Leonardo and Vertical Aerospace announce collaboration on Fuselage Development Program for the VX4 eVTOL aircraft.Leonardo is lending its expertise, honed on numerous civil and defense aerospace programs,to Vertical’s aircraft.
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The collaboration is for an initial six certification aircraft but may scale up to mass production of 2,000 VX4s per year, to meet Vertical’s market-leading pre-order book.
The VA-X4 has eight reasonably large-diameter props arranged on either side of the wing edges. With speeds over 200mph, near silent when in flight, zero emissions and low cost per passenger mile.
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The VX4 is going to open up urban air mobility to a whole range of passengers and transform how we travel.In addition, the air taxi produces minimal noise, making around 60 dB in a hover and 45 dB in cruise mode, which is 100 times quieter than a helicopter.
