Hydrogen-powered electric aircraft successfully flies 842km, a distance long enough to make a round trip from Tokyo to Osaka



American aircraft development company

Joby Aviation has announced that it has developed a liquid hydrogen-powered vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft and successfully completed a 523-mile (about 842 km) test flight.

Joby completes landmark 523-mile hydrogen-electric flight | Joby
https://www.jobyaviation.com/news/joby-demonstrates-potential-regional-journeys-landmark-hydrogen-electric-flight/



Flying 523 Miles, Emissions-Free: Joby's Hydrogen-Electric Demonstrator - YouTube


Hydrogen-powered VTOL aircraft makes record 523-mile journey — and lands with 10% of its fuel left in the tank | Live Science
https://www.livescience.com/technology/electric-vehicles/hydrogen-powered-vtol-aircraft-makes-record-523-mile-journey

The VTOL developed by Joby Aviation can fly using liquid hydrogen as fuel, emitting only water and heat during flight and no carbon dioxide. In a flight test conducted using a demo aircraft on June 24, 2024, it flew for 4 hours and 47 minutes, achieving a range of approximately 842 km. At the end of the flight, about 10% of the liquid hydrogen remained, and it is expected that the range will be further extended. In addition, since the straight-line distance from Tokyo to Osaka is about 400 km, it will be possible to make a round trip between Tokyo and Osaka using only hydrogen fuel.




For the test flight, Joby Aviation modified its battery-electric aircraft to include a liquid hydrogen fuel tank and fuel cell system that can store up to 40 kg of liquid hydrogen at an extremely low temperature of -252.78 ° C. According to Joby Aviation, the aircraft's onboard batteries will provide power during takeoff and landing, but the liquid hydrogen will be the energy source for the majority of the flight.



The test aircraft also uses a fuel cell system developed by Joby Aviation subsidiary H2FLY called

the H2F-175 , which combines hydrogen with oxygen from the air to generate electricity, which then powers the aircraft's motors and recharges the batteries. Water and heat are emitted during the electricity generation process.

'The day is coming when Joby Aviation's air taxis will allow people to travel from San Francisco to San Diego, Boston to Baltimore, and Nashville to New Orleans without ever having to head to the airport,' said Joby Aviation founder and CEO Joben Bebert .

According to Joby Aviation, the company plans to begin commercial operation of battery-electric air taxis from 2025. 'Much of the design, testing and certification work we've done on battery-electric aircraft is being carried over to the commercialization of liquid hydrogen-powered aircraft,' Bebart said.



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