Invest in Archer while it's still affordable. By 2025, it's going to skyrocket. They are targeting completion well before the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. I was here in LA during the 84 summer games and traffic was a nightmare. Most of the venues can be 50 miles away from the Coliseum or Sofi Stadium so having a air taxi is huge.i own just under 3 thousand shares and I'm aiming for 5000.
@franklobo2579 this was empty for 10 minutes. Who knows how much battery was left after the flight or if they had extra battery that they couldn't lift with a full load of passengers and luggage. I'm extremely skeptical of evtol but good luck. Archer does seem to be the best one of the bunch.
@@TheBagOfHolding There is a market for short trips, for example sightseeing trips in Hawaii. If the plane can charge to 80% in 20 minutes, then you could do 10-minute trips all day long.
Where can I buy their stocks? I never bought stocks before but want to some of Archer's. My daughter is 13 hopefully by the time she is ready for college they will be worth a lot more.
Beautiful ! Smooth as. Top marks to all, especially the flight dynamics team. No little wiggles in pitch roll or yaw that i expected to see. And with battery energy densities increasing steadily, it can only get better and better.
Really happy to see this happening. Would be more happy though if the the climbing and transitioning happen at the same time so as to save energy consumed by a vertical climb before transitioning.
Wow, that was impressive, not just the performance and the tech that allowed it but also how well it was recorded and the quality of the video capturing this fantastic achievement.
Typically, I'm quick to critique and criticize experimental aircraft test flights. But this was a beautifully executed flight! Very impressive and well done!
Sorry for non-euphoric tone... but: - Is the transition reliable in every weather conditions? Wind, rain, snow, low temps, high temps? - How much energy it takes to make transition and how it relates to energy supply and overall MTOW? Sorry... but I would remain skeptical whether such a configuration is capable of surviving the situations we encounter in everyday aviation... as a battery electric...
Great step,, looks really good, but aren't the rear lift engines supposed to shut down and stow in cruise? They appear to be powered throughout this flight. And can you report whether it was manned, pilot on board, or remotely piloted?
For the first full transition flight, we chose to keep the aft propellers spinning at very low speeds (200-300 RPM) rather than initiating the “stow routine” to stop them. Envelope expansion is a step-by-step process. In future flights we will exercise this functionality. You can think of this as being analogous to how for conventional aircraft, the landing gear may not be retracted on a first flight. All of the lift was generated by the wing at the speeds we were flying (100+ mph). Midnight is uncrewed.
Trying to out-think outfits like Bell is no small goal I get it that they are trying to add redundancy, smooth out the lift distribution and attempting to reduce current draw; however there's a LOT of additional drag associated with those 12 appendages that will definitely impact range / duration performance. Good luck
Hello fellow investors, it is best to be sure-footed before taking the next step. This is a quality team with huge investors behind them who know exactly what needs to be done to make this company hugely successful, be patient, buy more on the dip! this is going to be a great ride!
Transition is one of the hardest parts of EVTOL design well done Archer. With Solid-state batteries just around the corner I would imagine they could be put in the same space as current Lithium-ion batteries for a substantial increase in performance and safety as well as a reduction in charge times. 😎🇦🇺👍
So the wing alone cannot support the weight of the aircraft in forward flight ? Over-loaded with batteries to make sure the demo flight isn't embarrassingly terminated ?
I have similar concerns as other commenters regarding power consumption and viable flight time versus payload and passenger weight constraints, especially considerint the fact that the aircraft seems to require 12 motors to accomplish its mission.
I love new technology as much as the next. But, tell me that mass production efficiencies are designed into the aircraft as well as being designed to minimize maintenance. The cost of maintenance of a tilt rotor to keep it flying safe is normally phenomenal!!! I also hope the electronics / computing systems are designed to be able to fail from single event anomalies that affect multiple bytes in a stacked DRAM modules without impacting aircraft performance.
One thing I don't hear about all these types of aircraft is how loud it's going to be inside. Having flown drones I can tell you even the small ones are loud.
It will be nicer if rear propellers are mounted under the pylon and pivot 90 degrees as they transition from liftoff to level flight as the pushing propellers.
@@jeffreyjch A comment from the provider above says there’s a stow procedure for those aft propellers but they didn’t do it on this flight. Baby steps!
What i like about Archer versus Joby is it looks like the Archer aircraft could land like a regular airplane if there were engine problems, ie glide back down, but why don't the rear props angle down like the front props angle forward in the back and become pusher props instead of continuing their helicopter vertical position?
beautiful !! I'd be interested to hear from the test pilot or from other testers, how does it "feel" the transition? Other tilt rotor prototypes have failed apparently due to lack of controlability, but how hard or easy was it to control this aircraft during transition?
Wonderful success, certainly appeared acceptably stable, does leave questions though - Will the rear props fold down to reduce drag? How many motors on each side are there for safety redundancy, and can be safely shut down to save power in horizontal flight? How much range does VTOL consume compared to a regular take off?
They did reply to a comment on this board that the rear propellers do fold. I do wonder if it could maintain takeoff if it lost three forward props, and how the redundancy/fault tolerance is laid out across the system.
Awesome ... I suppose it had been very moderate weather conditions. Anyhow, the nervous wiggling of smaller helicopters during start / landing I have not seen. It flies pretty stable and screws through the air very smoothly. Beautiful. - I suppose 12 rotors can build a bigger uplift force area than one big rotor. Congrats to the whole team, test pilot. Such projects are nerve wrecking, over years to get all jobs done well. Will Midnight be 100% EV or kind hybrid version ? As we see now a move back in automotive industries that companies like Toyota go the hybrid path, and many of the concurrence follow. Even buyers in 2024 have decided increasingly for hybrid than pure EV. Are you using Solid State batteries (e.g. Salt batteries) ? Much cheaper, bigger charing cycle rate and much faster than LitiumFerroIion batteries. - All the best for the future.
OK. Please explain. When hovering, how did it change direction 180 degrees. What physically changed the aircraft’s direction? It is not clear to me how your aircraft achieved that.
Whilst this may be quite an achievement for this particular concept aircraft, the horizontal performance could be twice as good, if you did not have to have the lift rotors on all the time. This is not the most efficient design for a VTOL craft! It works, but it could be much better with a different concept! Having to use the lift rotors all the time during horizontal flight, will greatly impact overall performance! Less rotors, that both provide lift and balance of the craft in vertical mode, and then all the rotors used in forward flight would result in a much better concept!
Something just dosnt seem right with all the rear propellers creating a drag on the wing when the forward motors are operating,i would have thought the setup would have been more like the Boeing V-22 Osprey.
Great flight and quite an accomplishment but questions arise related to power consumption, maximum flight time,battery weight, and remaining useful load to function as passenger loading. The concept of transitioning from vertical flight to horizontal is relatively simple in concept, as multirotor aircraft have been doing so for quite some time using differential propeller speeds and tilt of the air vehicle to direct thrust. The issue is power cumsumption relative to power available, duration of power supply, and remaining useful load. How those interact will determine commercial viability.
Utterly useless flying object award goes to: Archer, this years white elephant pile of garbage with zero applicable function! How Genius's scam investors money! Bravo!
I agree with the person who mentioned the drag problem created by the rear props. Could they not have those shut down with foldable props once forward motion and a certain speed reached?
Every time one of these types of videos begins with an explanation of all the hard work, I’m reminded of the Monty Python Holy Grail king who kept building castles in the swamp. There are some ideas that don’t necessarily merit all that hard work.
As soon as transition is achieved, half of those heavy and expensive rotors become drag inducing extra weight. While mostly considered parasitic drag, in forward flight they induce intersection drag, form drag, skin friction drag, and of course, parasitic drag. You gotta get rid of them
During the flight, the rear propellers turn, is this for any purpose or just the effect of the air? If it's the reaction to the air, is it possible to scavenge the energy?
Why don't you cut your jazzy music and show everyone how nice and quiet that thing is at take off. There's no way they're going to allow these things in cities
The front props, despite the ridiculously long pylons induce a download from negativr incidence on the wing which is redu 10:00 ced by the downwash from the rear props . Not having any powered slipstream over the tail also creates a trim problem during transition - lessons learned from the 1960s vtols are being forgotten.
Fine, you have all the control and flight issues worked out, but how much payload it is capable of and range , I noticed the speed barely over 100 MPH.
Congratulations, the beauty is there, and when aircraft look beautiful they're also well-balanced. It's also an indication of high attention to detail and good intercommunication and integration between different design areas of the project.
It is a good flight, congrats. One question is why it will not use the back 6 rotors to propel the plane ahead with the front 6 to make it fly faster? The plane can reduce the rotors to eight to improve the efficiency and energy....
For the first full transition flight, we chose to keep the aft propellers spinning at very low speeds (200-300 RPM) rather than initiating the “stow routine” to stop them. Envelope expansion is a step-by-step process. In future flights we will exercise this functionality. You can think of this as being analogous to how for conventional aircraft, the landing gear may not be retracted on a first flight. All of the lift was generated by the wing at the speeds we were flying (100+ mph).
They may already be doing this, but I think the batteries could be extended by having the free-wheeling rear rotors during wing-based lift feeding electricity back into the batteries. That way, the longer the distance you fly, the better performance you get out of the batteries - up to a point. There's no such thing as 100% recovery of power.
As an investor, I’m sold on the idea. The tech is easy. And by easy I mean given enough time and money the problems can all be solved. Hell, we put a man on the moon in the 60s! So my question or concern is the business. You’ll get the equipment and tech solved. Now this will compete with helicopters and taxis. Will the pricing be comparable? Where’s the cost analysis for operations? Chinese companies are trying this with pilotless versions. Will paying a pilot (cost plus loss of one pac seat) still be affordable? Other operational costs? Battery swaps versus refueling vs rapid charging? Cargo limits? Range limits? Maintenance costs (compared to alternatives)? Etc. I’ve got a lot riding on this success. Feel like I’m early on this. Hope it blows up! Okay. Bad choice of words. Gets YUGE!
Hello fellow investor, it is best to be sure-footed before taking the next step. This is a quality team with huge investors behind them who know exactly what needs to be done to make this company profitable, be patient and buy more on the dip! this is going to be a great ride!
Would be very cool to display battery SOC and system power draw as well as speed; could get much more insight on efficiency of forward flight that way. One question: why do the horizontal lift props continue to turn in this flight? Seems like that would be an undesirable power draw, and increased drag.
For the first full transition flight, we chose to keep the aft propellers spinning at very low speeds (200-300 RPM) rather than initiating the “stow routine” to stop them. Envelope expansion is a step-by-step process. In future flights we will exercise this functionality. You can think of this as being analogous to how for conventional aircraft, the landing gear may not be retracted on a first flight. All of the lift was generated by the wing at the speeds we were flying (100+ mph).
All evtol demo videos should be like this. Takeoff to flight to landing without edits every 3 seconds or at all. Im impressed with this flight.
But also with sound. They should release version without the annoying music.
Invest in Archer while it's still affordable. By 2025, it's going to skyrocket. They are targeting completion well before the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. I was here in LA during the 84 summer games and traffic was a nightmare. Most of the venues can be 50 miles away from the Coliseum or Sofi Stadium so having a air taxi is huge.i own just under 3 thousand shares and I'm aiming for 5000.
@franklobo2579 this was empty for 10 minutes. Who knows how much battery was left after the flight or if they had extra battery that they couldn't lift with a full load of passengers and luggage. I'm extremely skeptical of evtol but good luck. Archer does seem to be the best one of the bunch.
@@Flohpange Perhaps include the radio transmissions on cockpit audio.
@@TheBagOfHolding There is a market for short trips, for example sightseeing trips in Hawaii. If the plane can charge to 80% in 20 minutes, then you could do 10-minute trips all day long.
Congrats to Archer. Fantastic achievement!
Excellent performance and stepwise progression toward full commercialization. Archer has their act together.
Amazing! I bought some Archer stock a while back. Glad to see the progress! I’m a pilot and can’t wait to fly something like this someday. 🎉
Where can I buy their stocks? I never bought stocks before but want to some of Archer's. My daughter is 13 hopefully by the time she is ready for college they will be worth a lot more.
Congratulations, Archers, that’s a milestone indeed, very nicely done!
Outstanding gentlemen. Keep up the forward progress
I hear there are some excellent female engineers on the Archer project too.
@@jonathan.westerling Calm down Karen the video shows all guys clapping at the end that's what he's referring to. Go get offended somewhere else.
@@Steve-tx3xc There is a woman in a brown jacket too
Congrats!! What a wonderful achievement!! You all should be very proud of this work :-)
Well done. Very impressive. Great flying. Must be such a pleasure.
Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful ! Smooth as. Top marks to all, especially the flight dynamics team. No little wiggles in pitch roll or yaw that i expected to see. And with battery energy densities increasing steadily, it can only get better and better.
Thanks, Robert. We can't wait for you to fly in Midnight!
Really happy to see this happening. Would be more happy though if the the climbing and transitioning happen at the same time so as to save energy consumed by a vertical climb before transitioning.
Well done you guys! Such an amazing feat!
Love watching my investments fly over my house making everyone think they’re UFOs. Which island should I buy? Lol
Very impressive! WIll definitely keep an eye out for Archer in the near future.
Congrats! Looking forward to when it can launch like it’s on a hot LZ!
Wow, that was impressive, not just the performance and the tech that allowed it but also how well it was recorded and the quality of the video capturing this fantastic achievement.
Typically, I'm quick to critique and criticize experimental aircraft test flights. But this was a beautifully executed flight! Very impressive and well done!
Sorry for non-euphoric tone... but:
- Is the transition reliable in every weather conditions? Wind, rain, snow, low temps, high temps?
- How much energy it takes to make transition and how it relates to energy supply and overall MTOW?
Sorry... but I would remain skeptical whether such a configuration is capable of surviving the situations we encounter in everyday aviation... as a battery electric...
Wouldn't want to be in that when it falls from the sky a parachute emergency system for the whole craft id advised ...it's pretty!
Game changer... so under looked...
Yea, scam of the year in aviation! Yet another useless electric flying contraption.
Nice music? I would have prefaced to Liston to the sound of the aircraft.
Hey guys, that looks like a huge success, bravo! 👍💪✌
Awesomeness, and congratulations to the Archer Team!
Great step,, looks really good, but aren't the rear lift engines supposed to shut down and stow in cruise? They appear to be powered throughout this flight. And can you report whether it was manned, pilot on board, or remotely piloted?
For the first full transition flight, we chose to keep the aft propellers spinning at very low speeds (200-300 RPM) rather than initiating the “stow routine” to stop them. Envelope expansion is a step-by-step process. In future flights we will exercise this functionality. You can think of this as being analogous to how for conventional aircraft, the landing gear may not be retracted on a first flight. All of the lift was generated by the wing at the speeds we were flying (100+ mph).
Midnight is uncrewed.
@@ArcherAviation Thanks for the reply, understood and appreciated. Best wishes for the ongoing envelope expansion.
This is huge.
@@ArcherAviation is the battery the same size and weight as will be used when it's carrying a full payload?
That's looking very solid and stable ! Amazing work !
Trying to out-think outfits like Bell is no small goal
I get it that they are trying to add redundancy, smooth out the lift distribution and attempting to reduce current draw; however there's a LOT of additional drag associated with those 12 appendages that will definitely impact range / duration performance.
Good luck
Redundancy is a serious concern here. Small rotors have little inertia, and the engine out glideslope must be near vertical.
Hello fellow investors, it is best to be sure-footed before taking the next step. This is a quality team with huge investors behind them who know exactly what needs to be done to make this company hugely successful, be patient, buy more on the dip! this is going to be a great ride!
where can I buy their stocks?
WOW! very, very impressive. Congratulations to all involved.
Transition is one of the hardest parts of EVTOL design well done Archer.
With Solid-state batteries just around the corner I would imagine they could be put in the same space as current Lithium-ion batteries for a substantial increase in performance and safety as well as a reduction in charge times.
😎🇦🇺👍
So the wing alone cannot support the weight of the aircraft in forward flight ? Over-loaded with batteries to make sure the demo flight isn't embarrassingly terminated ?
Looks very good!
You guys are far ahead in the same field.
Noise level needs to be monitored from ground , also what’s the endurance of flight with payload onboard ?
I have similar concerns as other commenters regarding power consumption and viable flight time versus payload and passenger weight constraints, especially considerint the fact that the aircraft seems to require 12 motors to accomplish its mission.
I love new technology as much as the next. But, tell me that mass production efficiencies are designed into the aircraft as well as being designed to minimize maintenance. The cost of maintenance of a tilt rotor to keep it flying safe is normally phenomenal!!! I also hope the electronics / computing systems are designed to be able to fail from single event anomalies that affect multiple bytes in a stacked DRAM modules without impacting aircraft performance.
One thing I don't hear about all these types of aircraft is how loud it's going to be inside. Having flown drones I can tell you even the small ones are loud.
Bigger props have slower tip speeds and deeper tones. You'd be surprised how quiet a 13" quad can be.
From efficiency point of view, that tail vertical motors with propellers are huge aerodynamic brake...
It will be nicer if rear propellers are mounted under the pylon and pivot 90 degrees as they transition from liftoff to level flight as the pushing propellers.
@@jeffreyjch A comment from the provider above says there’s a stow procedure for those aft propellers but they didn’t do it on this flight. Baby steps!
What i like about Archer versus Joby is it looks like the Archer aircraft could land like a regular airplane if there were engine problems, ie glide back down, but why don't the rear props angle down like the front props angle forward in the back and become pusher props instead of continuing their helicopter vertical position?
beautiful !!
I'd be interested to hear from the test pilot or from other testers, how does it "feel" the transition? Other tilt rotor prototypes have failed apparently due to lack of controlability, but how hard or easy was it to control this aircraft during transition?
Love this. Fully convinced this is the future. And when do we see a scaled down R/C model ;)
So the front rotors tilt, for forward thrust. Why don't the rear rotors tilt as 'pushers' also? Or is that the eventual plan?
Please start flights from Hollister to Fremont especially during rush hrs . I love you Archer!! I believe in you ❤🎉🎉
Interesting enough I suppose. But I never imagined that it was still going to need vertical axis rotors for lift instead of only the wing.
Wonderful success, certainly appeared acceptably stable, does leave questions though - Will the rear props fold down to reduce drag? How many motors on each side are there for safety redundancy, and can be safely shut down to save power in horizontal flight? How much range does VTOL consume compared to a regular take off?
They did reply to a comment on this board that the rear propellers do fold.
I do wonder if it could maintain takeoff if it lost three forward props, and how the redundancy/fault tolerance is laid out across the system.
The rear rotors would seem to add significant drag in airplane configuration.
Rear props lock into fore/aft position, not shown in this flight.
That was freaking awesome like to see you make a cargo version
Great Achievement! You are the future of electronic aviation. (I need to buy more stocks 😏)
Awesome ... I suppose it had been very moderate weather conditions. Anyhow, the nervous wiggling of smaller helicopters during start / landing I have not seen. It flies pretty stable and screws through the air very smoothly. Beautiful. - I suppose 12 rotors can build a bigger uplift force area than one big rotor. Congrats to the whole team, test pilot. Such projects are nerve wrecking, over years to get all jobs done well. Will Midnight be 100% EV or kind hybrid version ? As we see now a move back in automotive industries that companies like Toyota go the hybrid path, and many of the concurrence follow. Even buyers in 2024 have decided increasingly for hybrid than pure EV. Are you using Solid State batteries (e.g. Salt batteries) ? Much cheaper, bigger charing cycle rate and much faster than LitiumFerroIion batteries. - All the best for the future.
That was really awesome to watch - the only transition was main propulsion! I wonder how much drag the aft propellers cause?
OK. Please explain. When hovering, how did it change direction 180 degrees. What physically changed the aircraft’s direction?
It is not clear to me how your aircraft achieved that.
I suspect control of the torque reaction. Just my best guess.
I'm in! Been waiting for this since Molt Taylor's heyday
Great going for the future.
Whilst this may be quite an achievement for this particular concept aircraft, the horizontal performance could be twice as good, if you did not have to have the lift rotors on all the time. This is not the most efficient design for a VTOL craft! It works, but it could be much better with a different concept! Having to use the lift rotors all the time during horizontal flight, will greatly impact overall performance! Less rotors, that both provide lift and balance of the craft in vertical mode, and then all the rotors used in forward flight would result in a much better concept!
Something just dosnt seem right with all the rear propellers creating a drag on the wing when the forward motors are operating,i would have thought the setup would have been more like the Boeing V-22 Osprey.
How is controllability achieved when landing on a gusty day?
It’s Alive🎉❤. Keep going ! Awesome achievement
What happens at the rear nacelles? Do those rotors continually do their gyro-copter mode?
Does anyone have the ADSB or Flight aware code?
Great flight and quite an accomplishment but questions arise related to power consumption, maximum flight time,battery weight, and remaining useful load to function as passenger loading. The concept of transitioning from vertical flight to horizontal is relatively simple in concept, as multirotor aircraft have been doing so for quite some time using differential propeller speeds and tilt of the air vehicle to direct thrust. The issue is power cumsumption relative to power available, duration of power supply, and remaining useful load. How those interact will determine commercial viability.
Utterly useless flying object award goes to: Archer, this years white elephant pile of garbage with zero applicable function! How Genius's scam investors money! Bravo!
So what have _you_ been doing this year, @@w8stral ?
@@rconger24 Designing wind turbines... You?
Brilliant!!! Well done and congrats!
“IMPRESSIVE”, WELL DONE!
Congratulations. Amazing
I agree with the person who mentioned the drag problem created by the rear props. Could they not have those shut down with foldable props once forward motion and a certain speed reached?
Every time one of these types of videos begins with an explanation of all the hard work, I’m reminded of the Monty Python Holy Grail king who kept building castles in the swamp. There are some ideas that don’t necessarily merit all that hard work.
As soon as transition is achieved, half of those heavy and expensive rotors become drag inducing extra weight. While mostly considered parasitic drag, in forward flight they induce intersection drag, form drag, skin friction drag, and of course, parasitic drag.
You gotta get rid of them
Nice and smooth well done .
I'm curious if the battery pack is adjustable to compensate for various payloads. Any ability for battery expansion to extend range?
Congratulations team !!🎉🎊🎊
Awesome job guys!
During the flight, the rear propellers turn, is this for any purpose or just the effect of the air? If it's the reaction to the air, is it possible to scavenge the energy?
Why don't you cut your jazzy music and show everyone how nice and quiet that thing is at take off. There's no way they're going to allow these things in cities
I think adding aero shields in front of the static rotors would improve aerodynamics and reduce drag during forward flight.
looks stable throughout transition…👍
The front props, despite the ridiculously long pylons induce a download from negativr incidence on the wing which is redu 10:00 ced by the downwash from the
rear props . Not having any powered slipstream over the tail also creates a trim problem during transition - lessons learned from the 1960s vtols are being forgotten.
what is the projected cost per person?
Beautiful!!! I don't regret buying this stock!!!!
Fine, you have all the control and flight issues worked out, but how much payload it is capable of and range , I noticed the speed barely over 100 MPH.
lot of pitch changes during the transition, and If i am shooting for 100 mph give me a piper cub any day.
Congratulations, the beauty is there, and when aircraft look beautiful they're also well-balanced. It's also an indication of high attention to detail and good intercommunication and integration between different design areas of the project.
How long before piloted flight trials?
Too many moving parts. I wouldn't step foot on that death trap
Great stability!
Sensacional, extraordinário, parabéns!!!! SHOW, SHOW!
Wow, heavy! 👏👏👏
Wow so smooth!
what's the plate weight payload? 20 45lb plates?
That was a very good test.
Are you guys in New Jersey?
They sure as F are
Do the rear windmilling rotors provide de any lift like an auto gyro in level flight?
Nope, just drag
Sure, it can fly... but what about the lay flat seats on board? And how good is the food?
Very stable flight.
I wonder if it can be put to practical use yet.
It is a good flight, congrats. One question is why it will not use the back 6 rotors to propel the plane ahead with the front 6 to make it fly faster? The plane can reduce the rotors to eight to improve the efficiency and energy....
Nice. Question... Are the second set of propellers in the back always ON during light to assist with lift (to aid wings)?
For the first full transition flight, we chose to keep the aft propellers spinning at very low speeds (200-300 RPM) rather than initiating the “stow routine” to stop them. Envelope expansion is a step-by-step process. In future flights we will exercise this functionality. You can think of this as being analogous to how for conventional aircraft, the landing gear may not be retracted on a first flight. All of the lift was generated by the wing at the speeds we were flying (100+ mph).
They may already be doing this, but I think the batteries could be extended by having the free-wheeling rear rotors during wing-based lift feeding electricity back into the batteries. That way, the longer the distance you fly, the better performance you get out of the batteries - up to a point. There's no such thing as 100% recovery of power.
Hovers well, yet from the looks, it seems to struggle flying at forward slower speeds.
let us hear the sound from 12 props and take the music off, what will you do with a 12 prop plane ?
Awesome. Keep buying ACHR and JOBY.
Where can I buy? I currently use Robinhood. It's my first time buying stocks.
That was impressive.
As an investor, I’m sold on the idea. The tech is easy. And by easy I mean given enough time and money the problems can all be solved. Hell, we put a man on the moon in the 60s!
So my question or concern is the business. You’ll get the equipment and tech solved. Now this will compete with helicopters and taxis. Will the pricing be comparable? Where’s the cost analysis for operations? Chinese companies are trying this with pilotless versions. Will paying a pilot (cost plus loss of one pac seat) still be affordable? Other operational costs? Battery swaps versus refueling vs rapid charging? Cargo limits? Range limits? Maintenance costs (compared to alternatives)? Etc.
I’ve got a lot riding on this success. Feel like I’m early on this. Hope it blows up! Okay. Bad choice of words. Gets YUGE!
Hello fellow investor, it is best to be sure-footed before taking the next step. This is a quality team with huge investors behind them who know exactly what needs to be done to make this company profitable, be patient and buy more on the dip! this is going to be a great ride!
Absolutely amazing. Drone technology advancing to general aviation. Trolls need to stfu. This is history.
Awesome video…
Would be very cool to display battery SOC and system power draw as well as speed; could get much more insight on efficiency of forward flight that way. One question: why do the horizontal lift props continue to turn in this flight? Seems like that would be an undesirable power draw, and increased drag.
For the first full transition flight, we chose to keep the aft propellers spinning at very low speeds (200-300 RPM) rather than initiating the “stow routine” to stop them. Envelope expansion is a step-by-step process. In future flights we will exercise this functionality. You can think of this as being analogous to how for conventional aircraft, the landing gear may not be retracted on a first flight. All of the lift was generated by the wing at the speeds we were flying (100+ mph).
Yes, there could be flight monitoring in the video.
Consumption, battery level, internal battery resistance, engine RPM.