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“Pipistrel’s Nuuva V300 Achieves First Successful Flight”

Pip­istrel, a Tex­tron com­pa­ny, recent­ly announced a suc­cess­ful first hov­er flight of the Nuu­va V300, a long-range, large-capac­i­ty hybrid-elec­tric VTOL unmanned air­craft, reports a press release. “This rep­re­sents a mile­stone in the devel­op­ment of advanced, sus­tain­able and ver­sa­tile unmanned aer­i­al sys­tems (UAS),” says the release. 

The craft is designed to car­ry a 600-pound pay­load over a range of up to 300 nau­ti­cal miles and is capa­ble of oper­at­ing from paved or unim­proved sur­faces.  It is engi­neered “to load car­go through the nose of the fuse­lage, sim­pli­fy­ing the process for oper­a­tors and allow­ing for mul­ti­ple pay­load con­fig­u­ra­tions. Built to sup­port a capac­i­ty of more than 100 cubic feet, it can hold up to three car­go pal­lets or be loaded with loose car­go, enhanc­ing its util­i­ty for a vari­ety of logis­tics needs,” con­tin­ues the release.

Kriya Shortt, Pres­i­dent and CEO of Tex­tron eAv­i­a­tion, com­ment­ed, ”The Nuu­va V300’s unique capa­bil­i­ties and robust design will not only trans­form logis­tics, but also play a cru­cial role in com­mer­cial and defence mis­sions such as search and res­cue, human­i­tar­i­an aid, dis­as­ter relief and ship-to-shore deliv­er­ies.

Gabriel Massey, Pres­i­dent and MD of Pip­istrel, added, “The Nuuva’s first flight demon­strates Pip­istrel’s strength in elec­tric propul­sion and our aim to advance the avi­a­tion indus­try through active involve­ment in research pro­grams and col­lab­o­ra­tion with reg­u­la­to­ry agen­cies, includ­ing our recent oper­a­tional autho­ri­sa­tion from the Ital­ian Civ­il Air Author­i­ty (ENAC).”

The release goes on, “Equipped with a zero-emis­sion elec­tric ver­ti­cal take-off pow­er­train and a sep­a­rate cruise propul­sion sys­tem, the Nuu­va V300 will pro­vide flex­i­bil­i­ty and run­way inde­pen­dence. The air­craft is pow­ered by in-house devel­oped pro­pri­etary bat­tery sys­tems, ensur­ing effi­cient, sus­tain­able and cost-effec­tive per­for­mance. This unique com­bi­na­tion of tech­nolo­gies will enable the Nuu­va V300 to oper­ate in a wide range of envi­ron­ments.”

Gabriel Massey

The Nuu­va V300 is remote­ly mon­i­tored by an oper­a­tor at the ground con­trol sta­tion, devel­oped in coop­er­a­tion with Tex­tron Sys­tems, anoth­er Tex­tron com­pa­ny, enabling ful­ly auto­mat­ic point-and-click oper­a­tions.

The air­craft, which is equipped with auto­mat­ic Beyond Visu­al Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight capa­bil­i­ties, will tran­si­tion from ver­ti­cal to for­ward flight on its wings and fol­low the most recent flight plan until land­ing. The first air vehi­cle is pow­ered by a fly-by-wire, triple-redun­dant flight con­trol sys­tem sup­plied by Hon­ey­well.

A sec­ond Nuu­va V300 will join the flight pro­gram this year.

For more infor­ma­tion

www.pipistrel‑aircraft.com

https://www.textron.com

(Top image: Pip­istrel Nue­vo V300)

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