For the first time, a mixed aerial vehicle has been able to take off vertically and we will tell you how

An American company manages to integrate two flight technologies in the same vehicle

Electric mobility is not just a matter of companies like Tesla or the electric scooters and bicycles that we see in cities. Above our heads we are used to seeing helicopters and other aircraft, but we are not going to talk to you about the reason why airplane wings shake, but about a new aerial vehicle what is going to give a lot to talk about in the future.

The milestone of the Beta Technologies company

The Vermont-based company recently published the video that we show you below these lines and that shows how your ALIA aircraft he is able to combine the benefits of a helicopter with the soft flight of a light plane. And all this has been achieved, furthermore, with a pilot at the controls of the curious electric vehicle.

The company wants to position itself as one of the most important companies in it eVTOL sectorelectric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and has been trying since 2020 to offer the solution they show in the video and that could completely change the airline industry in the coming decades.

Breaking down a little more what happens in the short footage that Beta Technologies has shown us, we can see how the pilot of the ALIA aircraft is able to take off the vehicle verticallyyou can see it from minute 2:25, and how this exchange propellers to move on to the light flight phase, showing at minute 3:33 how the upper rotors stop to make way for the rear propeller.

Subsequently, the American company’s aircraft returns to the runway from which it departed, to descend vertically and complete a flight that is already part of the history of aeronautics and eVTOLs. By the way, the pilot responsible for carrying out this feat is Nate Moyerwho has used the Alia-250 model from the Plattsburgh International Airport, located in the state of New York.

It seems that that switching between eVTOL and airplane It’s one of the crucial elements so that these electric vehicles begin to emerge in the coming years and this has been demonstrated by the Beta Technologies aircraft. By the way, we are talking about an eVTOL of about 15 meters wingspanwhich uses an electric propulsion system through high density lithium batteries and that can reach the 222 kilometers per hour. Nate Moyer has finally spoken about this experience:

The transition is a huge technological barrier for aviation and being able to cross it safely is incredible. Obviously it’s important for the business, but it’s also important for the entire industry.

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