Joby Aviation’s eVTOL successfully completed a 523-mile hydrogen-electric flight, with water as the only by-product, from the company’s base in Marina, CA. This marks the first forward flight of a vertical take off and landing aircraft powered by liquid hydrogen.
Joby’s hydrogen-electric demonstrator uses the same airframe and overall architecture as the company’s core, battery-electric aircraft. Featuring a liquid hydrogen fuel tank, designed and built by Joby, which stores up to 40 kilograms of liquid hydrogen, alongside a reduced mass of batteries. How does it work? Liquid hydrogen is fed into a fuel cell system, designed and built by H2FLY, to produce electricity, water, as well as heat. The electricity produced by the hydrogen fuel cell is used to power the six electric motors on the Joby aircraft, with the batteries providing additional power mainly during take-off and landing.
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Imagine being able to fly from San Francisco to San Diego, Boston to Baltimore, or Nashville to New Orleans without the need to go to an airport and with no emissions except water. That world is closer than ever, and the progress we’ve made towards certifying the battery-electric version of our aircraft gives us a great head start as we look ahead to making hydrogen-electric flight a reality,” said JoeBen Bevirt, Founder and CEO, Joby.
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