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Enabling a Safe Electric VTOL Revolution
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Mike Hirschberg, Executive DirectorThe Vertical Flight Societywww.vtol.org • [email protected]
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The international professional society for those working to advance vertical flight – Founded in 1943 as the American Helicopter Society (AHS)– Everything from VTOL MAVs/UAS to helicopters, eVTOL, etc.
Expands knowledge about vertical flight technology and promotes its application around the world
Advances safety and acceptability Advocates for vertical flight R&D funding Helps educate and support today’s and tomorrow’s
vertical flight engineers and leaders Brings together the community — industry, academia
and government agencies — to tackle the toughest challenges
VFF Scholarship Winners at Forum 71, May 2015
CFD of Joby S4, Aug 2015
Join us today: www.vtol.org
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1st AHS Banquet1944
1st eVTOL Workshop 2014
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Vertical Flight Library: www.vtol.org/library – 800+ issues of Vertiflite magazine for free to members– 13,000 PDFs (35 GB) — 76 years of technical papers on vertical
flight
Journal of the AHS: www.vtol.org/journal – 2,000 PDFs of the most cutting-edge scientific & technical
VTOL articles in the world– World’s only peer-reviewed VTOL technical journal
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The Electric VTOL Newswww.eVTOL.news
World eVTOL Aircraft Directory– Everything from the silly to the serious
349 aircraft (as of 8 Oct 2020)– 119 Vectored Thrust– 52 Lift + Cruise– 92 Wingless (multicopters)– 63 Hover Bikes/Flying Devices– 23 eHelos & eGyros
250 eVTOL companies/designers 250+ VFS articles on eVTOL Timeline, educational videos, etc.
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Electric VTOL News– www.eVTOL.news – www.facebook.com/electricVTOL– www.twitter.com/electricVTOL– www.youtube.com/VTOLsociety– www.instagram.com/VTOLsociety– www.vimeo.com/VTOLsociety
Also – Electric VTOL eNewsletter– eVTOL News videos– eVTOL video presentations (160+ hours)– eVTOL short course videos (40+ hours)
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76th Annual Forum, Oct 5-8, 2020 (virtual)– 1,250 rotorcraft & eVTOL engineers, scientists and leaders
from industry, academia and governments – 230 technical papers, 20 VIP panelists, 32 exhibitors– www.vtol.org/forum
9th Biennial Autonomous VTOL & 8th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium, Jan. 26-28, 2021 (virtual)
– Abstract deadline is Oct. 21!– www.vtol.org/eVTOL2021
4th Workshop on Electric VTOL Infrastructure Spring 2021 (in planning)
– Past events have been very successful: www.vtol.org/infrastructure
77h Annual Forum, May 11-13, 2021 @ Palm Beach, Florida– Abstract deadline is Nov 9!– www.vtol.org/forum77
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Uber Elevate & VFS– Unveiled at eVTOL Workshop in Sep 2016– White Paper in Oct 2016– Summits April 2017, May 2018, June 2019
Developing an “Ecosystem”– Partnerships with cities, real estate
companies, aircraft manufacturers, and EV charger companies, etc.
– Connecting innovators, investors, regulators, technical experts, media
Small aircraft, but high barriers– Technical, regulatory, environmental,
economic, infrastructural and culturalwww.eVTOL.news
Despite COVID-19, Uber still working towards operational service in 2023!
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Electric & hybrid electric propulsion enable new possibilities for:– Regional/Rural Air Mobility (RAM)– Urban Air Mobility (UAM)/Air Taxis– Urban Cargo Delivery/Disaster Relief– Personal Air Vehicles– Ultralights– Personal Flying Devices (GoFly)– Urban Package Delivery (sUAS)
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NASA:“Advanced Air Mobility”(AAM)
USAF: “Orbs”
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Eliminate complex rotors!– Cyclic, collective, swashplate– Transmissions, gearboxes, shafting,
hydraulics, etc.
Distributed Electric Propulsion – Replace single complex system with
multiple simple thrusters
Get on a wing for efficiency– Higher speed, longer range
Environment– Noise, noise, noise!– “Tailpipe” emissions
Sikorsky “Firefly” Project (2010)– Conversion of S-300C to electric power
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eVTOL Ultralights Are Flying in the US/Canada
Flight experience offerings Ultralights under FAR Part
103 do not require certification
Less than 254 lb (115 kg) plus 30 lb per float plus parachutes, etc.
Restricted in speed, overflights, etc.
Opener and Kitty Hawk made 20,000+ flight each!
Like flying jet skis!
Kitty Hawk Flyer (<254 lb)
Opener BlackFly (310 lb)
Hoversurf Scorpion (<254 lb)
LIFT Aircraft Hexa (462 lb)
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“The Hype Cycle”
https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/gartner-hype-cyclewww.eVTOL.news
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“The Hype Cycle”
https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/gartner-hype-cycle
The eVTOL Revolution Needs YOU!
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ATTENTION:
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eVTOL Development Maturation
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350+ Electric VTOL Designs?!?
“To invent an aircraft is nothing. To build one is something. To fly is everything.”Otto Lilienthal
“It’s easy to design an aircraft if you don’t know how.”Mike Hirschberg
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Avianovations Hepard
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350+ Electric VTOL Designs?!?
“To invent an aircraft is nothing. To build one is something. To fly is everything.”Otto Lilienthal
“If you want to end up with a small fortune in aerospace …
“It’s easy to design an aircraft if you don’t know how.”Mike Hirschberg
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Avianovations Hepard
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350+ Electric VTOL Designs?!?
“To invent an aircraft is nothing. To build one is something. To fly is everything.”Otto Lilienthal
“If you want to end up with a small fortune in aerospace, you need tostart out with a large one!” Anonymous
“It’s easy to design an aircraft if you don’t know how.”Mike Hirschberg
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Avianovations Hepard
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eVTOL must have low direct operating costs and seat mile costs to be successful
Batteries will continue to improve– Drones: 1.5M drones registered in US (Jan 2020)
and 162,000+ registered drone operators.– EVs: Tesla Model S started in 2012, now all car
companies have electric cars. Much lower operating costs vs. fuel-burning cars. – Look at your laptop or cell phone today compared to 10 & 20 years ago
Cost: eVTOL aircraft will be much cheaper/easier to manufacture, for much higher production rates/reduced costs vs. helicopters (but cars?)
Noise: much lower, allowing more operations in higher density locationsPotential for step-change in utilization by improved cost, noise & speed
Overair (Karem) Butterfly
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Where We Are Now
First hover First public demos Capable product Advanced product
1907 Cornu (Lisieux, France) 1938 Fw 61 Deutschlandhalle (Bremen)
1967 Bo 105 first flight (Ottobrun) 2015 H160 (Marignane)
2011 e-Volo VC1 (Karlsruhe, Germany)
2019 Volocopter 2X Mercedes-Benz Museum (Stuttgart)
2019 Concept Volocopter VoloCity TBD
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1. Technology: batteries, motors, etc. for larger sizes, e.g. pilot + 4 pax
2. Infrastructure: physical and ATM/UTM3. Flying: Pilot shortage vs. autonomy4. Standards & Regulations: in development5. Public acceptance: safety, noise, NIMBY+ a rush for first mover advantage!
Gannett Fleming Skyport concept
Boeing 2-seat Passenger Air Vehicle (unmanned)
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Airbus 1-seat Vahana (unmanned)
Airbus 4-seat CityAirbus(unmanned)
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NASA RVLT & AAM research– Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology (RVLT) has pivoted
from rotorcraft to eVTOL/UAM– RVLT covers eVTOL/UAM vehicle technologies– Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) working operational challenges
Crashworthiness: – Airplanes crash horizontally; VTOL aircraft crash vertically– What about unitized composite structures with lots of
battery mass & distributed electric motor masses?
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Understanding crash safety– Significant research conducted to date on airplanes and rotorcraft– Studies underway on eVTOL crashworthy designs– Need more empirical data to validate studies– Ultralight eVTOLs are available in large numbers and could be tested under
a Space Act Agreement– NASA Langley’s Landing and Impact Research Facility (LandIR) being
considered for mothballing due to maintenance expense
Major new effort needed to understand eVTOL crash safety
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Air Mobility Council
Lots of work has been done on advancing electric aviation by associations & professional societies over the past 6+ years
Loose discussion group to help coordinate and collaborate on knocking down barriers
Also coordinating with Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) like ASTM International, SAE International, etc.
Get involved with your association(s) and help move the eVTOL Revolution forward!
Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
(AIAA) American Composites Manufacturers Association
(ACMA) Community Air Mobility Initiative (CAMI) Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) Helicopter Association International (HAI) National Air Transportation Association (NATA) National Association of State Aviation Officials
(NASAO) National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Vertical Flight Society (VFS)
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The Electric VTOL Revolution is on track for 2023
“There are 1,000 reasons why eVTOL won’t work — we have to find solutions to all of them to find the path that does work”
eVTOL is the intersection of aerospace, automotive, electric, AI, drones, etc.
To invent to a new industry, it will take everyone’s efforts
VFS is leading eVTOL efforts and collaborating with other professional societies, associations and standards development orgnizations
It takes a village It takes a town It takes a city It takes a county It takes a state It takes a nation It takes a society It takes the world It takes you
Join us!
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VFS is the global Vertical Flight Society– We are helping to shape the future of vertical flight!– Find out more at www.vtol.org
Significant funds being invested in electric VTOL ($1B/yr)– 350+ concepts — significant work in hybrid/electric VTOL aircraft– The Electric VTOL Revolution is transformative like the turbine engine– Crash safety needs to be a priority for all developers – A national effort needs to be undertaken to protect the public– Find out more at www.eVTOL.news
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