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How did we miss this one? This Spanish eVTOL has been flying in prototype form for a number of years now, using a unique 4×4-prop FlyFree tilting mechanism designed to keep the cabin level – and a new five-seat design takes things up a level.Continue R… Continue reading Video: Odd Spanish eVTOL demonstrates fractal propulsion system
Chinese company AeroHT previewed some of the weirdest, and most potentially disruptive vehicles of 2023 at its parent company Xpeng’s tech day last October. We had to stifle a giggle when we saw the Land Aircraft Carrier (LAC), an all-terrain van-like … Continue reading 6×6 eVTOL-launcher adventure van edges closer to a new travel reality
After making its first manned eVTOL flight last June, Florida’s Doroni Aerospace has announced its next model. The H1X rocks coaxial ducted fans and pusher props, and targets 120 mph (200 km/h) cruise speeds for up to 40 minutes.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Doroni announces fan-in-wing, cruise-capable buy ‘n’ fly eVTOL
Sikorsky is developing a hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (HEX/VTOL) tilt-wing demonstrator, one of a new family of hybrid rotorcraft that will also offer pilot-optional autonomous flight.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: S… Continue reading Sikorsky’s new tilt-wing hybrid VTOL aircraft promises 575-mile range
Three months after its first takeoff, the production-spec Midnight air taxi has finished the first phase of flight testing. With the release of a new video, Archer says it expects to fly this next-gen machine with human pilots on board this year.Contin… Continue reading Archer’s futuristic Midnight air taxi completes phase 1 flight tests
Things can get ugly and inefficient when a ground effect vehicle accidentally skims the water, adding significant drag that can drastically slow it down, wrench it sideways or just cost energy. One inventor is solving this problem with paddle wheels.Co… Continue reading Paddle wheel ground effect vehicle accelerates as it skims the surface
In all the buzz around eVTOLs, there’s still plenty of appetite for more conventional electric planes – especially, it seems, if they make ludicrous amounts of lift, and can take off and land at incredibly slow speeds, using absolutely tiny runways.Con… Continue reading Ultra-short takeoff and landing plane rakes in $8 billion in pre-orders
In all the buzz around eVTOLs, there’s still plenty of appetite for more conventional electric planes – especially, it seems, if they make ludicrous amounts of lift, and can take off and land at incredibly slow speeds, using absolutely tiny runways.Con… Continue reading Ultra-short takeoff and landing plane rakes in $8 billion in pre-orders
The remarkable Seaglider promises a clean revolution in coastal transport; the convenience of an electric boat meets the speed and comfort of an aircraft, at unparalleled efficiency and range thanks to hydrofoils and the wing-in-ground effect.Continue … Continue reading Regent to debut its hydrofoiling ground-effect Seagliders in Hawai’i
ZeroAvia is working with San Francisco startup Verne to bring an even more energy-dense form of hydrogen to the clean aviation space. Cryo-compressed H2 could reduce costs, speed up fueling, and unlock 40% more flight range than cryogenic liquid H2.Con… Continue reading Cryo-compressed hydrogen: A 40% aircraft range boost over liquid H2