Pipistrel company announced on the 31st of January 2025 their first successful hover flight, the Nuuva V300, which is a long-range, large-capacity hybrid electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft.
The Nuva V300 is estimated to carry up to 600 pounds of load over a range of up to 300 nautical miles. Another interesting thing about the V300 is that it can operate on both paved and unpaved surfaces, and the nose of the fuselage opens to simplify the process of loading cargo in a capacity of more than 100 cubic feet, suitable for holding up to three cargo pallets.
The Pipistrel Nuuva V300 is powered by in-house developed proprietary battery system that ensures it’s efficient, sustainable, and provides cost-effective performance. The unique combination of tech will enable the V300 to operate over a wider environment range.
Just like riding a drone from a house or station, the Nuuva V300 may resemble that situation, Its is remotely operated and monitored at the ground control station, a success of cooperation with Textron System, which enabled fully automatic point-and-click operations.
Other features of this aircraft are that it has been equipped with automatic BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) flight capabilities, which transition the flight from vertical to forward flight, creating the resemblance of a normal plane until landing, where things reverse to the start. Honeywell supplied a fly-by-wire, triple-redundant flight control system that powers the Cargo VTOL Nuuva V300.
To continue the expansion of the V300, a second version of the air vehicle will be joining the flight program in 2025. This will be an enhanced edition, and performance will be further ahead, ensuring it meets the highest standard of safety and reliability.
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