With only a handful of active players the helicopters industry can be called rather static, but with the arrival of new electric VTOL startups our news feed is looking rather exciting. In this episode we will cover the latest announcements of the world of vertical lift aircraft including upcoming helicopters, quadcopters, tilt rotors and other progressive transportation solutions for the future generations.
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Rundown of all models shown in this #ATAircraft video:
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Lillium Aircraft
lilium.com
Lillium Jet is an electric VTOL that uses Ducted Electric Vectored Thrust. In 2021 they are seeking certification from the US authorities and enter the U.S. stock market via a reverse merger with Qell Acquisition Corp, who valued them at 3.3 billion dollars.
01:50 Bell 525 Relentless
bellflight.com/products/bell-525
Under development since 2012, Bell 525 Relentless will be finishing this 10-year-long process and receiving certification later this year. The 525 is also expected to make first deliveries to an unnamed oil and gas operator in early 2022.
03:00 Joby Aviation S4
jobyaviation.com
In its 12 years of existence, Joby Aviation has grown from a garage incubated startup with 7 employees to a formidable company with 700. This year, the company went public, while the full-scale prototype of their all-electric S4 aircraft completed a successful 130 nautical mile flight on a single charge spending 77 minutes in the air.
04:03 CityAirbus
airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2021/09/Airbus-reveals-the-next-generation-of-CityAirbus.html
The Next Generation of the CityAirbus will combine two designs of the former prototypes: a CityAirbus passenger Quadcopter and a Vahana tilt rotor electric VTOL.
05:12 Leonardo AW609 AC4
leonardocompany.com/en/products/aw609
Nearly three decades since the start of development and almost twenty years since first test flight, Leonardo Helicopters is on the brink of aircraft revolution, as their pre-production model aims to finish US certification by 2022. The AW609 will be the first commercial tiltrotor aircraft, combining vertical take-off and landing versatility of a helicopter, as well as range and speed of a fixed-wing turboprop airplane.
06:25 Hill HX50
hillhelicopters.com
Despite being expected no earlier than in 2023, a futuristic and glamorous-looking Hill HX50 has more than two hundred pre-orders already in the bag. Part of the reason of such hype is a one-piece carbon fiber fuselage reminiscent of modern hypercars.
07:38 Sikorsky Boeing Raider and Defiant
lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/sb1-defiant-technology-demonstrator.html
The United States Army’s program labeled Future Vertical Lift has brought together Boeing and Sikorsky Aircraft to develop the next generation of compound helicopters S-97 Raider and XB-1 DEFIANT that will replace the legendary yet aging UH-60 Black Hawk.
08:52 Volocopter VoloConnect
volocopter.com/solutions/voloconnect
The next model in the engineering pipeline that will join the interconnected VoloIQ air operation intelligence system is the VoloConnect eVTOL fixed-wing aircraft. It works with two propulsion fans plus six electrical motors and rotors.
09:51 Opener BlackFly
opener.aero
Opener BlackFly is the world’s first ultralight fixed-wing, all-electric, vertical take-off and landing aircraft. In 2021, the model completed its first unmanned and manned public demonstrations, and secured certification as an ultralight aircraft so you won’t need FAA pilot’s license to fly it.
10:58 Samad Aerospace Starling
samadaerospace.com/
The goal of the UK based Samad Aerospace start-up is creating a passenger aircraft that will combine convenience of car with eco-friendliness of an EV and comforts of a private jet. The Starling is envisioned to be powered by a hybrid propulsion system, seat 5 passengers plus a crew, and fly for 540 nautical miles on full charge and tank.
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Hill heli and Airbus are cool,
Keep it up
Very cool👍🏼
the description of the CityAIRBUS says it has fixed wings . . . but there are no wings except for the 4 huge rotors on 4 corners of the airframe . . . in the Joby Aviation S4 what is referred to as fixed wings are more like a pair of thin lightweight stub wings (a bit extended outwards on either side of the fuselage unlike conventional stub wings) . . .
Awesome 😎 😎
Humans still look at usual propellor type propulsion, when will we have 4000 kmph. speed Without machanical sound& friction with air, just like the U.F.O.s??
Nice video and very informative and very entertaining and very satisfaction more videos.
THE ONLY ONE THING I CARE THE MOST IS BLIMP ITS STRANGE AND
SOME VINTAGE PLANE THAT WAS BETTER LIKE BOAT PLANE LAND ON WATER MORE THEN MODERN PLANE THAT DROWN.
Taking a look at the latest news from the world of helicopters and VTOL aircraft. Which of these do you think has the best potential?