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The past several issues have covered numerous aspects and developments of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in China. Part 1 of this directory included larger eVTOL aircraft, either three or more passengers or cargo aircraft of 1 metric ton (2,200 lb) or more. Here, Part 2 covers smaller passenger- and cargo-carrying designs.
The past several issues have covered numerous aspects and developments of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)aircraft in China. Here’s a directory of the most advanced developments of larger Chinese aircraft—passenger aircraft with more than two seats and cargo aircraft heavier than 1 metric ton (2,200lb).
Vertiflite recently caught up with Moble Benedict, an associate professor of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University and founder of its Advanced Vertical Flight Laboratory (AVFL) with 20 years of experience in VTOL aircraft concepts.
Sikorsky leverages additive manufacturing to prove the physics of its Rotor Blown Wing and make production rotorcraft lighter, cheaper and faster.
Leading eVTOL companies in the US, UK and Asia continue their developments towards certification.
The Vertical Flight Society’s fifth annual Design-Build-Vertical Flight (DBVF) Student Competition returned to Churchville, Maryland, this spring with renewed energy, an urgent mission theme and a powerful demonstration of student ingenuity.
Horizon Aircraft is betting that its Cavorite X7’s unique design and better range through hybrid propulsion will provide success in the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) market.
The GoAERO Prize global competition to create emergency response flyers announced on Feb. 11 the award of $100,000 to 11 industry and university teams for their Stage 1 prototype designs, as well as $400,000 to 14 teams at US universities with support from NASA.
The founders of VerdeGo Aero have long believed that hybrid-electric propulsion was going to be a key enabling technology for a new generation of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL), electric conventional takeoff and landing (eCTOL) and electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft to be commercially successful.
Erik Lindbergh, the grandson of the famed trans-Atlantic aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, helped launch the XPRIZE Foundation in 1996, which offered a cash award for the first team that could build and launch a rocket into space, and do it again in two weeks.
