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HYBRID HELO LANDS CERTIFICATION
A hybrid-electric
helicopter with eight rotors and two seats will make its first test flight Jan.
8 in Las Vegas, as Workhorse Group Inc. hopes to make a splashy entrance to the
Consumer Electronics Show with the SureFly, a drone-like design scaled up to
carry people.
The Ohio-based Workhorse Group plans to spin SureFly
into its own company, and bring this overgrown drone (which will eventually be
flown by a computer) to market with a target price of $200,000, offering a
400-pound payload capacity and a range of up to 70 miles. Powered by a modified,
200-horsepower Honda engine that generates electricity for the motors, SureFly
sports four motor arms with two propellers on each, a design unveiled at the
Paris Air Show and EAA AirVenture in 2017, where AOPA took a close-up look at
the concept.
The company is accepting $1,000 deposits on a vehicle it
hopes to deliver in two to three years, and announced Jan. 3 that the FAA has
granted an experimental airworthiness certificate that will facilitate test
flights, starting with the Jan. 8 mission that will combine engineering and
advertising just ahead of the popular electronics show.
Workhorse Group produces a range of terrestrial
electric vehicle products including the all-important battery pack used by the
SureFly design. The plan is to start with human pilots aboard, and eventually
develop autonomous flight capability and deploy SureFly in emergency medical and
air taxi applications. Safety features will include flight control and
stabilization systems that can keep the SureFly airborne even if one or more
motors fail, enough battery power to land safely in case of combustion engine
failure, and a parachute if all else fails.
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