The Upside of Dispensing with Downwash
While exhibiting at the Avalon International Airshow in Melbourne, Skyportz, the Australian developer of ground-based infrastructure for the impending advanced air mobility (AAM) revolution, revealed its innovative vertipad design which mitigates eVTOL downwash and outwash. A study conducted by Professor Justin Leontini of the Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering at Swinburne University of…
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Swatting Down Drone Swarms
Advanced vehicular capabilities combined with a significant reduction in the cost of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs), aka drones, have created a dangerous and difficult-to-counter military menace. Writing in the Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies, Matthieu J. Guitton, a faculty member at Université Laval in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, provides a summary of the nature of…
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What Can UAM Operators Do to Ensure They Gain Passengers’ Acceptance of Air Taxis?
A study conducted by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) reveals what is and isn’t important to gain passengers’ acceptance of urban air mobility (UAM) air taxi services. While the flights were simulated, the sentiments expressed were real. The researchers set up a mixed reality (MR) Air Taxi Simulator merging a real-world environment with a computer-generated…
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So, You Want to Build a Vertiport. Here’s What It Will Cost to Build and Operate One
Whether for passenger transportation, package delivery, emergency services, military, civil defense missions, industrial, or agricultural purposes, the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) transportation sector in development will need departure and arrival facilities for the aircraft operating in this space. According to a report entitled “The global vertiport market map and forecast 2024–2028,” compiled by the Global AAM/UAM…
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In their research paper, “Novel battery power capability assessment for improved eVTOL aircraft landing,” researchers Ollie Hatherall, Anup Barai, Mona Faraji Niri, and James Marco from the Energy Innovation Centre, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom and Zeyuan Wang from Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd in Bristol, United Kingdom sought to find innovative ways to develop a power testing capability testing framework. They sought…
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