Overview
- Eve’s engineering prototype completed its first partial transition flight with the rear pusher propeller activated, marking the start of the transition‑phase flight test campaign.
- The company reported the flight lasted 3 minutes 9 seconds, stabilized at about 27 knots, reached a maximum ground speed near 30 knots, ran the pusher to roughly 1,200 RPM, covered about 0.84 nautical miles and climbed to roughly 90 feet above ground level.
- Eve’s head of engineering said the test validated key performance targets for engaging forward propulsion while the lifter rotors remained powered and that collected data will guide higher‑speed transition trials.
- Over the coming weeks the program will focus on loads and structural analyses and on validating radio‑link (datalink) performance ahead of progressive envelope expansion toward planned operations up to about 50 knots.
- Company executives described the milestone as a technical step toward scalable urban air mobility and said full transition, crewed conforming‑prototype flights and certification targets remain future goals that the firm is pursuing on its announced timeline.