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Transcend Air Vy 400

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6 seat, hybrid electric inter-city air taxi. Includes the luxury variant, Vy 400R and military variant V-500 Catamount. In development.

Photo: Transcend Air Corporation

Lift type

Tilt-rotor

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboprop, Electric, Hybrid

Application

Business, Experimental, Military transport, Search & rescue, Urban air mobility

Design & construction

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Flight controls

Full FBW digital

Minimum crew

Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
Transcend Air Vy 500	2021 /	Military variant.
Trandscend Air Vy 400R	2021 /	Luxury provate variant.
Transcend Air Vy 421	2023 /	8 passenger, twin-engined variant. 25% larger. Aimed at civil and military applications with payload of 3,500 pounds, 1,000 mile range and 486 mph top speed. Formerly Vy 401.

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Transcend Air Corporation	News	Design and prototype
VAERO Jacksonville (was Kaman Aerospace)	News

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