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Midnight’s controls are innovative and simple, using two side sticks to control altitude, speed, and direction during flight. Think of it like manual vs automatic in cars. Because Midnight is fly-by-wire, software translates the pilot's movements with the sticks to automatically transition between flight modes, smoothly speed up or...

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Archer aircraft are powered by advanced fly-by-wire systems. This means that flight computers act as an intermediary between the pilot and control surfaces, translating the pilot's commands to the aircraft's movement. This decreases workload on the pilot, reducing human error and freeing the pilot to focus on navigation and communication.
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Archer aircraft are powered by advanced fly-by-wire systems. This means that flight computers act as an intermediary between the pilot and control surfaces, translating the pilot's commands to the aircraft's movement. This decreases workload on the pilot, reducing human error and freeing the pilot to focus on navigation and communication.

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TRANSITION FLIGHT | Midnight has completed transition flight at a speed of 100+ MPH – taking off vertically, accelerating until it transitions from thrust-borne to wing-borne flight, cruising on the wing and then landing again vertically. Here are the key highlights from this milestone: ✈️ At ~6,500 lbs, Midnight is believed to be one of the largest eVTOL aircraft to complete transition, which is critical to being able to carry commercially viable passenger payloads 2️⃣ Archer has now achieved transition with two different full-scale eVTOL aircraft which is well known in the industry as a very difficult milestone few companies have reached 💨 Midnight’s flight test program will now continue its progress with plans to fly simulated commercial routes to demonstrate the aircraft’s operational readiness, executing high-rate flight operations, testing additional flight maneuvers that will be used in commercial settings along with continuing to expand its speed and endurance flight envelope Watch the full, uncut video of the flight here: Learn more here:
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TRANSITION FLIGHT | Midnight has completed transition flight at a speed of 100+ MPH – taking off vertically, accelerating until it transitions from thrust-borne to wing-borne flight, cruising on the wing and then landing again vertically. Here are the key highlights from this milestone: ✈️ At ~6,500 lbs, Midnight is believed to be one of the largest eVTOL aircraft to complete transition, which is critical to being able to carry commercially viable passenger payloads 2️⃣ Archer has now achieved transition with two different full-scale eVTOL aircraft which is well known in the industry as a very difficult milestone few companies have reached 💨 Midnight’s flight test program will now continue its progress with plans to fly simulated commercial routes to demonstrate the aircraft’s operational readiness, executing high-rate flight operations, testing additional flight maneuvers that will be used in commercial settings along with continuing to expand its speed and endurance flight envelope Watch the full, uncut video of the flight here: Learn more here:

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Footage of Early flight trials of Fly-by-wire on the Avro 707C. The 707 was introduced as a test bed aircraft in 1949. It was 1/3 scale of the Vulcan and used to test flight characteristics of tailless aircraft. The C version had side by side seating, for this trial the left stick was direct link to control surfaces and right stick was fly by wire.😎
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Footage of Early flight trials of Fly-by-wire on the Avro 707C. The 707 was introduced as a test bed aircraft in 1949. It was 1/3 scale of the Vulcan and used to test flight characteristics of tailless aircraft. The C version had side by side seating, for this trial the left stick was direct link to control surfaces and right stick was fly by wire.😎

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We’ve entered the next phase of our flight test program, showcasing piloted Midnight flight, as well as CTOL capabilities. The piloted flight featured a conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) demonstrating the robustness of Midnight’s landing gear which is capable of performing both vertical and conventional take-off and landing operations. Through our design and certification process, our team, government regulators and our customers, both civil and defense, have identified the importance of being able to conduct both vertical and conventional take-off and landing as part of normal operation of the aircraft as having CTOL capabilities in addition to VTOL provides operational flexibility and enhanced safety. Watch the full flight as Midnight cruises at speeds of up to 125 mph and reaches a maximum altitude of over 1,500 feet above ground level with Archer Chief Test Pilot, Jeff Greenwood, at the controls.

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Here's an interesting look at the Northrop X-4 Bantam, built in 1948 with no horizontal tail and depended on the wing control surfaces for roll and pitch attitudes. Very similar to the German Me 163. It failed mainly due to lack of a modernized flight control system.😎
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Here's an interesting look at the Northrop X-4 Bantam, built in 1948 with no horizontal tail and depended on the wing control surfaces for roll and pitch attitudes. Very similar to the German Me 163. It failed mainly due to lack of a modernized flight control system.😎

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Our favorite moment on Falcon's Flight? That insane high speed climb to the top of the 640 foot cliff, and how everything goes quiet up there. It literally feels like blasting from the bottom of the Grand Canyon to the top at full speed! 🤯🎢
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Our favorite moment on Falcon's Flight? That insane high speed climb to the top of the 640 foot cliff, and how everything goes quiet up there. It literally feels like blasting from the bottom of the Grand Canyon to the top at full speed! 🤯🎢

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You’re the cause of congestion and accidents doing this! Speed up and pass or get over to the right lane and slow down! Speeding is not the number 1 cause of accidents! Stuff like this is!
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Always loved the professionalism of the Flight Control Room. This is an excellent example, with the internal control room loop for STS-93's launch with a misbehaving Columbia. In Shuttle's case, you had large backrooms of folks dealing with Main Engines and MPS (Main Propulsion System) and such, with a lead feeding the FCR console lead (in this case Booster), who then selects what to tell the Flight Director and CAPCOM relaying the key points to the crew. Incredible training and discipline, and all while the launch of several humans. #MissionControlMonday
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Always loved the professionalism of the Flight Control Room. This is an excellent example, with the internal control room loop for STS-93's launch with a misbehaving Columbia. In Shuttle's case, you had large backrooms of folks dealing with Main Engines and MPS (Main Propulsion System) and such, with a lead feeding the FCR console lead (in this case Booster), who then selects what to tell the Flight Director and CAPCOM relaying the key points to the crew. Incredible training and discipline, and all while the launch of several humans. #MissionControlMonday

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She’s on a British Airways flight and they’re handing out bottled water. She says the tops are difficult to open and has asked the flight attendant to help open them before. This time when she asked, the flight attendant looked at her like she was crazy or a child so, of course, she had to post about it. Who is the Karen here? The flight attendant for not helping or this influencer for posting about it?? 🤔
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She’s on a British Airways flight and they’re handing out bottled water. She says the tops are difficult to open and has asked the flight attendant to help open them before. This time when she asked, the flight attendant looked at her like she was crazy or a child so, of course, she had to post about it. Who is the Karen here? The flight attendant for not helping or this influencer for posting about it?? 🤔

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We are back at it with forward module testing, gearing up for New Glenn’s second flight. Part of this testing campaign is to activate the hydrogen peroxide system that fuels our Reaction Control System, or RCS. The GS1 RCS provides 20,000 lbf thrust in any direction, allowing the first stage to reorient itself in space before re-entry and to precisely target Jacklyn in high winds during landing. To give you an idea, a single F-18 Super Hornet F414 engine provides a similar amount of thrust at 22,000 lbf, so you can see how powerful this system is. The RCS performed nominally during our NG-1 flight and successfully reoriented GS1 to within 0.5 deg of our target attitude during exo-atmospheric flight.

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151,903 views • 11 months ago