For those who like aeronautics, as is my case, these are the most entertaining times due to the great diversity of new flying devices that are presented on the market.
But it must be said that almost all the ideas are made up of a few videos of possible new planes. From there, to the reality of having a device that flies safely (with aeronautical certification) there is a very big step, but it is more than possible that someone will make it.
Dozens of start-ups are being created all over the world to find ways of green flights that do not pollute.
Airplanes with electric motors have the disadvantage of the weight of the batteries and therefore almost all the applications that are presented are for flights of few passengers and of short range (a few hundred miles).
This is the case of the aircraft presented by Craft Aerospace and I must admit that it is quite different from most due to the design of the wing and the way it rises from the ground.
As you can see in the photo, the wing starts at the lower front part of the plane and ends at the upper rear part of the cabin, and on each of the semi-wings there are 8 electric motors that make it fly.
To rise vertically, most of the electric aircraft presented rotate the engines or part of the wings, but this is not the case in this case. The vertical thrust is achieved by deploying large flaps on the two parts of the semi-wing, and hitting them with the air generated by the engines. See photos below.
The manufacturer says it has tested its "solution" on a small scale and has it patented, but it remains to be seen how it works in full size.
The good thing about this idea is that it has no moving parts other than the flaps, and these devices are well known and very experienced in the aeronautical world.
They intend to market a plane with a 2,500-pound payload to carry 9 passengers, with a speed of 345 mph, and a range of up to 1,000 miles (it seems very optimistic) to cover 60% of the domestic routes of the USA.
Admittedly, they are ambitious.
You can see a video at https://youtu.be/nV5khgI48MA
At the moment (as far as I know) they have only received funding of $ 3.5 million, which is clearly insufficient to achieve their objectives. The idea could be good but without money they will not be able to implement it, and I would like them to succeed.
Time will tell.
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