>
SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: Starship undergoing preparations to launch tomorrow
MAJOR WAR UPDATE: Iran & US Both Sinking Tankers In Hormuz As War Spirals Out Of Control...
Why Planned Parenthood Should Not Receive Federal Funds
Ukraine blitzes another 19 Russian tankers overnight, with 136 vessels now hit in ten days...
Modular Reactors To Solve Data Center Hysteria?
DeepSeek Developing In-House AI Chip In Bid To Cut Nvidia Reliance
America just took three brand-new nuclear reactors critical in thirty days, a first for any...
Your brain doesn't peak in your 20s after all: Study reveals your mind is at its sharpest betwee
Compasses, not maps: China is building a different type of AI
Farewell, atom-smashing Large Hadron Collider
It's Not a Conspiracy Anymore: Med Beds Exist and Trump Knows It

Electra's design is a reasonably traditional looking plane capable of carrying up to seven passengers and a pilot. Eight smallish electric rotors provide forward propulsion, and they also blow air over the entire span of the wing and its flaps, producing enough extra lift that this thing can take off or touch down at speeds below 30 mph (48 km/h).
That means it can take off or land on a runway as short as 150 ft (45 m), which means there might possibly be urban rooftops or other convenient spaces where this plane can make stops just as easily as an eVTOL.
Why? The benefit here is efficiency. Taking off conventionally on wing lift uses vastly less energy than VTOL operations, so Electra can get extra range out of its flights.