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Toray Will Provide Advanced Composites for Overair's Butterfly eVTOL Prototype
California-based eVTOL start-up Overair has selected Toray Composite Materials America to supply advanced materials for its Butterfly electric air taxi prototype. 
Overair's Butterfly eVTOL prototype
Overair's Butterfly eVTOL prototype will be built with Toray's T1100/3960 carbon fiber and epoxy prepreg material to provide high stiffness and strength for its airframe and propulsion units. (Credit: Overair)

California-based eVTOL start-up Overair has selected Toray Composite Materials America to supply advanced materials for its Butterfly eVTOL prototype. 

Overair’s Butterfly is a six-seat eVTOL aircraft designed to provide a sustainable aerial ride-sharing option for urban areas with dense populations and heavy traffic. Toray will provide a carbon fiber composite infused with an epoxy resin—also known as a “pre-impregnated” material, or prepreg—for the Butterfly prototype’s structural components and propulsion units. Specifically, the Butterfly will use Toray’s T1100/3960 prepreg material, which is specially formulated for high-performance aerospace systems. 

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