The vertical axis shows the typical bearing performance ... Overall view of spindle motor, (2) Spiral grooved thrust bearing; (a) Position of thrust bearings and (b) Groove geometry. In the present ...

Vertical Aerospace hopes in the coming weeks to be able to start wing-borne flights with its VX4 prototype, for the first ...

The company is now preparing for a new chapter in its history, with the VX4 entering the penultimate phase of flight testing: ...

Radial bearing, also known as journal bearing: designed to support the radial load, a force perpendicular to the shaft. Thrust bearing: designed to support the thrust load, a force parallel to the ...

Vertical becomes only the second company in the world to achieve piloted thrustborne flight manoeuvres with a full-scale vectored thrust eVTOL aircraft UK Civil Aviation Authority approves final ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Artificial motors have been developed to mimic muscle proteins, converting chemical energy into mechanical work. These nanoscale rotary motors, embedded in ...

It's a new electric motor called the Donut Motor that promises more than just 845 horsepower from an 88-pound package. That's more power in a single motor than an Ioniq 5 N has in its entire ...

A startup by the name of Donut Lab used this week's 2025 CES event in Las Vegas to present its modular in-wheel electric motor technology. Called the Donut Motor, the electric motor family has ...

UK-based electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace has become only the second company in the world to perform a piloted thrustborne flight test in a full-scale ...

Completing the initial piloted thrustborne maneuvers at its flight test center made Vertical only the second company worldwide to achieve this critical step using a full scale vectored thrust eVTOL ...

As 2025 unfolds, British aerospace company Vertical Aerospace Ltd. has successfully executed its inaugural piloted thrust-borne flight maneuvers with an eVTOL aircraft. This milestone, authorized ...

Completing the initial piloted thrustborne manoeuvres at its Flight Test Centre made Vertical only the second company worldwide to achieve this critical step using a full scale vectored thrust eVTOL ...