Textron Begins Nexus eVTOL Tunnel Tests

Graham Warwick July 19, 2023

Nexus has six tilting propellers for lift and thrust plus two additional lift rotors for vertical flight.

Credit: Textron eAviation
Textron eAviation has begun wind tunnel testing of its Nexus electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle as its works toward flying a full-scale demonstrator by the end of 2024. The 23%-scale powered model is being tested in the RUAG wind tunnel in Emmen, Switzerland, to validate the...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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