Aerial

Fleet

Four aircraft, matched to the job.

You don’t buy aircraft from Aerial. You subscribe to inspection outcomes, and we deploy whichever airframe suits each asset. This page shows exactly what will be flying over your network.

  • Abstract rendering of a compact quadcopter outlined in light.

    Close-range multirotor

    Kestrel

    Substations, towers and plant. Small enough to fly close to live equipment.

    48 minendurance8 kmrange

  • Abstract rendering of a heavy hexacopter with a sensor gimbal.

    Heavy-lift multirotor

    Osprey

    LiDAR and thermal survey of distribution lines and wind turbine blades.

    55 minendurance15 kmrange

  • Abstract rendering of a fixed-wing VTOL aircraft over contour lines.

    Fixed-wing VTOL

    Condor

    Long transmission and pipeline corridors flown beyond visual line of sight.

    3.5 hendurance180 kmrange

  • Abstract rendering of a long-wing aircraft tracing a long amber line.

    Long-endurance fixed-wing

    Albatross

    Remote, cross-country pipelines and network-wide surveys flown in a single sortie.

    9 hendurance600 kmrange

Specification

Side-by-side specification

Figures are for the standard production configuration at sea level and 15 °C with the reference payload fitted.

KestrelClose-range multirotor OspreyHeavy-lift multirotor CondorFixed-wing VTOLMost deployed AlbatrossLong-endurance fixed-wing
Typical use
Best forSubstations, towers, plantDistribution lines, wind bladesTransmission & pipeline corridorsRemote pipelines, network surveys
Flight
AirframeQuadcopterHexacopterFixed-wing VTOLFixed-wing, runway-free launch
Endurance48 min55 min3.5 h9 h
Operating range8 km15 km180 km600 km
Cruise speed54 km/h60 km/h90 km/h110 km/h
Wind limit12 m/s15 m/s18 m/s20 m/s
Ingress ratingIP55IP55IP54IP54
Operating temperature−20 to 50 °C−20 to 50 °C−25 to 45 °C−30 to 45 °C
Airframe
Max take-off weight6.2 kg14.5 kg18 kg24.9 kg
Payload capacity1.2 kg4.5 kg3 kg5 kg
Wingspan / diagonal0.9 m1.6 m3.2 m4.8 m
Sensors
Visual camera45 MP, 56× hybrid zoom61 MP full-frame42 MP mapping2× 42 MP oblique
Thermal640 × 512, radiometric1280 × 1024, radiometric640 × 512, radiometric640 × 512, radiometric
LiDAR—240k pts/s, 3 returnsOptional, 240k pts/s480k pts/s, 5 returns
Gas detection—Optional methane TDLAS—Methane TDLAS, 1 ppm·m
Operations
DockAerial Dock SAerial Dock LAerial HangarAerial Hangar
Detect-and-avoidVision, 360°Vision, 360°ADS-B in + radarADS-B in + radar

Endurance and range are for the reference payload: thermal plus visual on multirotors, mapping camera on fixed-wing. LiDAR or gas payloads reduce endurance by 10–20%. All aircraft carry Remote ID and fly under approved BVLOS operations.

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