AFWERX Agility Prime

[Moose]

ARES prototype is unexpectedly back from the dead:
https://aviationweek.com/defense-sp...rx-revives-flight-test-program-piaseckis-ares

 

[yasotay]

Good to see that PiAC is getting something of a revival.

 

[Forest Green]

https://www.spacewar.com/reports/AF...g_Aircraft_For_Military_Applications_999.html

 

[Moose]

View: https://youtu.be/C4d49DxgQoM?si=OyUKPV-F0GT0Oafh

https://www.twz.com/air/tilt-ducted...carry-modular-payloads-has-finally-lifted-off

 

[Moose]

I haven't found an image or video yet but the first untethered flight was supposed to be this morning (9/10/24)

 

[Mark Nankivil]

I haven't found an image or video yet but the first untethered flight was supposed to be this morning (9/10/24)

Looks untethered in the image.... Mark

https://aviationweek.com/defense/ai...24&utm_medium=email&utm_rid=CPEN1000002247608

 

[TomS]

Looks untethered in the image.... Mark

https://aviationweek.com/defense/ai...24&utm_medium=email&utm_rid=CPEN1000002247608

I count six tethers attached to the vehicle.

 

[yasotay]

Can't blame them really. Immature control laws can do bad things.

 

[_Del_]

Wasn't sure where to put this since there doesn't seem to be an existing thread, but Piasecki's follow-on to this just completed a tethered hover test.

https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/piasecki-hovers-ares-tilt-duct-vtol-first-time

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C4d49DxgQoM

 

[Grey Havoc]

From back in December:
https://aviationweek.com/defense/ai...agility-prime-evtols-lack-range-shifts-hybrid
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