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"AutoFlight has achieved one of the world’s longest eVTOL flight in history
with a distance of 250 km (155 miles) on a single charge of the aircraft’s
lithium-ion batteries.
The flight took place at AutoFlight’s eVTOL testing facility on 23rd February
and consisted of 20 circuits on a predefined flight track, with the plane
remotely piloted from the ground by AutoFlight’s flight Test team.
The company said the long-range test flight is ‘a key milestone in the
development of the Prosperity I aircraft’, as it undergoes continued testing
towards the goal of airworthiness certification in 2025 with EASA.
A similar milestone was achieved by Joby Aviation in July 2021, when it covered
a total flight distance of 154.6 statute mile at its electric flight base in
Big Sur, California
AutoFlight president Omer Bar-Yohay commented: “This flight is both a great
celebratory milestone, and a testament to the team’s incredible effort and
progress in testing and incrementally pushing the aircraft’s performance
envelope. It is a remarkable achievement that shows its capability.”
While AutoFlight’s Gen4 aircraft is fitted with the latest in state-of-the-art
avionics, the aircraft also ran third-party avionics to record and verify the
distance flown on ForeFlight, an independent system widely used in the aviation
sector."
Via Wayne Radinsky, who wrote "The aircraft was designed by a guy who made
designs for Ferrari, Maserati, McLaren, and MINI, Frank Stephenson."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
