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FUTURE FLIGHT
BY THOMAS A. HORNE
LILIUM JET
RADICALLY DIFFERENT
WHEN YOU THINK OF ELECTRIC VERTICAL
takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs),
you tend to think of rotor or tiltrotor
designs. The Lilium Jet uses a radically
different approach when it comes to
its propulsion system. Embedded in
its articulating canard and main wing
are 30 (down from the original 36)
small, electrically powered, ducted-fan,
single-stage jet engines. These provide
the thrust for both vertical and horizontal
flight. Based in Munich, Germany,
Lilium began work on the Jet in 2015,
but the first flight of a scale-model
technology demonstration version
wasn't achieved until 2019. By 2022 the
company had built its fifth-generation
technology demonstrator, a design
Lilium calls the Phoenix 2. That airplane
made its first full-transition flight, in
which both the canard and main wing
adjusted to move from vertical to wingborne
flight and reached an airspeed of
approximately 100 knots.
As for progress toward certification,
Lilium says it has completed its means of
compliance documents and its third EASA
design organization approval and expects to
receive its fourth and final approval in 2023.
Even though the Jet has yet to be
certified in Europe or the United States,
Lilium has said it will enter into service
in 2025. It's racked up sales agreements
with such companies as NetJets, the
UK's eVolare, Spanish shuttle operator
Helity, Benelux business jet operator
ASL Group, and Brazilian airline Azul-
which ordered 220 Jets in a deal worth
$1 billion. FlightSafety International has
signed on as the training organization
for Lilium, and the company has plans
to build a network of vertiports across
Florida. And in a deal valued at $3.3
billion, Lilium went public (NASDAQ:
LILM) via a special purpose acquisition
company/reverse merger with Qell
Acquisition Corporation. Between the
SPAC and private investments, Lilium
said it would raise funds to augment its
five-seat model by developing a seven-seat
Lilium Jet.
Lilium has its critics, who doubt the
energy density of its batteries and its
claim of a maximum range of 155 statute
miles. We'll know more in two years,
when the first Liliums should grace
the skies.
tom.horne@aopa.org
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