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Heart X1

Full-scale battery-electric regional airliner demonstrator.

by Heart Aerospace · Unveiled Sep 2024

PrototypeAircraftAirFirst flightAug 2026
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Full-scale, all-battery-electric demonstrator representative of the ES-30 regional airliner configuration, with four wing-mounted electric motors. 32.3 m wingspan, 23.2 m long, over 11,340 kg takeoff weight. Flight testing from Plattsburgh, New York under an FAA Special Airworthiness Certificate, in an initial envelope of 140 kt and 2,000 ft AGL with one pilot. Heart calls it the largest electric aircraft ever flown.

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  1. UnveiledReported

    Rollout

    Heart X1 unveiled as a full-scale demonstrator representative of the ES-30 configuration.

    SourcesHeart Aerospace

  2. First flightReported

    First flight

    First flight from Plattsburgh International Airport, New York.

    SourcesHeart AerospaceHeart Aerospace

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Sources2

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    Heart Aerospace · Supports: System milestone

    “Unveiled Heart X1, a full-scale demonstrator representative of the ES-30 regional airliner configuration.”
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    Heart Aerospace · Supports: System, System milestone

    “A full-scale, all-electric regional airliner demonstrator.”

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