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Austrian aviation company CycloTech has revealed it’s building a demonstrator version of an eVTOL to showcase its propulsion system for electric flight. The firm is hoping to take the wraps off its BlackBird flying car by the end of this year, and comm… Continue reading CycloTech’s 750-lb CycloRotor-powered eVTOL aims for takeoff in 2025
Jetson Founder Tomasz Patan is clearly getting very comfortable with the Jetson One eVTOL’s flight control system … Watch him wrench the controls around to show off how sharply – and safely – this thing can handle tight turns in flight.Continue Readi… Continue reading Watch: Jetson founder pushes the limits of ‘Freestyle’ eVTOL agility
Electra has shown off the extreme takeoff and landing capabilities of its hybrid-electric Short Takeoff and Landing (eSTOL) Ultra Short prototype aircraft to the US Military. The aircraft is designed to operate from areas without proper airfields.Conti… Continue reading US military checks out aircraft that can take off on sub-100-m runways
Low-flying ground effect aircraft can deliver zero-emissions coastal transport that goes a lot further and a lot faster than electric boats – without needing FAA certification. So what happens when you add energy-dense hydrogen fuel to the equation?Con… Continue reading Wing-in-ground effect aircraft to get a hydrogen range boost
It was just this July that we heard about the ES-30, a hybrid-electric airliner being developed by Swedish firm Heart Aerospace. Well, the company has now unveiled a full-scale demonstrator version of the plane, which should fly next year.Continue Read… Continue reading Full-scale demonstrator paves the way for hybrid-electric airliner
If you happen to live in Rhode Island, you may get a chance later this year to witness the first manned flights of the Regent seaglider, a unique ocean-hugging electric aircraft that relies on wing-in-ground effect (also known simply as ground effect) … Continue reading Quirky ground-effect ‘seaglider’ approved for full-scale flight tests
Volocopter’s plans to trial passenger flights in its striking electric air taxi from a floating platform on the River Seine during the Olympics have been thwarted by bureaucracy. However, the company has managed to kick off the eVTOL operational valida… Continue reading Stunning eVTOL lifts off after setback of Olympic proportions
Last time we looked in on aerospace motor startup H3X, it was still in the perinatal stages, with little more than renderings and big plans to create the most power-dense motors known to man. Since then, it’s gotten its first round of motors out to cus… Continue reading Ultra-power-dense megawatt motor could double electric aircraft range
Travelers could be making all-electric airline flights as soon as 2028. That’s when Heart Aerospace’s well-funded hybrid-drive ES-30 is planned to enter service, with a projected battery range of 200 km (124 miles) – or much farther in extended-range m… Continue reading Bulge-bellied hybrid-electric airliner to debut in 2028
Swiss clean-energy aviation startup JEKTA has announced a partnership with fuel-cell powertrain developer ZeroAvia to extend the flight range and payload capacity of an upcoming electric amphibious passenger aircraft called the PHA-ZE 100.Continue Read… Continue reading 370-mile hydrogen-electric seaplane set to clean up island hopping