Archer Completes Midnight’s Transition Flight
12 6월 2024 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
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
Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE:ACHR), a leader in electric vertical
takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, today announced that on June
8th its Midnight aircraft successfully completed transition flying
at a speed of 100+ mph. Archer has now achieved transition with two
different full-scale eVTOL aircraft. Transition is well known in
the industry as a very difficult milestone few companies have
reached. 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.
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On June 8th its Midnight aircraft
successfully completed transition flying at a speed of 100+ mph.
Archer has now achieved transition with two different full-scale
eVTOL aircraft. Transition is well known in the industry as a very
difficult milestone few companies have reached. 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. (Photo: Business Wire)
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.
“Transitioning two generations of full-scale eVTOL aircraft in
less than 2 years is another remarkable achievement for Archer’s
team. This shows we continue to successfully execute against our
plan to create the most efficient path to market with an aircraft
that is designed for certification and to be manufactured
efficiently at scale,” said Adam Goldstein, Archer’s Founder and
CEO.
Midnight is now the 7th full-scale eVTOL aircraft that Archer’s
CTO, Tom Muniz, and Chief Engineer, Dr. Geoff Bower, have
successfully built and flown in their respective careers. Archer’s
first generation full-scale eVTOL aircraft, Maker, successfully
achieved transition in November, 2022, eleven months after its
first flight, and still flies regularly in the company’s flight
test program. Just seven months after Midnight’s first flight,
Archer has now successfully transitioned its production eVTOL
aircraft as the company continues to build momentum towards
commercialization.
“Successfully completing the transition from hover to wing-borne
flight with a full-scale eVTOL aircraft is a tremendous engineering
feat that only a handful of companies in the world have achieved,”
said Dr. Geoff Bower, Archer’s Chief Engineer. “Over the seven
eVTOL aircraft I’ve built and flown in my career, they have gotten
progressively larger as we pursued payloads that made the aircraft
platform commercially viable. Midnight is believed to be one of the
largest eVTOL aircraft ever to achieve transition and one of the
first that is purpose built to carry enough passengers to be able
to operate a successful air taxi business. I’m extremely proud of
Archer’s team as we have now achieved this milestone with two
generations of full-scale aircraft.”
Midnight’s flight test program will now continue its progress
with plans to fly simulated commercial routes to demonstrate the
aircraft’s operational readiness, executing high-rate flight
operations, testing additional flight maneuvers that will be used
in commercial settings along with continuing to expand its speed
and endurance flight envelope.
Archer continues to make certification progress as the company
has now received its Part 135 and Part 145 certificates from the
FAA. Additionally, Archer is one of two companies in the world to
have its final airworthiness criteria for an eVTOL aircraft issued
by the FAA. Midnight is now in the final “implementation” phase of
its Type Certification program with piloted flight testing on track
to begin later this year.
Archer’s goal is to transform urban travel, replacing
60–90-minute commutes by car with estimated 10–20-minute electric
air taxi flights that are safe, sustainable, low noise, and
cost-competitive with ground transportation. Archer’s Midnight is a
piloted, four-passenger aircraft designed to perform rapid
back-to-back flights with minimal charge time between flights.
About Archer
Archer is designing and developing electric vertical takeoff and
landing aircraft for use in urban air mobility networks. Archer’s
mission is to unlock the skies, freeing everyone to reimagine how
they move and spend time. Archer's team is based in Santa Clara,
CA. To learn more, visit www.archer.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward looking statements regarding
Archer’s business plans and expectations, including statements
regarding its aircraft performance and the timing of Archer’s
development, certification and commercialization of its eVTOL
aircraft. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and
may differ materially from actual results due to a variety of
factors. The risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ from the results predicted are more fully
detailed in Archer’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K
and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, available at www.sec.gov. In
addition, please note that any forward-looking statements contained
herein are based on assumptions that Archer believes to be
reasonable as of the date of this press release. Archer undertakes
no obligation to update these statements as a result of new
information or future events.
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