{"id":1262,"date":"2023-03-02T10:43:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T10:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:43:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T10:43:56","slug":"autofilght-evtol-flew-over-250km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/?p=1262","title":{"rendered":"Autofilght eVTOL Flew Over 250km"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese eVTOL startup Autofilght claimed today that their 5-seat eVTOL prototype &#8222;Prosperity&#8220; flew 250.3km in one charge on 23 Feburary 2023 near Shanghai, breaking the previous distance record of eVTOL with over 2 metric ton maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) set by Joby&#8217;s S4 eVTOL prototype last year. In the flight video released by Autoflight, the eVTOL took off vertically, transited to horizontally cruise flight and then landed vertically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101127-1-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101127-1-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101127-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101127-1-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101127-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The record-setting prototype is the 4th prototype of &#8222;Prosperity&#8220; with lift+cruise configuration, five seats (one pilot+four passengers), fully electric powered. It changed back to two pusher propellors on the tail for cruise from the single pusher unit in last prototype. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101121-1024x602.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101121-1024x602.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101121-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101121-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101121.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101134-1024x595.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101134-1024x595.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101134-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101134-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101134.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101140-1024x546.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101140-1024x546.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101140-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101140-768x410.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20230302101140.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new &#8222;Prosperity&#8220; prototype&#8217;s industrial design is directed by the famous designer Frank Stephenson who also happens to design the US eVTOL company Archer&#8217;s Maker two-seat demonstrator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese eVTOL startup Autofilght claimed today that their 5-seat eVTOL prototype &#8222;Prosperity&#8220; flew 250.3km in one charge on 23 Feburary 2023 near Shanghai, breaking the previous distance record of eVTOL with over 2 metric ton maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) set by Joby&#8217;s S4 eVTOL prototype last year. In the flight video released by Autoflight, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1268,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1262\/revisions\/1268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}