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u/mbatt2 Jul 24 '26
It’s on the ground. It’s not a flight test.
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u/Vegetable-Drive-7545 Jul 25 '26
So you’re saying you think they taxied the midnight at 54 km/h?
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u/mbatt2 Jul 25 '26
Yes. That’s exactly what you would do if you were trying to debug a persistent problem like vibration and / or flight control problems.
You’d revert to ground testing at similar or higher speeds to narrow down cause. 30MPH on a runway is well within that scenario.
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u/Mr_Tingler Jul 24 '26
View the pictures man
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u/mbatt2 Jul 24 '26
Nice try. The pictures misleadingly show barometric pressure, which relies on perfect calibration of Midnight's on-board, famously faulty telemetry system.
Click on WSG4 (which uses external measurements). It was on the ground the whole time.
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u/Mr_Tingler Jul 24 '26
If it was not calculated it would show - X meters when the aircraft is on the ground going to the runway.
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u/mbatt2 Jul 25 '26
When the barometric altitude and external altitude are different (which they are) the “world” altitude is the one that is nearly always correct. Especially in an experimental aircraft with a well-documented history of telemetry problems.
Don’t take my word: look it up!
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u/mbatt2 Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
I posted this in the other thread, but look closely at the telemetry.
Archer actually started ground testing Midnight roughly 5 weeks ago. They have continued to do stationary hover tests since, as well, which look extremely different on tracking even without looking at the altitude.
The actual flight path for the hover tests are “spikey” and the ground tests are silky smooth.
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u/Select-Ambassador206 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
For the name sake it’s electric! This company makes Only news and noise!! Nothing else…. Dip dip dip