Sarla Aviation completes 6 months of Sylla 1.0 eVTOL tests
Sarla Aviation just wrapped up six months of flight tests for Sylla 1.0, its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) prototype.
With more than 500 tests and 18 hours in the air, Sylla 1.0 became the heaviest electric aircraft to fly in India, tipping the scales at 700kg-class with a wingspan of 7.5 meters.
The team successfully checked off all the big boxes: propulsion, batteries, controls, and landing gear held up well in real-world conditions.
Sarla shapes Sylla 2.0 from tests
Now that Sylla 1.0 has proven itself, Sarla is moving on to build Sylla 2.0, aiming for smoother transitions from hover to winged flight using everything it learned so far.
Co-founder Rakesh Gaonkar said that Sylla has given the company the data it set out to capture, and those learnings are already shaping its next-gen aircraft as it moves toward transition and sustained wing-borne flight on its journey to its six-plus-one air taxi Shunya.
As the monsoon season arrives over South India, the program now transitions to its next chapter.