staff@slashgear.com (Brad Hill)
2024-07-05 11:15:28
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As impressive as all of this sounds, the Windrunner is still in its conceptual phase. All of the images included in this story are detailed renderings of the aircraft and its capabilities. So far, Radia has raised $104 million for the project, which is impressive considering Radia worked behind closed doors for seven years before announcing it publicly. However, Radia hasn’t stated how large the budget needs to be to build each Windrunner, let alone the entire fleet it’s aiming to have at its disposal.
The start-up is hopeful that it will have the first plane built, tested, and certified by 2028, but the plane will still need to go through a series of tests and safety checks once the design is complete. Radia isn’t using anything new or cutting edge for Windrunner’s design, though, which may speed things along. Lundstrom told Time that he directed his engineers to “do nothing new.” With this philosophy driving the construction process, Radia says it wants to have dozens of these aircraft ready to go by 2030.
