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N8581

Hylio AG 230

Valid Agricultural dronesElectricIowa

N8581 is a Hylio AG 230, a rotorcraft powered by electric motors (a helicopter or multicopter). It is unmanned. It is registered to Iowa State University, a government body in Ames, Iowa. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 17, 2025 and expires on February 29, 2032. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Hylio (United States)
FAA spelling: HYLIO INC
Model
AG 230
Serial number
17906100250
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Electric, 8 motors
Seats
0
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
ABC78B (octal 52743613)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
February 17, 2025
Expires
February 29, 2032
Last FAA action
February 17, 2025
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
01474257

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Iowa State University
Type
Government
Address
2356 Elings Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1098

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

1976-10-20Anderson STARDUSTER SA-100 · Valid registration

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