Lilium Submits eVTOL Type Certification Means of Compliance Plan to EASA

Gaining acceptance for the means of compliance allows the manufacturer to prepare to demonstrate that its aircraft meets airworthiness requirements.

Lilium is developing a seven-seat eVTOL aircraft that will feature 30 ducted fans. — Lilium has sent EASA means of compliance proposals covering the type certification of its seven-seat eVTOL aircraft. (Image: Lilium)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

April 12, 2022

Lilium this week submitted a complete set of means of compliance (MoC) proposals to EASA, marking a key step in the type certification process for its seven-seat eVTOL aircraft. The aviation safety agency will now consider whether it can accept the MoC plan as the basis on which the German manufacturer will establish that its Lilium Jet conforms to the airworthiness requirements of EASA Special Condition VTOL rules.

Back in 2020, Lilium established the certification basis of its all-electric aircraft and received the required CRI-A01 documentation from EASA. Achieving acceptance of the MoC proposals will clear the way for the company to prepare to demonstrate compliance with the production-conforming aircraft that it now intends to assemble and then fly in 2023. This aircraft will have 30 ducted fans installed in its wings, as the company decided to reduce the number from 36.

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