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The Complexities of Operating High-Density Vertiplexes and How to Automate Them
According to NASA
NASA is prototyping and assessing Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Ecosystems.
Will Sodium-Ion Batteries Replace Lithium-Ion Batteries . . .
before Advanced Air Mobility even takes off?
The ‘e’ in eVTOLs – electric – has, from the outset of advanced air mobility (AAM) relied on lithium-ion batteries to power the aircraft. But, if scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Seattle, Washington-based Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) succeed in their efforts to develop a sodium-ion battery, the result could be a real…
It’s 2023: Do You Know What the State of Urban Air Mobility Is?
Researchers around the globe are exploring the challenges and potential benefits of UAM.
Me, eVTOL. You, Pilot. Now, What?
Trends in pilot interfaces
Researchers are seeing common trends in eVTOL pilot interfaces.
eVTOL Noises Off (Or at Least Significantly Quieter)
Getting eVTOL technologies off the ground will be easy compared to getting communities to accept the noise they generate.
Reducing the impact of ambient noise eVTOLs will generate will be one of the keys to the implementation of successful UAM/AAM commercial operations.
Teaching eVTOL Batteries to Teach Themselves to Self-Diagnose
The lithium-ion batteries at the heart of the eVTOL revolution will be tasked with performance gymnastics unlike those asked of any electric-powered vehicles in history. Start. Stop. Take off. Fly. Land. And then . . . do it again. And again. The batteries will discharge power and need to be recharged dozens of times a…