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On a recent trip to Europe, I got in touch with the Lilium team and asked if I could come visit the company HQ outside Munich. On late notice, thanks to my slapstick organisational skills, the team went out of their way to pull together a full afternoo… Continue reading Interview: Lilium’s Daniel Wiegand on its eVTOL plans and progress
Six months after revealing its production eVTOL air taxi design, Archer Aviation has shown off its first functional Midnight aircraft, with flight tests set to begin in the coming months – and manufacturing has already begun on a conforming prototype.C… Continue reading Archer’s first Midnight eVTOL is built and ready to fly
Fresh video shows that one of the most fascinating eVTOL aircraft designs we’ve seen is now flying at larger scale. The Transwing platform uses a unique dihedral folding wing system to move between hover and cruise modes, unlocking huge advantages.Cont… Continue reading Pterodyamics scales up its remarkable dihedral Transwing eVTOL
It’s our first look at the new aircraft, styled by auto-design guru Frank Stephenson – and it appears to run a notably different airframe than the prototypes the company has previously shown in cruise transition testing.
Tags: Autoflight, eVTOL, Air Taxis, World Records, World’s Longest, Electric Aircraft
Continue reading Autoflight breaks Joby’s world record for the longest eVTOL flight
The eVTOL space as a whole is definitely starting to look distinctly grown-up in 2023, transitioning from the crazy rush of concepts and ideas a few years ago into a broadly careful, measured and sensible sort of sector that’s going through the exhaust… Continue reading Long-range, box-wing eVTOL prototype begins flight testing down under
With tiny, ducted electric “jets” instead of exposed propellers, Lilium’s eVTOL aircraft looks incredible, but it’ll place a unique strain on its batteries. Lilium has invested millions into a company that makes cells it believes are up to the task.Con… Continue reading The extraordinary batteries Lilium will use for its odd eVTOL approach
Remember the Terrafugia Transition flying car, out of Massachusetts? Terrafugia was acquired by Chinese giant Geely in 2017, after which it pivoted to designing transitioning eVTOLs, and then was more or less shut down and relocated to China in 2021. G… Continue reading Geely begins testing the largest eVTOL prototype ever flown in China
Transitioning electric VTOL aircraft designs have been everywhere for the last few years, but the majority are either simple lift and cruise designs, with separate horizontal and vertical thrust systems, or vectored-thrust designs that tilt their propu… Continue reading Modular eVTOL prototype shows off swappable pods and ground robot
Aura Aerospace has proposed a crazy new take on advanced air mobility. The five-seat Ranger looks like Darth Vader’s shuttle when it’s folded up, but it promises to fly further than any normal airliner, with roof-to-roof vertical takeoff and landing.Co… Continue reading Intercontinental hybrid VTOL could fly halfway around the world
There are very few full-size aircraft capable of transitioning between vertical takeoff and landing and wing-borne horizontal cruise flight, so it’s a big deal when a company manages the feat, as Archer has now claimed. But the video is a shocker.Conti… Continue reading Awful video celebrates Archer’s first full-transition eVTOL flight