Dufour Flies Production-Ready Aero2 Uncrewed eVTOL

atest Aero2 prototype

The latest Aero2 prototype—the X2.3—features a revised H-tail, skid landing gear and exposed tail thruster.

Credit: Dufour Aerospace
Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace has conducted the first hover flight of the production-ready prototype for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing uncrewed aircraft. The latest in a series of prototypes, the X2.3 incorporates several design changes including an H-tail and skid...
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