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Honda has outlined the most complete look yet at its plans for a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)\u00a0aircraft<\/a>, unveiling the program publicly at the Dubai Airshow\u00a02025\u00a0after several years of low-visibility development work. The company displayed a cabin mockup,\u00a0a\u00a0one-third\u00a0scale demonstrator it has been flying in California, and a model of the compact turbogenerator that will power its hybrid-electric design.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Honda told outlet ZAG Daily<\/em> it plans to finish building its first full-scale prototype<\/a> before the end of 2025. The\u00a0aircraft\u00a0is slated for a first flight in March 2026, flown remotely in the United States. Type certification is targeted for the early 2030s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The update confirms that Honda has been working on the project longer and more extensively than previously known. The company has been running two sub-scale test vehicles for about two years at San Luis Obispo, California,\u00a0validating\u00a0flight-control laws and conducting aerodynamic testing, according to reporting by Aviation Week<\/em><\/a>. Those\u00a0aircraft\u00a0were used to study the transition from hover to wing-borne flight and to test behavior in key failure modes, such as the loss of a vertical propulsor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Honda\u2019s full-scale concept demonstrator measures almost 50 feet\u00a0in length and wingspan. It uses eight boom-mounted lifting propellers for takeoff and\u00a0landing\u00a0and two rear pusher propulsors for forward flight. The\u00a0layout includes forward-swept wings\u00a0in\u00a0front, aft-swept wings at the rear, and vertical stabilizers at the wingtips. Honda says the configuration provides improved stability and reduces the workload on the vertical propulsors during transition\u00a0from vertical to\u00a0forward\u00a0cruise flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unlike\u00a0other\u00a0eVTOL concepts built around all-electric power, Honda is pursuing a hybrid-electric\u00a0aircraft\u00a0from the start. The company says battery energy density is still not sufficient to deliver the 400 km (249-mile) intercity range it wants to offer. To bridge that gap, Honda has designed a compact turbogenerator sized between 250-300 kW. The unit weighs less than\u00a0100 kg, is\u00a0roughly 2.6\u00a0feet\u00a0long and 1.3\u00a0feet\u00a0in\u00a0diameter, and\u00a0has completed continuous and transient power runs on the ground. It is compatible with 100% synthetic aviation fuel, Honda said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The full-scale demonstrator displayed in Dubai is all-electric and will be used to refine the\u00a0aircraft\u00a0configuration before Honda integrates the hybrid system. The company said it has not\u00a0finalized\u00a0whether the same\u00a0aircraft\u00a0will be converted to hybrid power, or if a second prototype will be built specifically for that phase of testing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Honda has adjusted the aircraft\u2019s fuselage shape and other design elements since the first renderings were released. Both the subscale\u00a0aircraft\u00a0and the mock-up in Dubai now share a more constant cross-section compared to earlier elliptical designs. The supplier list also\u00a0remains\u00a0open.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Honda officials said the timing was right to share progress after several years of subscale testing and wind-tunnel work. The company emphasized that its goal is not to be first to market, but to enter the sector with a hybrid-electric\u00a0aircraft\u00a0capable of longer-range missions than today\u2019s battery-only models.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honda has outlined the most complete look yet at its plans for a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)\u00a0aircraft, unveiling the program publicly at the Dubai Airshow\u00a02025\u00a0after several years of low-visibility development work. The company displayed a cabin mockup,\u00a0a\u00a0one-third\u00a0scale demonstrator it has been flying in California, and a model of the compact turbogenerator that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":309744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12024],"tags":[5508,41724,2364,11634,15419,14715],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-309743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace","tag-early","tag-evtol","tag-flight","tag-honda","tag-prototype","tag-targets"],"yoast_head":"\nHonda targets early 2026 for first flight of eVTOL prototype - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=309743\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Honda targets early 2026 for first flight of eVTOL prototype - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Honda has outlined the most complete look yet at its plans for a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)\u00a0aircraft, unveiling the program publicly at the Dubai Airshow\u00a02025\u00a0after several years of low-visibility development work. 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