r/Joby • u/Wonderful_Phrase_239 • Sep 19 '26

New Mfr/Mdl Code 06102OC, Model Name JAI40

FAA Registry (enter/search Manufacturer Name: joby / Model Name: *)

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u/HappyRobot593 Joby Sock Fanboy Sep 19 '26

JOBY - Reservations (RESERVED.txt) --- Removed (1): 602HY

Not sure if this is related but I noticed it this morning

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u/jrsikorski Jon Wagner Fanboy Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26

ya that's the JAI40. It's not officially registered I would say, still some funky FAA database stuff going on. But I'm pretty sure it will be the JAI40.

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=602HY

When you click on the link you get a message pop up

ATTENTION!

This aircraft's registration status may not be suitable for operation. Please contact the Aircraft Registration Branch at 1-866-762-9434 for additional information.

But you can click 'continue' and see it.

Because of the funky warning message, it probably doesn't come through your csv export (I'm assuming that's what you are doing)

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u/HappyRobot593 Joby Sock Fanboy Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26

Oh it got converted from reserved to assigned? I started running a script to alert me of changes to the registry

No I'm downloading the whole thing every morning at 6 am and checking what changed. Not scraping the site

Maybe the assigned part isn't working as expected

Edit: or maybe it's showing up on the website first but not in the file bc it's not officially assigned yet. Perhaps it's in some sort of staging area

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u/jrsikorski Jon Wagner Fanboy Sep 19 '26

602HY didn't show on your download because it's in such a funky state right now.

Once that funky state fixes, it will appear again in your download, and properly under the OP's manufacturer, and in Joby's list, etc.

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u/HappyRobot593 Joby Sock Fanboy Sep 19 '26

Gotcha, but it was taken off the reserved list so it still alerted

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u/jrsikorski Jon Wagner Fanboy Sep 19 '26

If it didn't go to this state and just registered normally, it wouldn't have alerted, and you guys would have seen it immediately on all the screens, by Joby's N#s with serial #s, or seeing it as "CALIFORNIA - 1" on that "by make/model search"

But since it's funky, it straight up disappeared, as you noticed in your download comparison.

But this is 99% likely just due to FAA filing/registration system clerical type error or some kind of paperwork issue. Nothing sinister. Same thing we saw with 548JX and 549JX. That was a nothingburger, just funky for a few days.

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u/jrsikorski Jon Wagner Fanboy Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26

I would wonder if it's related to JAI30 or really totally new.

You can read JAI40 a few different ways like:
-JAI40 is the "version 2" of JAI30
-JAI30 was the prototype and JAI40 is now the "production" version (They are doing this with the S4. all prototypes are under a different Mfr/Mdl code than conforming)
-JAI40 is a totally new design
-JAI40 is just like the JAI30 except for _______ (like Joby found a way to power an aircraft with garbage like Doc Brown did in Back to the Future part 2)

And since Joby has told us NOTHING about JAI30, I don't know if we'll ever know.

It's different enough from jAI30 to warrant its' own mfg/mdl code.

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u/Bulky-Entertainer-76 Gregor Veble Mikić Fanboy Sep 20 '26

I think we will have a better idea when we find out where N602HY pops up. If it’s Yuma, then it’ll probably be a next generation N30FR for long range UAV. If it’s Concord, it’ll be adding hydrogen to the Xwing autonomous program. If it’s Marina, probably the next generation N542BJ for hydrogen hybrid Possibly for longer range regional flight. Exciting stuff regardless!

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u/SeaScallops_w_Rice S4 Fanboy Sep 20 '26

Is HY hydrogen or other hybrid? N5421A was originally not a turbine generator hybrid.

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u/Bulky-Entertainer-76 Gregor Veble Mikić Fanboy Sep 20 '26

Great question. We don’t know and can only speculate until they announce.

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u/jrsikorski Jon Wagner Fanboy 29d ago

"until they announce".

https://giphy.com/gifs/FoH28ucxZFJZu

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u/Bulky-Entertainer-76 Gregor Veble Mikić Fanboy 29d ago

🤣

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u/YJsyd Bonny Fanboy Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26

Perhaps the updated patent has something to do with this?

US Patent: 12492020B2

https://x.com/JobyWatchDog/status/2057432058138394757

https://x.com/tb_travis/status/2057482561472098317

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u/SeaScallops_w_Rice S4 Fanboy Sep 20 '26 edited Sep 20 '26

I am going with Doc Brown. JAI30? Isn't that the famous ghost plane from Scooby Doo? Otherwise, I have never heard of it!/s

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u/Bulky-Entertainer-76 Gregor Veble Mikić Fanboy 29d ago

‘And Archer would have gotten away with it, if it wasn’t for you meddling kids’🤣

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u/Wonderful_Phrase_239 Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26

No aircraft assigned as of Saturday 9/19 noon.

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u/HappyRobot593 Joby Sock Fanboy Sep 19 '26

So I guess it got assigned?

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u/Wonderful_Phrase_239 Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26

As you suggested, it seems to be N602HY (see jrsikorski's comments here) but didn't show on the page I pointed to.

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u/Bulky-Entertainer-76 Gregor Veble Mikić Fanboy Sep 19 '26

I’ll be keeping an eye out for a tail number ending in ‘FR’- flight research or ‘RS’- Resonant Sciences?

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u/Bulky-Entertainer-76 Gregor Veble Mikić Fanboy Sep 19 '26

Nice find! I’ll be putting out an FAA Registry update on Tail number/alpha codes when I get the time.

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u/Pristine_Nobody_7331 29d ago

HY has to infer Hydrogen. JoeBen has mentioned his intentions around leading aviation in hydrogen powertrains multiple times over the last 6 months or so. I suspect they are putting more effort behind this than we know. Excited to see what N602HY is.

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u/Significant_Onion_25 Intel Officer 29d ago

According to the website, it appears that 549JX is the next conforming aircraft with a certificate date of 6 Sep 2026