1,600-hp three-seat eVTOL promises jet-setters 500 miles at 220 mph
newatlas.com
London-based startup AltoVolo is aiming high with its entry in the developing eVTOL space. It plans to offer a powerful personal hybrid-electric aircraft that will seat three people, deliver 510 miles (821 km) of range, and hit cruise speeds up of to 220 mph (354 km/h) – all while making 80% less…

London-based startup AltoVolo is aiming high with its entry in the developing eVTOL space. It plans to offer a powerful personal hybrid-electric aircraft that will seat three people, deliver 510 miles (821 km) of range, and hit cruise speeds up of to 220 mph (354 km/h) – all while making 80% less noise than a helicopter.

  • rbesfe
    8·
    3 days ago

    Any aircraft that can’t glide or autorotate is an aircraft I don’t ever want to step into

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      2 days ago

      With that ducted fan layout, would it even be controllable with an engine out? Seems difficult/impossible to keep the CG inside the triangle of the engines.