flyExclusive joins Textron eAviation Nexus Customer Advisory Board

Tex­tron eAv­i­a­tion has announced that fly­Ex­clu­sive will become the first mem­ber of its new Cus­tomer Advi­so­ry Board for devel­op­ment of Tex­tron eAviation’s Nexus eVTOL air­craft, hav­ing agreed to pro­vide input on oper­a­tor, pilot and pas­sen­ger pref­er­ences to inform devel­op­ment of the Nexus.

fly­Ex­clu­sive will lever­age its cus­tomer knowl­edge to pro­vide feed­back to the Nexus team on opti­mal cock­pit and cab­in expe­ri­ence and will con­tin­ue to gain valu­able insights in sus­tain­able, advanced air mobil­i­ty.

Tex­tron eAv­i­a­tion pres­i­dent and CEO Rob Scholl said: “The Nexus eVTOL is designed to offer cus­tomers sus­tain­ably pow­ered mobil­i­ty and flex­i­bil­i­ty in a vari­ety of loca­tions and mis­sions.

“Our col­lab­o­ra­tion with fly­Ex­clu­sive demon­strates our focus on fur­ther devel­op­ing the prod­uct and ensur­ing it deliv­ers an excep­tion­al cus­tomer expe­ri­ence. As we begin the build­ing of our first eVTOL pro­to­type air­craft, flyExclusive’s input will be impor­tant as we finalise our air­craft design and as the tech­nol­o­gy and mar­ket evolve over the com­ing years.”

fly­Ex­clu­sive pres­i­dent Tom­my Sow­ers added: “This appoint­ment reflects our unwa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to inno­va­tion, sus­tain­abil­i­ty, and to fur­ther­ing our long-stand­ing part­ner­ship with Tex­tron.

“As one of the largest oper­a­tors of Cess­na Cita­tions, our decades of expe­ri­ence and deep respect for the tal­ent­ed indi­vid­u­als at Tex­tron, we are eager to bring our unique per­spec­tive to the table and col­lab­o­rate on design­ing the future of flight to pro­vide supe­ri­or ser­vice and expe­ri­ence for our cus­tomers. It is the begin­ning of an excit­ing jour­ney to rede­fine how we con­nect with the world.”

The Nexus eVTOL is designed to serve a range of pur­pos­es, includ­ing for the pas­sen­ger trans­port, car­go, and emer­gency med­ical ser­vices mar­kets. As the Nexus pro­gram con­tin­ues to advance, fly­Ex­clu­sive and Tex­tron eAv­i­a­tion expect to explore oppor­tu­ni­ties to col­lab­o­rate on mar­ket­ing and trade shows as well as work with reg­u­la­to­ry author­i­ties and pub­lic accep­tance of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty plat­forms.

Last month, Tex­tron eAv­i­a­tion start­ed wind tun­nel test­ing to sup­port the devel­op­ment of Nexus to val­i­date the per­for­mance, sta­bil­i­ty, and con­trol of the vehi­cle design to con­firm pre­lim­i­nary con­fig­u­ra­tion, range, and speed esti­mates, as well as how the rotors inter­act with the vehi­cle aero­dy­nam­ics for all phas­es of flight, includ­ing VTOL, tran­si­tion, and cruise.

Tex­tron eAv­i­a­tion Starts Nexus Wind Tun­nel Test­ing