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The Airbus Vahana Flies SNIPPETS:
Airbus
⚡ electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) development might not be as fast-paced as startups’ development, but it is making progress nonetheless. Here’s what’s new with the Airbus Vahana eVTOL.
🐦Vahana Takes Off 🦅 With More Details
The Airbus Vahana eVTOL demonstrator just completed the 100th test flight of its Alpha One full-size aircraft. This comes on the heels of an interesting Airbus video from AIN in which Eduardo Dominquez-Puerto, Airbus Head of Urban Air Mobility, talked about how the company is well placed to take full advantage of the eVTOL urban air mobility (UAM) race. The team shared with us some more information on its progress.
The
⚡ Vahana flew 12 “build-up” flights — intermediate speed demonstrations — that show the stability and performance in hover and cruise modes with speeds of up to 100 kts (~115 mph, 185 km/h). What we’ve learned
of particular interest is that the batteries can be swapped in fewer than 10 minutes. 👍😎 Two 300 lb lithium-ion battery packs slide in and out of the aircraft, much the same way an
⚡ EV battery swap station operates, as you can see from the official picture below.
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