Airframer news
30/03/2022
Hexa can fly for up to 15 minutes on a charge with 25% battery remaining for safety margin. Actual flight times are dependent on pilot weight and weather conditions, and will generally range from 8 to 15 minutes.
Qarbon Aerospace, Inc locations in Thailand and Red Oak, Texas, have combined to complete the first HEXA carbon fibre eVTOL aircraft for LIFT Aircraft. The final assembly and system integration for the aircraft was carried out in Texas.
Qarbon Aerospace is a provider of large, complex composite and metallic structural components and assemblies such as fuselages, wings, flight control surfaces, and engine nacelles and components. It operates nearly two million square feet of factory space across three facilities located in Red Oak, Texas, Milledgeville, Georgia, and Rayong, Thailand. Qarbon Aerospace has vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities from component fabrication through large-scale assembly as well as world-leading proprietary thermoplastics technologies. Qarbon Aerospace has longstanding relationships with blue-chip OEM customers and a diversified product portfolio across a variety of successful commercial, defence and business jet platforms.