AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
| Lift type | Fixed wing | ||
| Construction type | Factory-built | ||
| Control type | Piloted, Autonomous | ||
| Engine type | Piston | ||
| Application | Search & Rescue, Surveillance, Touring, Utility | ||
| Final assembly | Strausberg | ||
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Single piston motor glider with retractable nose mounted propeller. Developed from the Stemme S10-VTX, and formerly called Ecarys ES15. Also see Safran Patroller.
| Variant | Launch/First flight | Production end | |
| Stemme ES15 | 1996 / 2006 | Surveillence aircraft, capable of being optionally or autonomously piloted. First automatic flight achieved in 2012. | |
| CADG Helix | 2018 / 2018 | Variant with added single (or optionally two) hardpoint(s) under each wing, includes improved Helix 2. |
View full news archive for the Stemme ES15.
See recent updates (latest 31/07/2024)
| Stemme AG | News | Manufacture airframe for professional customers only |
| CADG Aeronautical Innovations - Helix ISR | Airframer (Helix) |
Other aircraft programs: Stemme S12 Twin Voyager
| HENSOLDT Sensors GmbH | Analysis | Airborne Reconnaissance Infrared: Argos-II HD (EO/IR) camera (Helix) |
| Dynon Avionics, Inc. | Analysis | Electronic Flight Instrument Systems: D-10A EFIS (ES15) |
| Garmin International | Analysis | GPS: GPS 695/696 (ES15) |
| AIR Avionics | Analysis | Collision Avoidance Systems/TCAS: TRX 1500 collision warning system (ES15) |
| BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG | Analysis | News | Piston Engines: (R914 Series - CADG Helix - Rotax 914 F2; Stemme ES15 - Rotax 914 F ) |
| MT-Propeller Entwicklung GmbH | Analysis | News | Composite Propellers: MTV-7-A/170-51 three-blade constant speed propeller (ES15) |
