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ARC e-Starling

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Five passenger, hybrid-electric VTOL business jet. Includes the cargo variant, Starling Cargo. In development.

Lift type
Fixed wing
Assembly
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Electric, Hybrid
Application
Business, Cargo, Experimental, Urban air mobility

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure
Primary structure
Composite
Wing
Composite
Landing gear
Retractable tricycle
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Systems & avionics
Flight controls
Full FBW digital
Autopilot
3-axis
Configuration & certification
Wing position
Low
Planform
Swept
continued
Tail
Conventional
Minimum crew
1

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
ARC Starling Jet2010 / 202010-seater electric jet, development ceased.
ARC e-Starling2020 / 2020Seven-seater electric business jet, includes Starling Cargo.

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