Bevor adding your drone's performance set, the aircraft type must be defined as Fixed-wing/Hybrid or Multicopter.
The drone types differ as follows:
Fixed-Wing
A fixed-wing drone is essentially an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with wings that remain fixed during flight, similar to a conventional airplane.
Unlike rotary-wing quadcopters, fixed-wing drones rely on aerodynamic wings for passive lift. They can stay in the air longer, carry heavier payloads, and exhibit better power efficiency.
Control surfaces built into the wing (such as rudders, elevators, and ailerons) enable rotation around three perpendicular axes: vertical (yaw), lateral (pitch), and longitudinal (roll)
Hybrid (Lift and Cruise / Vectored Thrust)
The drones feature a combination of rotors and fixed wing and thus merge the benefits of fixed-wing and rotor-based designs, offering both endurance and vertical capabilities. This may be achieved by tilting rotors (“vectored thrust”) or independent sets of rotors that point in different directions (“lift and cruise”)
Multicopter / Multi-Rotor
Multi-rotor drones have more than two rotors (typically three, four, six, or eight). The most common types are: Quadcopters: Four rotors; Hexacopters: Six rotors; Octocopters: Eight rotors. Multi-rotor drones are versatile and widely used for various applications, including mapping, surveillance, and photography.
You can find out more about drone types on the EASA website:
