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N46982

Purdue Univ Vertical Flght Sys BOILER UP

Valid ElectricIndiana

N46982 is a Purdue Univ Vertical Flght Sys BOILER UP, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Purdue University, a government body in West Lafayette, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 22, 2022 and expires on September 30, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Purdue Univ Vertical Flght Sys
Model
BOILER UP
Serial number
001
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 6 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A5BE95 (octal 51337225)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
September 22, 2022
Expires
September 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 2, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01363973

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Purdue University
Type
Government
Address
Arms Rm #2000
701 W Stadium Ave
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2045

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1949-06-07Fairchild M-62A · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data