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Electra Exceeds STOL Performance Targets in Test Flights

The company intends for its hybrid-electric aircraft to need no more than 300 feet for takeoffs and landings

Electra's EL-2 Goldfinch eSTOL technology demonstrator — Electra's EL-2 Goldfinch sub-scale eSTOL technology demonstrator has proven the company's ambitious target for its nine-passenger production aircraft to take off and land within 300 feet.

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

May 29, 2024

Electra’s hybrid-electric technology demonstrator aircraft has established the new design’s short takeoff and landing (STOL) credentials in test flights conducted in April and early May. The two-seat EL-2 Goldfinch aircraft took off in less than 170 feet and landed with a ground roll of less than 114 feet. The performance target for the aircraft is to be able to operate from spaces shorter than 300 feet.

The flights with the blown-lift design were conducted at Manassas Regional Airport and Warrenton-Fauquier Airport in Virginia, with pilot Cody Allee at the controls. The longest flight lasted 1 hour 43 minutes, and the EL-2 reached an altitude of 6,500 feet and flew as slowly as 25 knots during takeoffs and landings.

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