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Workhorse SureFly
🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 2018· hybrid electric helicopter
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SureFly - Doors Open (cropped): Bokenoet· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Moog Hover Test - SureFly Aircraft Documentation Photos (GRC-2022-C-04115): NASA Glenn Research Center / NASA/GRC/Jordan Salkin· Public domain
- 3. SureFly - Doors Open: Bokenoet· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. SureFly Flight Demo: Bokenoet· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The SureFly is a two-seat hybrid eVTOL aircraft designed by American truck-manufacturer Workhorse Group, before the program was bought by Moog Inc. for $5 million in December 2019.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 8 years ago, in 2018.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2018
- status
- in development
- number built
- —
- role
- hybrid electric helicopter
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Moog Inc.
- engines
- 1× dual generators
- crew
- 1
- max take-off weight
- 1,089 kg
- top speed
- 139 km/h
- range
- 113 km
- ceiling
- 1,524 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q55637913, Wikipedia: Workhorse SureFly (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.