A Decade Between eVTOL First Flights Shows Advances Beyond Technology

eMagic Aircraft and Volocopter
Credit: (top) eMagic Aircraft, (bottom) Volocopter
The first hover flights of the Volocopter VC1 and eMagic Aircraft’s eMagic One demarcate the advances made in electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) technology in the space of 10 years. The VC1 made the first manned flight by an electric multicopter in October 2011, with pilot Thomas Senkel...

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