Zunum Aero

What if you could get to places much faster than you can today? What if flying cost a lot less than it does today? If thousands of communities were connected by air service? What if aircraft were quieter, with far lower emissions? – Zunum Aero

News

• This Hybrid Electric Jet is Preparing for Takeoff in 2022 – 01/11/17
• Boeing boosts investment in hybrid, autonomous planes – 21/10/17
• How Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric planes aim to transform flight starting in 2022 – 05/10/17

Status

TBC

Highlights

• Fast regional transit
• Fast swap or recharge
• Range-optimized hybrid powertrain

Features

• Quite Comfortable cabin
• Piloted or drone

Benefits

• Airliner economics
• Low noise and emissions
• Short runway operations

Internal

Seating: 12 economy, 9 premium, 6 executive

• Seats: 12

Proportions

• Wing Span: 15.85m / 52′0″
• Length: 12.8m / 42′0″
• Height: 5.49m / 18′0″

Weights

• MTOW: 5,216kg / 11,500lb
• Max Payload: 1,134kg / 2,500lb

 

Performance

• Best Climb Rate: 1,600fpm / 488m
• Take off Run MTOW: 671m / 2200′0″
• Range: 1,127km / 700miles
• Service Ceiling: 25,000ft / 7,620m

Speeds

• Cruise Speed: 295kts / 340mph / 547kmh
• Stall Speed (Clean): 73kts / 84mph

Costs

Operating costs per mile are per seat

• Total Operating Cost: $250hr / €213hr / £188hr
• Operating Cost per km: $0.13km / €0.11km / £0.10km
• Operating Cost per ml: $0.08ml / €0.07ml / £0.06ml