MightyFly this week unveiled its Cento second-generation autonomous eVTOL freighter aircraft, which incorporates improvements on the earlier MF-100 model, including a new pusher propeller to boost range to 600 miles. The California-based start-up is expanding demonstration flights after the FAA issued a special airworthiness certificate and a certificate of authorization (COA) for the hybrid-electric vehicle, which is expected to carry a 100-pound payload.
Since early 2022, the company has been conducting remotely piloted test flights with the MF-100 under an FAA experimental license. In December 2022, MightyFly began flying the Cento under the terms of the COA, which it says will allow it to demonstrate the critical transition from hover to horizontal flight and conduct flight testing in larger, 230-square-mile airspace and at altitudes of up to 5,000 feet.
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