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Elytron

  • Transcend Air's Vy 400 VTOL aircraft
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    New York to Boston in 36 minutes thanks to VTOL air taxi, says Transcend Air
    The Transcend Air Corporation has announced the development of the Vy, a tilt-wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) six-seater aircraft designed to ferry people in and out of cities. Simultaneously, the company has said it will launch an air taxi-style commuter service to operate the aircraft.
  • The Elytron 2S demonstrator concept's airframe was recently completed
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    Elytron 2S tiltrotor demonstrator airframe completed
    When we laid eyes on the Elytron 2S tiltrotor plane prototype last year at the EAA's fly-in airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, it was a half-built concept with only part of its Prandtl wing box installed. The company has now completed the airframe ahead of planned flight tests later this year.
  • A Elytron 2S (shown here in a proposed seven-seater version) is a tiltrotor aircraft that uses a Prandtl's box wing design
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    Elytron 2S: The out-of-the-box tiltrotor concept
    Looking to combine the advantages of both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, Elytron Aircraft LLC of Mountain View, California is developing the Elytron 2S, a small tiltrotor aircraft that uses a box wing configuration and is aimed at the civilian market.