US firm’s electric air taxi flies 55 miles in record 31-minute piloted flight
https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/archer-completes-its-longest-evtol-flight
US firm’s electric air taxi flies 55 miles in record 31-minute piloted flight
https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/archer-completes-its-longest-evtol-flight
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Archer Aviation has taken another step forward in electric aviation. The company announced that its flagship Midnight eVTOL aircraft has just completed its longest piloted flight yet. This achievement comes only two months after Archer began piloted test flights.
The record-setting flight was completed in Salinas, California, where much of the company’s testing has taken place.
The aircraft stayed in the air for 31 minutes and traveled a distance of 55 miles with a pilot onboard. Archer highlighted this as its longest flight to date, showing both the range and reliability of its Midnight design.
I cant wait til several hundreds of those are zipping around the New York skyline.
Can it vertically lift off? or does it need a runway?
Great.
Now let’s see this actually rolled out at scale…
Skipping traffic jams soon? Count me in! But real talk, how much is this gonna cost us tho?
A technological feat to be sure. Utterly impractical as a taxi due to noise and wind effects, but a cool tech demo.