teTra aviation corp.
Vision & History
teTra is the only one of the 855 teams in the GoFly competition to win a grand prize.
Here is a video of highlights from the GoFly demo flight event (Fly Off).Mk-3
The Mk-3 is Fully Electric VTOL with 4 ducted fans
and fixed wings in a unique “banked layout”.
This aircraft is a racing model for GoFly, a worldwide personal eVTOL competition sponsored by Boeing.
We won the Disruptor Prize in GoFly.
Development of the Mk-3 is still ongoing to win the GoFly Grand Prize,
but it is not for sale right now.
Designed & Built the “World Prize Winning Aircraft” in 2 years.
Mk-5
Developed the “Mk-5,” a personal eVTOL available for
purchase by the general public Based on the concept of a
“flying car that travels 100 km in 30 minutes,” the company announced
the “teTra Mk-5,” a battery-powered, single-seat eVTOL with
a cruising speed of 144 km/h and a range of 151 km.
In 2021, it was first unveiled as a kit at the U.S. trade show
“Oshkosh AirVenture 2021.”
In September 2021, it became the first Japanese-made eVTOL to
successfully take flight as an OPA-UAS.
In March 2023, it conducted its first manned flight.
With the development of the Mk-7, production of the Mk-5 and
its sale as a kit model have been discontinued.
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3.5 years to develop the new model
275 test flights
About teTra aviation
◆ Our Initiatives
teTra Aviation corp. has developed eVTOL to make "travel" more convenient and comfortable.
eVTOL is a motorized, electric-powered aircraft that can take off and land vertically wherever you want,
just like a helicopter or drone.
It's an aircraft, and it's a new vehicle that is about to be born.
We are a new company founded in 2018, but we aim to develop the number one eVTOL in the world.
As an international challenge, we joined an international development competition for eVTOLs,
GoFly sponsored by Boeing and become the only team to win the award out of 855 teams in the world.
We also became the first Japanese company to obtain a test flight permit for eVTOLs from the U.S.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The technology and know-how on obtaining flight permits that we have acquired through our participation
in GoFly are our unique culture.
We are also working closely with Japanese and U.S. regulators and industry to develop legislation
on eVTOL targeted involvement.
◆ Our Vision
We develop and manufacture airplanes with the aim of "realizing a society in which people can move freely
in the air" for the purpose of "making mobility more comfortable".
Before we look through the glasses of the aviation industry, we have to look at what it means to move around,
what people need for their lives.
We has chosen "the air transportation" as a means for "transportation" and developing a vehicle for it.
Our vehicles increase people's choices in real life, increase mobility, and will make the lives more diverse and richer.
◆ About the Company Name
Our name, teTra is an acronym for "technology for transportation".
We want to think first of achieving the purpose of "transportation" rather than the technology itself.
In teTra aviation, only the letter T is capitalized. Also, tetra (hedron) is "the smallest unit of structure
that makes up a solid or three-dimensional space," and te tra means "to take you" (root of a word "te traer").
Our name means "an aviation company with a necessary and sufficient technology to carry a human being
to his or her destination".
Media
■AeroTV at OSH21: Deliveries of teTra’s Mk-5 EVTOL Biplane Imminent
■Aluminum Innovation in Personal Aviation
■Flying Car Transforms Society with the Help of MBSE
■teTra Aviation launches flight testing ofMk-5 eVTOL
■teTra’s New Build-It-Yourself eVTOL TakesIts First Flight
■Japan’s teTra Unveils Kit-built eVTOL |Aviation Week Network
■Wind Cancels GoFly Final Fly-Off As TetraAviation Wins Disruptor Award
■teTra aviation debuts single-seat buy 'n'fly personal eVTOL
■AINsight: By Gosh, It’s Oshkosh!
■WATCH: See the Futuristic ElectricAircraft on Display at EAA AirVenture
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