Archer Completes Midnight's Transition Flying At 100+ MPH

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | June 12, 2024 08:06am

Midnight is Archer's Second Full-Scale eVTOL Aircraft To Achieve This Milestone

Midnight completed the transition flight on June 8th flying at speeds of 100+ MPH
At ~6,500 lbs, Midnight is believed to be one of the largest eVTOL aircraft to complete transition, which is critical to being able to carry commercially viable passenger payloads
Archer has now achieved transition with two different full-scale eVTOL aircraft which is well known in the industry as a very difficult milestone few companies have reached
A transition flight occurs when the aircraft takes off vertically like a helicopter, accelerates forward, transitions from thrust-borne to wing-borne flight like an airplane with tilt propellers forward before decelerating and landing vertically
- Click here to view a full video of the transition flight

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