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Sora Aviation Completes Subscale S-1 eVTOL Testing

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Subscale demonstrator with proprotors on fuselage-mounted booms — At its maximum dimension, the subscale demonstrator measures nearly three metres: a scale Sora believes is the best balance between “obtaining representative, flight data, keeping development costs low, and enabling rapid design iteration”. © Sora Aviation

By Charlotte Bailey • News Reporter

July 13, 2026

Sora Aviation has completed the initial flight test campaign of its subscale demonstrator for its planned 30-seat S-1 eVTOL concept. Over the course of several months, the UK start-up has made dozens of flights with the subscale aircraft to validate its proprietary flight control architecture.

Announcing the milestone in June, Sora Aviation senior aerodynamics engineer Luke Brown said that data collected has shown “excellent correlation” with flight dynamics models and simulation results. These include ongoing laboratory testing and wind tunnel campaigns.

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