The Prototype-Technology Evaluation Research Aircraft (PTERA) is an unmanned, subscale aircraft that resembles a twin-engined passenger jet, except that it's one-tenth the size. Built by the aviation technology company Area-I of Kennesaw GA, NASA's 59-kilogram PTERA is 3.4 meters long and has a span of 3 meters. It can fly at 220 kph with landing gear extended, has a ceiling of 3,000 meters, and can carry a 27-kilogram payload.
Up next for NASA's mini-airliner
Aerospace America ; 54 , 6
2016
Article (Journal)
English