{"id":4679,"date":"2026-06-03T19:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T02:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aamnation.com\/?p=4679"},"modified":"2026-06-03T20:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:14:57","slug":"honda-achieves-first-full-scale-evtol-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aamnation.com\/hi\/2026\/06\/03\/honda-achieves-first-full-scale-evtol-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0939\u094b\u0902\u0921\u093e \u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0940 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0923 \u092a\u0948\u092e\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092a\u0930 \u0908-\u0935\u0940\u091f\u0940\u0913\u090f\u0932 (eVTOL) \u0909\u0921\u093c\u093e\u0928 \u092d\u0930\u0940"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Remotely piloted aircraft completed 90-second flight in California<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Story by Hanneke Weitering Science & Technology Editor
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Honda has completed the first flight of its full-scale eVTOL technology demonstrator, the company revealed last week via\u00a0a video posted to X<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(formerly Twitter). According to Honda, the remotely piloted aircraft flew for about 90 seconds on April 1 at the company\u2019s test facility in San Luis Obispo, California.<\/span><\/p>

The nearly two-month gap between the flight and its disclosure is consistent with Honda\u2019s approach to the program. Speaking at the Dubai Airshow last November, eVTOL vice president and executive chief engineer Susumu Mashio\u00a0told\u00a0AIN<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0that the company had not felt the need to \u201cproactively announce [its progress] to the public in a very immature state\u201d\u2014a posture that kept the program largely out of public view for several years after its 2021 announcement.<\/span><\/p>

This first flight marks Honda\u2019s transition from subscale testing to full-scale validation, following more than 400 flight tests conducted with a one-third-scale demonstrator and research and development efforts that date to 2020.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cWith this milestone, development advances into the full-scale validation phase, where the foundational technologies of eVTOL are being verified at real scale,\u201d the company wrote on X. \u201cWe will continue to build on this progress toward the next stage of development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The Japanese automaker\u2019s lift-and-cruise eVTOL aircraft uses eight propellers for vertical lift and two for forward propulsion, and is built around a hybrid-electric powertrain employing a gas turbine generator. Mashio has said the company drew on its automotive background in making that call: \u201cWhen we decided to start this project, we knew that battery technology might not be there as much as we had hoped,\u201d he told\u00a0AIN<\/strong>. \u201cFor the time being, the hybrid system is a really practical solution.\u201d<\/span><\/p>

Honda is targeting a range of 250 miles and an FAA type certificate in the early 2030s. Honda Research Institute USA, the company\u2019s North American R&D arm, is conducting the flight test campaign at its San Luis Obispo County facility. The FAA granted Honda Research Institute\u00a0an exemption<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in October 2024 to fly the subscale prototype for research and development purposes.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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