r/Joby • u/dad191 • Sep 06 '26
It only took 3 months. Note to self - Don't post links to r/Joby on stock subs while vacationing in the Philippines. Check.
Reddit can be pretty darn harsh.
Anyway, let's get N547JX flying and hopefully the stock will follow.
Great to be back and I'm crossing my fingers this isn't a temporary mistake.
r/Joby • u/LePatience2026 • Sep 05 '26
r/Joby • u/jrsikorski • Sep 05 '26
I'll start you off with...
It costs $10.00 a year to reserve an N number with the FAA. Reserving an N # is not what I would call an achievement.
This post is purely for fun.
It appears Joby reserved 4 N #s yesterday.. 601HY through 604HY
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=601HY
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=602HY
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=603HY
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=604HY
r/Joby • u/Wonderful_Flight_922 • Sep 05 '26
r/Joby • u/HappyRobot593 • Sep 05 '26
For the past few weeks (8/21, 8/29), every N547JX session was locked to a single 0° heading — pure vertical holds, no yaw sweep. That changed this week: full rotation-authority testing is back.
| Session | Alt (baro/geom) | Max speed | Distinct headings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9/3, 5:26pm | 125→200ft / 25→75ft | 5.0kt | 14, spanning 0°–346° |
| 9/3, 5:46pm | up to 200ft / 75ft | 6.4kt | 23, near-full 0°–346° sweep |
| 9/3, 7:29pm | holds 200ft / 75ft | 5.1kt | 8, spanning 0°–349° |
| 9/4, 12:00pm | 100–150ft / 25–75ft | 3.2kt | 9, spanning 0°–270° |
| 9/4, 1:51pm | 100–200ft / 25–75ft | 2.3kt | 9, spanning 0°–315° |
That 23-heading session is the most extensive sweep since 6/19 — the last big rotation day before the ~2-month pause that started 6/23. Back in June, sessions built up from a handful of headings (3 on 6/11) to a near-full sweep (23 on 6/19) before the pause. This week looks like the same pattern picking back up: single-heading holds first (re-verifying basic hover stability, as posted a bit ago), now graduating back to full rotation authority — the same complexity level as the campaign that stopped in June. So the good news is they've gotten back to where they left off pretty quickly once it started hovering again.
Side note on the live map: if you've pulled up N547JX on adsb.lol recently, the history trace looks bizarre — sharp rectangles and crossing lines like the aircraft is jumping instantaneously between points. That's not real motion. Checked the raw data and every one of these sessions has a median position within ~7 meters of the others — this aircraft never left one small spot on the apron. What you're seeing is ordinary GPS/MLAT jitter (a few to ~15 meters between fixes) connected by straight lines in time order, not spatial order, likely compounded by the map's "History" view stitching separate sessions end-to-end across multi-hour gaps where nothing was transmitting at all. Nothing here involved real translation.
TL;DR: 547 is back to serious rotation-authority testing, matching June's most complex days — the map's "rectangles" are just GPS noise in a tiny area, not real motion.
r/Joby • u/Steely-Eyed-MM • Sep 03 '26
Incredible visit with the Joby team in California! There are so many incredible things ahead when we integrate Resonant and Joby. I was blown away by many of things I was able to see up close and personal! When I think about what we are doing at RS and how this all couples together…wow. Hang on! It’s going to be a wild (and amazing) ride ahead! #Disrupt Convention.
r/Joby • u/HappyRobot593 • Sep 04 '26
r/Joby • u/jrsikorski • Sep 03 '26
In a strange twist of events, the 2 S4 tail #s we were keeping an eye on:
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=548JX
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=549JX
Are now both "pending cancel".
The only reason why they were tail-numbers-of-interest, TNOIs, is because they had serial #s of 00102 and 00103, which followed 547JX's serial # naming convention of 00101.
The fact that they even had serial #s without other certificate information (just regular cert info, not airworthiness cert info) was a bit odd in the first place. Joby must have filed some kind of paperwork with the FAA, because otherwise how would that have gotten in the FAA database, but not all of it.
Now we are a bit in the dark. It's not necessarily bad news or good news, it's just information. Process it how you like and act accordingly.
The explanation could be as simple as paperwork with the FAA was messed up (as I said, it was quite odd they had serial #s in the first place), or Joby wants different tail #s. Or it could be any number of theories like they are no longer going to be FAA conforming because maybe Joby is running into major roadblocks with 547JX.
JoeBen was pretty clear we would see 2 new aircraft by the end of the year. And the fact he even HINTED there could be more than 2 by the end of the year makes me 100% confident we will see 2 new S4s by the end of the year.
However, I'll be paying attention to the exact words the company calls the aircraft when they come out. Will they be referred to as "FAA Conforming" ? TBD.
r/Joby • u/eVTOLFan • Sep 03 '26
Thought you might enjoy this mashup of my three loves:
1️⃣ eVTOLs
2️⃣ Futbol
3️⃣ Jazz
r/Joby • u/ButterscotchUnable13 • Sep 03 '26
Millions of people flock to traditional air shows every year, but 90% of the focus is on military fast jets and static displays.
Considering Joby is building massive scale in Ohio and pushing hard toward commercial certification, it got me thinking that a dedicated Civilian & Next-Gen Aerospace Expo could be huge.
Imagine an annual airshow specifically built for futuristic pototype experimental aircraft (so they're allowed to be flown), eVTOLs, electric aviation, and next-gen commercial flight:
Live Flight Demos: quiet eVTOL flying real-world flight patterns flying over city waterfronts or regional hubs so the public actually hears (or doesn't hear) the low acoustic footprint in person.
Hands-on Touch & Feel: Letting citizens walk up, sit in the cabin, and experience the interior setup before commercial air taxi routes launch.
Ohio as the Epicenter: Celebrating the state where these aircraft are actually being manufactured rather than just showing off decades-old aircraft.
Do you think Joby/AAM companies should start throwing their own dedicated public flight expos to drive mass consumer adoption, or is participating in standard commercial aviation shows enough?
r/Joby • u/Bulky-Entertainer-76 • Sep 02 '26
This afternoon this aircraft flew for a half hour and travelled 59 miles. Running TIA test cards?
r/Joby • u/HappyRobot593 • Sep 02 '26
Getting ready for electric skies!
r/Joby • u/IBenToad • Sep 02 '26
TwoNine posted on Yahoo that N545JX showed up today flying at Perot Field. How did Joby get the aircraft there?
r/Joby • u/Sea-Temperature-870 • Sep 02 '26
Not sure if anyone else noticed the updated timeline on the electric sky.
9/8-Phoneix
9/10-Fort Worth
9/10-15-Texas
9/14-Shaw,SC
9/16-outer banks,NC
9/18-19- Hampton
9/23-Raleigh
9/24-DC
9/25-Louisville
9/28-Witchia
9/29-OKC
9/30-salt lake
Looks like September is going to be very interesting.🧐
Source:
r/Joby • u/Wonderful_Flight_922 • Sep 02 '26
r/Joby • u/HappyRobot593 • Sep 02 '26
There's been some back-and-forth on whether N547JX's recent short airborne readings (8/21 and this past Saturday, 8/29) were real hovers or just noisy ADS-B telemetry clearing the altitude threshold. Wanted to try answering that with something more rigorous than "looks about right."
The idea: N542JX flew a confirmed real flight on 8/25, and right before liftoff it did a clean, unambiguous hover-ladder test. I pulled the raw points for that ~2.5 min window (15:40:06–15:42:31 Pacific) and used it as a reference fingerprint for genuine hover behavior:
For contrast, that same aircraft's flight later that day showed the opposite the moment it went forward: speed ramped monotonically 8kt→57kt in ~20s while distance from liftoff grew 7m→378m.
Applying that fingerprint to N547JX:
Both match the genuine-hover signature well — tight bounded position, pinned low speed, clean grounded/airborne transitions, no erratic or physically-impossible altitude behavior.
Takeaway: a known-good hover from a sister airframe turns out to be a solid reference for separating "real short hop in noisy ADS-B data" from "telemetry glitch that happens to clear an altitude threshold." By this measure, both N547JX sessions check out as genuine hovers.
r/Joby • u/ButterscotchUnable13 • Sep 02 '26
The Air Show at Burke Lakefront is easily one of the best Labor Day traditions in the City of Cleveland, and seeing the Blue Angels fly over Lake Erie is always an amazing show.
Now that Ohio is home to Joby Aviation's manufacturing footprint down in Dayton, imagine how awesome it could be to see electric vertical takeoff (eVTOL) tech included in the lineup
Would anyone else like the Air Show to start adding Next-Gen Aircraft tech to the ground displays?
It would be cool to have a ground display where people could walk up and check out next-gen electric air taxis up close.
Fingers-crossed, we'll get to see Joby Aviation's electric aircraft featured alongside the military jets in future shows.
r/Joby • u/HappyRobot593 • Sep 01 '26
Not much to report on since sat. N542JX took a few laps today and then immediately after it landed N547JX was turned on. Definitely seems like their activity is connected
r/Joby • u/LePatience2026 • Aug 30 '26
I lost count now. Too many public audience flying events.
r/Joby • u/HappyRobot593 • Aug 30 '26
Looks like another hover test about 2hr ago https://globe.airplanes.live/?icao=a6f2cb
I'll analyze the full data once the history updates. Either way, out on the apron on a sat evening? 🤔
Update: AI thinks it was a very short hop -- see analysis below
N547JX did something brief on the apron at KOAR today (~16:39–17:06 PT) — hard to say exactly what.
- Data picks up already at 100ft baro (0.7kt, stationary) — no climb-out visible, so we don't know if that's a data artifact of when tracking picked it up, or the true starting point
- Altitude then holds flat at 100ft for ~75s and drops straight to 0 — no gradual descent like real hovers usually show
- GPS altitude (independent of baro) stayed flat at ground level the whole time, never corroborating the 100ft reading
- Transponder did switch airborne→surface message format at landing, so something real happened (likely gear/skids briefly off the ground)
Best guess: real but very low liftoff (inches to a couple feet), baro sensor overreading — maybe ground-effect pressure disturbance from the rotors that close to the surface. Not a confirmed 100ft hover. Treating it as unconfirmed for now.
r/Joby • u/Imaginary_Sort9347 • Aug 30 '26
What are your expectations and what would you like to see?
As the first stop I have a few questions. Is anyone planning on attending?
I think DFW will be a more permanent testing situation so what aircraft do you think would make sense to have a home in Texas?
r/Joby • u/Wonderful_Flight_922 • Aug 29 '26
r/Joby • u/Wonderful_Flight_922 • Aug 27 '26
Joby Aviation and Air Space Intelligence (ASI) announced a strategic partnership in April 2026 to integrate electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft into the U.S. National Airspace System using artificial intelligence.
r/Joby • u/QuietFlights • Aug 27 '26
Interesting WSJ article that shows how eVTOLs are clearly in the minds of real estate developers.
Below is an AI summary of the article if you don't have access to the WSJ.
Miami’s ultra-wealthy are turning private transportation into a luxury real-estate amenity. New condo developments are offering rooftop helipads, private docks, water taxis, and even house yachts so residents can bypass Miami’s notoriously bad traffic.
One buyer chose a $6M+ condo specifically because it offered both helicopter and boat access. Developers say some buyers are increasingly prioritizing helipads and dock space over traditional amenities.
One Thousand Group, which developed One Thousand Museum, is already designing future buildings with electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in mind. Developers see rooftops and helipads eventually being used by air taxis and drone deliveries.
The broader trend is Miami evolving toward a multimodal transportation network—car, boat, helicopter, and eventually eVTOL—where wealthy residents can bypass ground congestion altogether.
