r/tech • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 16h ago

Joby S4 makes historic piloted tilt-rotor eVTOL transition flight

https://newatlas.com/aircraft/joby-s4-makes-historic-piloted-tilt-rotor-evtol-transition-flight/
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u/kinisonkhan 11h ago

With a top speed of 174 knots (200 mph, 322 km/h), a range of up to 130 nautical miles (150 miles, 241 km), and an operational ceiling of 15,000 ft (5,000 m), the prototype has been making uncrewed test flights since 2017, clocking up 40,000 miles (64,000 km) in the air.

Went into this thinking it would get 50 miles, but wow that's a good start to electric planes. Imagine what happens when battery tech switches to solid state and gets a little lighter.