Joby Begins Flight Testing with Pilot On Board
04 Octubre 2023 - 5:00AM
Business Wire
- Four Joby pilots have completed flights on board the electric
air taxi
- Flights took place at Joby’s production facility in Marina,
CA
- Flying with pilot on board marks critical step on company’s
journey to commercial operations
Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a company developing electric
vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for commercial
passenger service, today announced it has expanded its flight test
program to include flying with a pilot on board the aircraft, a
critical step on the company’s journey towards commercial
operations.
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Joby Test Pilot Zach Reeder conducting
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Four members of Joby’s flight test team have now piloted flights
on board Joby’s pre-production prototype aircraft, completing a
series of initial tests that included free thrustborne hovers and
forward transitions to semi-thrustborne flight.
The testing took place at the company’s Pilot Production
Facility in Marina, CA and complements ongoing flight testing at
Edwards Air Force Base announced in September, where both Joby and
U.S. Air Force pilots will demonstrate the aircraft’s capabilities
in realistic operating scenarios.
To date, the majority of Joby’s flight testing has been piloted
remotely from a ground control station (GCS), using
state-of-the-art communications technology and software. This has
allowed the company to generate a vast amount of data on the
performance of the aircraft across a broad range of flight
conditions.
The pilot on board campaign was led by Joby Chief Test Pilot
James “Buddy” Denham and was designed to gather data on the
aircraft’s handling qualities and pilot control interfaces,
supporting the development of the aircraft and laying the
groundwork for future “for credit” testing as part of the company’s
ongoing certification program with the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA).
“Having helped design and test flight controls for a wide
variety of aircraft, including all three variants of the F-35 Joint
Strike Fighter, nothing compares to the simplicity and grace of the
Joby aircraft,” said Denham. “After completing more than 400
vertical take-offs and landings from the ground, it is a privilege
to sit in the cockpit of our aircraft and experience first-hand the
ease and intuitive nature of the design that the Joby team has
developed.”
During the testing, Joby pilots assessed the ease of conducting
a number of tasks and maneuvers that pilots will be required to
perform during normal operations, including vertical takeoffs,
accelerating and transitioning to forward flight, runway centerline
tracking, and decelerating to a vertical landing on a
representative landing pad. Evaluation of these mission task
elements (MTEs) will support the certification of the Joby aircraft
as well as the company’s ongoing work with the Department of
Defense.
Denham joined Joby in 2019 after retiring from Naval Air Systems
Command where he was an Esteemed Technical Fellow focused on the
research, development, test, and evaluation of advanced flight
controls and flight dynamics for a wide variety of aircraft. He led
the research and development of the Unified Control Concept — a
joint U.S. and U.K. project — that was successfully integrated into
the F-35B STOVL aircraft. Subsequently, he pioneered a new flight
control concept for aircraft carrier landings, called Precision
Landing Modes, that dramatically increased touchdown precision,
lowered pilot workload and increased safety for carrier landings on
the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F/G and F-35C aircraft. His experience on
both of these advanced programs has been instrumental in the
development of the Joby aircraft flight controls.
Joby recently announced it will locate its first scaled aircraft
manufacturing facility in Dayton, Ohio, the birthplace of aviation,
producing up to 500 aircraft per year.
About Joby
Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY) is a California-based
transportation company developing an all-electric, vertical
take-off and landing air taxi which it intends to operate as part
of a fast, quiet, and convenient service in cities around the
world. To learn more, visit www.jobyaviation.com.
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