TCab Tech this week reported it has started flight testing an early skeleton technology demonstrator for the five-seat E20 eVTOL aircraft the Chinese company is developing. According to a company statement issued on August 15, engineering teams have successfully completed a series of tests, including system joint debugging and a ballast durability assessment, as well as both tethered and untethered flight testing.
As part of its development program, the TCab Tech team has built a skeleton airframe of its so-called “Time Taxi” with the same take-off weight, power arrangement, and system equipment as a full-scale E20 model. So far, the airframe has accumulated more than 320 take-offs and landings at a takeoff weight of more than two tons. Engineers will now shift their focus to examining the test data and refining the simulation mode, power unit configurations, and control law parameters as the aircraft enters comprehensive flight testing and verification.
