{"id":14249,"date":"2017-04-20T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T19:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14249"},"modified":"2017-04-20T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T19:52:08","slug":"sci-tech-lilium-jet-electric-vtol-vehicle-makes-first-demo-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14249","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Lilium Jet electric VTOL vehicle makes first demo flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The German startup company <a href=\"https:\/\/lilium.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Lilium<\/a>\u00a0has now flown the first full-scale prototype of their electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft called the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lilium.com\/technology\/\" target=\"_d\">Lilium Jet:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ohig71bwRUE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>They explain what they mean by electric jet as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The electric jet engines work like turbofan jet engines in a regular passenger jet. They suck in air, compress it and push it out the back. However, the compressor fan in the front is not turned by a gas turbine, but by a high performance electric motor. Therefore, they run much quieter and completely emission-free.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The vehicle will have a range of 300 km (186 miles) at 300km\/hour. The goal is\u00a0to fly in 2019 &#8220;the first fully functional jet&#8221;, which can carry up to five passengers. The key target market is dial-up taxi service by early 2020s.<\/p>\n<p>The current design of the production vehicle looks like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProductionDesign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14250\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=14250\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProductionDesign.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1225,611\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ProductionDesign\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProductionDesign-1024x511.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14250\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProductionDesign-1024x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProductionDesign-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProductionDesign-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProductionDesign-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ProductionDesign.jpg 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9P5BPMuCro4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Announcement about the prototype test flights:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lilium.com\/news\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">Lilium celebrates successful flight tests and introduces 5-seater VTOL jet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have incredibly exciting news to share. The Lilium Jet successfully completed its maiden test flight series in the skies above Bavaria. The 2-seater Eagle prototype executed a range of complex maneuvers, including its signature mid-air transition from hover mode to wing-borne forward flight.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing the Lilium Jet take to the sky and performing sophisticated maneuvers with apparent ease is testament to the skill and perseverance of our amazing team. We have solved some of the toughest engineering challenges in aviation to get to this point. The successful test flight programme shows that our ground-breaking technical design works exactly as we envisioned. We can now turn our focus to designing a 5-seater production aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>We are now developing a larger, 5-seater version of our Lilium Jet, designed for on-demand air taxi and ridesharing services. A typical journey with the Lilium Jet will be at least 5x faster than by car, with even greater efficiencies in busy cities. So a flight from Manhattan to New York\u2019s JFK Airport will take around 5 minutes, compared to the 55 minutes it would take you by car.<\/p>\n<p>Please make sure you read more about Lilium\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lilium.com\/mission\/index.html\">mission<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lilium.com\/technology\/index.html\">technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As well as making great progress in the air, we\u2019ve also updated our Lilium brand. Enjoy our new website, we hope you like it!<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>A couple of articles about Lilium:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/12\/05\/atomico-backs-backs-new-vertical-take-off-and-landing-flight-developer-lilium-aviation\/\" target=\"_d\">European VCs are going to make flying cars a reality | TechCrunch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/eustaciahuen\/2016\/06\/09\/how-the-worlds-first-vertical-takeoff-and-landing-jet-can-change-the-future-of-private-aviation\/#9eb42b82d5fa\" target=\"_d\">Inside Lilium, The World&#8217;s First Vertical Takeoff And Landing Private Jet &#8211; Forbes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">=====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=hobbyspace&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=primemusic&amp;banner=0Y451P54C03XJ9ZRPK82&amp;f=ifr&amp;lc=pf4&amp;linkID=DJBJV27TG3YGS5GC\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German startup company Lilium\u00a0has now flown the first full-scale prototype of their electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) aircraft called the\u00a0Lilium Jet: They explain what they mean by electric jet as follows: The electric jet engines work like turbofan jet engines in a regular passenger jet. They suck in air, compress it and push it out the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14249\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Lilium Jet electric VTOL vehicle makes first demo flights<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3HP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19941,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19941","url_meta":{"origin":14249,"position":0},"title":"Technologies of interest &#8211; Oct.16.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent items about new robotic and aviation technologies (previous tech posts): [ Update Oct.17: Vertical Aerospace in the UK debuts the Seraph eVTOL aircraft:\u00a0 World first: Vertical Aerospace flies electric air taxi capable of carrying 250kg - Vertical Aerospace The Seraph was built to test new technologies\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&l=am2&o=1&a=1524742414","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":25094,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=25094","url_meta":{"origin":14249,"position":1},"title":"Tech: Test flights of eVTOL air taxis","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I noticed a flurry of videos recently showing test flights of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles. 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