Name: Smartflyer: Hybrid-Electric SF-1 Will Transform Pilot Training
Uploaded: 2025-05-28T20:01:30.000Z
Description: The tail-mounted electric propulsion unit promises increases in efficiency.

Swiss start-up Smartflyer is working on what it says could be a family of hybrid-electric aircraft, starting with the SF-1 model for pilot training. Former military and commercial pilot Rolf Stuber explained the benefits of this approach to AIN.

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