{"id":310,"date":"2020-12-04T08:22:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T08:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/?p=310"},"modified":"2020-12-04T08:22:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T08:22:58","slug":"new-design-from-betatechnologies-called-alia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/?p=310","title":{"rendered":"New design from BetaTechnologies called Alia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The startup from South Burlington, Vermont, USA<br>(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beta.team\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.beta.team<\/a>) presented this prototype earlier this month. The aircraft looks a bit like a cross bread between a conventional helicopter, a fixed wing aircraft and some other existing lift and cruise designs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BETA-alia-eVTOL-Aircraft-sideview-1024x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BETA-alia-eVTOL-Aircraft-sideview-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BETA-alia-eVTOL-Aircraft-sideview-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BETA-alia-eVTOL-Aircraft-sideview-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BETA-alia-eVTOL-Aircraft-sideview-1536x678.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BETA-alia-eVTOL-Aircraft-sideview-1200x529.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BETA-alia-eVTOL-Aircraft-sideview.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-Alia-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-Alia-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-Alia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-Alia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-Alia-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-Alia-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-Alia-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They did fly their first eVTOL Prototype in 2018 based on a modified Fixed Wing Aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/news.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-proto-demonstratorimage-3-1024x393.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-proto-demonstratorimage-3-1024x393.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-proto-demonstratorimage-3-300x115.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-proto-demonstratorimage-3-768x294.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-proto-demonstratorimage-3-1536x589.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-proto-demonstratorimage-3-1200x460.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Beta-proto-demonstratorimage-3.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More info at  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/new-air-taxi-design-cues-far-flying-bird\/\">https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/new-air-taxi-design-cues-far-flying-bird\/<\/a> and at the e-flight-forum.com -China 2020- with Presenters from the leading companies and authorities world wide like Pipistrel, Volocopter, Joby and Rolls Royce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-flight-forum.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.e-flight-forum.com\">www.e-flight-forum.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The startup from South Burlington, Vermont, USA(www.beta.team) presented this prototype earlier this month. The aircraft looks a bit like a cross bread between a conventional helicopter, a fixed wing aircraft and some other existing lift and cruise designs. They did fly their first eVTOL Prototype in 2018 based on a modified Fixed Wing Aircraft. 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