Test track for eVTOL

Within this project we have developed a test track for eVTOL. The test track is 13 km long and runs from Skellefteå Airport to Northvolts battery factory

Project start

2021

Budget

4,9 MSEK

Project end

2022

Focus was to investigate and learn more about some of the enabling areas that need to be in place to make commercial eVTOL operations a reality.

Testflights were performed with a large wing drone to learn more about the challenges and opportunities and collect valuable insights to the project. Testflights are important to simulate how future passenger flights can look like, how many minutes flights might take, what the optimal flight height might be, how take off and landing profiles might look like, how flights can be incorporated in the airspace and much more.

By conducting these test flights in real conditions, we created opportunities for further acceleration and development of electric aircraft and eVTOLs.

Project partners

Luleå University of Technology, Skellefteå Airport, Northvolt, ACR, Skellefteå Kraft

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