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
