MightyFly Steps Up Flight Testing for Automated, Autonomous Cargo Deliveries
The company's MF-100 aircraft is remotely monitored by fully trained pilots and will be able to operate from small landing sites where freight can be automatically transferred to and from last-mile ground vehicles.
MightyFly has completed the first test flights with its MF-100 autonomous cargo aircraft and is preparing to start piloted freight delivery operations in 2023. On February 17, the company reported that the remotely monitored flights have been conducted over recent months in the San Francisco Bay Area under an FAA special airworthiness certificate issued last year.
The initial vertical takeoff and landing hover flights at Half Moon Airport were made in winds of up to 15 knots.” The MightyFly engineering team has been checking on the redundancy performance of the MF-100’s hybrid-electric propulsion system and its sensors as well as conducting stress tests with some payload onboard.
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