Autoflight makes longest flight for eVTOL aircraft
AutoFlight has achieved the world’s longest eVTOL flight
during testing.
VIDEO
The 155 mile (250km) unmanned flight took place last week at
AutoFlight’s eVTOL testing facility on a single charge of the aircraft’s
lithium-ion batteries. It consisted of 20 circuits of a predefined flight
track, with the plane remotely piloted from the ground.
As well as its own avionics, Autoflight’s fourth-generation
aircraft used third-party avionics to record and verify the distance flown
on the ForeFlight system.
The flight is recognized as the longest fully electric
aircraft flight in history, where the aircraft both takes off and lands
vertically. The previous longest flight for an eVTOL aircraft was 248km set
by Joby Aviation in 2021
Prosperity I is a four-seat eVTOL that is being developed in
China, Germany and the USA. The aircraft made its first flight in October
2021.
The company heralded the test flight as a key milestone in
the development of the Prosperity I aircraft,
Autoflight is working toward certificating Prosperity I with
EASA in 2025.
Prosperity 1 eVTOL
Autoflight Prosperity 1 eVTOL aircraft during its test
flight (Image: Autoflight)
President of AutoFlight Omer Bar-Yohay said, “This flight is
a testament to the team’s incredible effort and progress in testing and
incrementally pushing the aircraft’s performance envelope. We are excited
to continue working towards our next goals all the way to EASA
certification in 2025.”
Autoflight was founded in 2017 by its CEO Tian Yu. The
company is also developing a range of unmanned cargo-carrying drones. The
company, which initially attempted to develop a five-passenger eVTOL
aircraft called the V600, relaunched its testing and certification
operations in Germany with an eVTOL aircraft called Prosperity I in January
this year.
https://www.aerospacetestinginternational.com/news/drones-air-taxis/autoflight-makes-longest-flight-for-evtol-aircraft.html
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