UK firm has first eVTOL test flight

Bellwether Industries, a UK start-up working on urban air mobility concepts, has had its first test flight of its two-seat Volar eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) prototyped in Dubai.

According to evtol.com,  Bellwether is targeting the private urban aircraft market for intracity travel, and has built the Volar as a compact vehicle with a hidden propulsion system. The final aircraft will measure 3.2 meters (10.5 feet) wide, which is about 1.5 m (5 ft) wider than an average car.

“A lot of the problems we have is the vehicle doesn’t look like an aircraft, so when people see it, they don’t see how it could work or how it could fly but it’s real,” said Kai-Tse Lin, chief operating officer and co-founder of Bellwether. Through the first test flight, Lin said the company has been able to demonstrate the vehicle’s controllability.

Photo: Bellwether

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