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Evaluation and Prospects of the Demonstration Flight of "Flying Car" HEXA, First Unveiled in Japan
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- The first demonstration flight of the single-seater eVTOL aircraft 'HEXA' was successfully conducted in Tokyo, demonstrating stable flight and low noise levels.
- Tour experiences are already available for civilian use in the United States, and demonstration experiments are underway in Japan to meet environmental and regulatory requirements.
- It is expected that the commercialization of eVTOL technology in the future will be used in various fields, such as traffic congestion relief and logistics transportation time reduction.
In Tokyo, a first manned flight of a single-seater eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft) called "HEXA" was recently conducted as part of the SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 showcase program. This is a product of LIFT AIRCRAFT, a startup founded in Texas in 2017, and it is a compact design with a length of about 4.5m, a height of about 2.4m, and a weight of about 196kg. It can carry up to 113kg and has a top speed of about 100km/h. It is advantageous in that it can easily control takeoff, landing, direction change, and altitude adjustment with a 3-axis joystick.
In this demonstration flight, HEXA took off near Tokyo Big Sight, changed its altitude and direction, and successfully completed a water landing. The flight noise level was low, similar to that of a drone, and it demonstrated very stable flight. This confirmed that eVTOL technology has made significant progress in recent years.
Currently, in the United States, the aircraft certification is underway with the support of the US Air Force following unmanned/manned flight demonstration tests of HEXA. Tour experiences are already available for civilian use, with a short training session of about 30 minutes. In Japan, Marubeni Aerospace and LIFT AIRCRAFT are collaborating to conduct demonstration tests and verification in accordance with Japanese environmental and regulatory standards.
In the future, if eVTOL technology is commercialized, it is expected to be used in various fields, such as realizing urban air mobility and reducing traffic congestion and logistics transportation time. Although there are still issues such as cost, safety, and noise regulations, it is expected to become a future mode of transportation as technology further develops.
