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Land Aircraft Carrier
Two-seat 6-rotor, dual-duct eVTOL module + 6×6 range-extended ground carrier
Aridge's Land Aircraft Carrier (Aridge was formerly XPeng AeroHT) is a modular flying car. A two-seat, six-rotor, dual-duct eVTOL module folds into the back of a 6×6 range-extended ground vehicle. The carrier has an Aridge-rated CLTC range of over 1,000 km and can recharge the aircraft for up to 6 flights per full charge. CAAC's draft special conditions for the air module (X3-F) list 880 kg MTOW, 20 km maximum range, 20 min maximum endurance and a 72 km/h never-exceed speed, for private recreational flying in daylight. CAAC accepted the type certificate application in March 2024 and the production certificate application in May 2025. It is not type-certified. Aridge now expects approval and deliveries in 2027. No maker list price.
- Range
- 20 km max (CAAC X3-F draft)
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- Not published
- Cruise
- Not published
(chosen by the pilot, and traded against range and endurance).
- Top speed
- 72 km/h never-exceed (CAAC X3-F draft)
- Flight time
- 20 min max (CAAC X3-F draft)
(varies with the speed the pilot selects and the reserves kept for the mission).
- Price
- Not published
- Seats
- 2
- Battery / fuel
- Lithium, 800V platform (capacity not published)
- Charge
- 18 min, 30–80% (maker claim)
- First flight
- Public test flight, Guangzhou, 3 Sep 2024
- Entry into service
- Deliveries expected 2027, after approval (Aridge target)
Full figures
- Air module
- 2 seats (pilot + 1 passenger), 6 rotors + dual ducts, folding arms and blades
- Ground carrier
- 6×6, rear-wheel steering, 800V SiC range-extended, CLTC range over 1,000 km (Aridge data)
- Carrier recharging
- up to 6 flights per full charge (Aridge)
- MTOW
- 880 kg (CAAC X3-F draft)
- Max altitude
- 120 m above ground (CAAC X3-F draft)
- Intended use
- private recreational flying and training, day VFR only (CAAC X3-F draft)
- Certification
- CAAC type certificate application for the X3-F air module accepted 21 Mar 2024; production certificate application accepted 9 May 2025; draft special conditions published Mar 2025 (light-sport category)
- Delivery target
- 2026 volume deliveries (XPeng, May 2025); approval and deliveries now expected 2027 (Aridge spokesperson, Sep 2026)
- Global public flight
- Zhuhai Airshow, 12 Nov 2024
- Maker
- Aridge (formerly XPeng AeroHT; Guangdong Huitian Aerospace), part of the XPeng group
- Price
- Not published
For
- Modular: two-seat eVTOL stows in a 6×6 ground carrier
- Carrier recharges the aircraft: up to 6 flights per full charge
Against
- Short hops: 20 km / 20 min max (CAAC draft)
- Not type-certified; the ground carrier is range-extended, not all-electric