical rotors lift it with four forward propellers flying it. Each set operates independently; a failure in one phase cannot reach the other. The Synergistic Lift architecture, filed in 25 jurisdictions, makes this compact enough for any existing rooftop.
Flight control software, autonomy algorithms, and sensor fusion (radar, LiDAR, camera) written entirely in-house. Validated across millions of virtual kilometres before a single physical test flight with precision landing within centimetres and the first rotorcraft control laws developed in India.
Every primary structural component of the e200X (including the fuselage, wings, and booms) is designed in-house and manufactured in our Class 7 clean room. Owning this core tooling and engineering IP allows us to maximize strength-to-weight performance while setting the precision standards for future high-volume manufacturing.
14 min | 42km | Woking → Canary Wharf
1,200 ft | 51.5054° N | 0.0235° W
Reveal of e200X-PT01
The e200X PT-01 is the structural result of 10,000 kilometres of cumulative flight testing across four technology demonstrators now in active ground testing at the IIT Madras Discovery Campus.
Company incorporated
First principles aircraft design begins at IIT Madras in 2019.
e6 first flight
The first time the Synergistic Lift architecture left the ground. June 2020, the foundational aerodynamic principles that make the e200X compact were validated in flight.
Atva - first DGCA type certification
India's first fixed-wing eVTOL cargo drone to receive DGCA Type Certification, including approval for night operations.
e50 tethered hover
The e50 (one-third the scale of the e200X) completed its first tethered hover in February 2023. Every aerodynamic and propulsion principle that would later fly at full scale was confirmed here first.
e50 transition flight
The e50 completed full transition from vertical to forward flight. A manoeuvre that every eVTOL company has to prove before anyone will certify the full-scale aircraft. Confirmed in May 2023, the same month ePlane received Design Organisation Approval from DGCA.
Propeller certification
ePlane's in-house designed EP3F propeller completed certification phases one and two. The only entity in Asia to achieve propeller certification of this type.
e200X fuselage to wing integration
The full-scale e200X airframe (fuselage, Wing 1, Wing 2, booms) came together in one piece. Every composite part laid up in the Class 7 clean room at the Thayur facility.
Battery pack assembly and testing
In-house battery pack assembly, from individual cell screening to full pack integration and thermal testing. Each cell is individually wrapped to prevent thermal propagation.
e200X ground testing
The completed e200X prototype in ground testing: systems running, DGCA-witnessed developmental testing underway. The aircraft stands complete at the Thayur facility, preparing for its first flight.
HENSOLDT confirms a firm order for the e200X flight deck, moving the avionics from joint development into series procurement.
A modular cabin design programme for the e200X, so one airframe can be turned between its air ambulance, air taxi and air cargo fit-outs.
An MoU to bring electric air ambulances and medical delivery drones into Apollo's emergency care network, for faster access to specialist care in cities and remote regions.
SASMOS takes on the electrical wiring interconnection system for the e200X — engineering and industrialisation — announced at Farnborough 2026.
