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COSTA MESA, Calif. --- Tier 1 Engineering's battery-powered manned helicopter program achieved a successful first hover on September 13, a first hover taxi on September 14 and a record five-minute cruise flight to 400 feet altitude with a peak...
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By KATIE FEHRENBACHER The world’s most interesting person just delivered the world’s first manned battery-powered helicopter test flight at an airfield in southern California. Several weeks ago, inventor and entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt, in collaboration with the engineering company Tier 1 Engineering, watched...
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by Graham Warwick | Aerospace Daily & Defense Report
A Robinson R44 light helicopter modified to electric power has completed initial flights, including hovering and a 5-min. cruise at 400 ft. and speeds up to 80 kts ... (Aviation Week)
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Historic 1st Electric Helicopter Flight By Andy Giegerich – Digital Managing Editor Talent-based Brammo has lent a hand to an ambitious, and so far successful, helicopter launch. Brammo lent its expertise to a Tier 1 Engineering launch of a battery-powered manned helicopter last...
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ElecTrans Editor While much of the aviation industry looks towards ducted fans and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) as the next stage of electric aviation, US-based engineering services firm Tier 1 Engineering is giving the tried-and-tested helicopter an electric shock. The company’s...
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