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Archer Unveils Maker eVTOL Technology Demonstrator
Archer says it expects to start test flights in the fourth quarter of 2021 with the two-seat Maker technology demonstrator, which will pave the way for the eVTOL aircraft it plans to bring to market in 2024.
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Archer co-founders Brett Adcock (left) and Adam Goldstein unveiled the company's Maker technology demonstrator at an event in Los Angeles on the evening of June 10. (Image: Archer Aviation)

Archer Aviation last night unveiled the Maker technology demonstrator it is using to develop its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft. The two-seat model is understood to be a smaller-scale version of the as-yet-unnamed production aircraft that Archer intends to bring into commercial service during 2024.

During a live-streamed event at Hawthorne Airport in Los Angeles, the California-based start-up debuted the Maker to a small in-person audience. Archer used extended-reality technology to present a simulation of how the aircraft will perform in commercial flight.