China Unveils Blown-Lift eSTOL Uncrewed Cargo Aircraft

Distributed-electric, blown-lift propulsion allows the TMS-3 to operate from runways smaller than a football field.

Credit: Chinese internet
A Chinese startup has unveiled an uncrewed cargo aircraft with distributed hybrid-electric propulsion and blown lift for short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) capability. The TMS-3 was displayed by Tianmu Intelligent Technology Sept. 25 at a trade expo in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province. Resembling U.S...
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