Vahana's transition

摘要

The Airbus Vahana electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) demonstrator recently completed for the first time completed a full transition from hover to forward flight during a recent trial. During the full transition flight, Vahana took off vertically and began to accelerate. Although the system had already performed a similar feat in previous test flights, the noteworthy aspect of this flight was that Vahana's wing and canard rotated to the full cruise configuration, before the aircraft accelerated to a speed of 90kts (168km/h). At this point, Vahana successfully completed its full transition and began to decelerate as it prepared for its descent. The entire flight was completed in about eight minutes.