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AHS -- Future of Vertical Flight www.vtol.org Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director AHS International — The Vertical Flight Technical Society www.vtol.org Uber graphic, April 2017 1 www.vtol.org . The global Vertical Flight Technical Society – Founded in 1943 as the American Helicopter Society – Everything from VTOL MAVs/UAS to rotorcraft and eVTOL to STOVL . Expands knowledge about vertical flight CFD of Joby S4, Aug 2014 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 VFF Scholarship Winners at AHS Forum 71, May 2015 2 www.vtol.org . AHS has a proud history of advocacy and support – Worked with NASA, Army and Air Force to save the NFAC wind tunnel – Helped in establishment of NASA-Army joint office, VLRCOEs, NRTC, RITA/VLC . Provided major foundational support to transformative initiatives – Joint Strike Fighter/F-35B STOVL – V-22 Osprey tiltrotor . Providing major foundational support to new transformative initiatives – Future Vertical Lift (FVL)/Joint Multi-Role (JMR) – Electric and hybrid-electric VTOL (eVTOL) We exist to advance vertical flight! 3 www.vtol.org . Transformative Vertical Flight Workshops – Building community & developing industry roadmap – https://nari.arc.nasa.gov/wghome . Since 2014, annual series with NASA, etc. 1. Aug 2014, Arlington, Virginia 2. Aug 2015, NASA Ames, California 3. Sep 2016, Hartford, Connecticut 4. Jun 2017, Denver, Colorado 5. Jan 2018, San Francisco, California Uber Elevate 6. Jan 2019, Phoenix, Arizona – Unveiled at 4th Workshop in Sep 2016 7. Jan 2020, Mountain View, California – White Paper in Oct 2016 / Summit in April 2017 . Presentations, videos and links at Developing an “Ecosystem” . http://www.vtol.org/transformative – Partnerships with cities, real estate companies, . Significant funding in electric VTOL (>$500M?) aircraft OEMs, EV charger manufacturers & cities – >50 companies developing electric and – Connecting innovators, investors, regulators, hybrid/electric VTOL aircraft technical experts, standards organizations 4 www.vtol.org 5 www.vtol.org The 20th Century proved that vertical flight was possible with combustion engines and drive systems ASTOVL/JAST/JSF proved that the engine location could be decoupled from the center of gravity Mechanical complexity led to high failure rate and fatal accidents for a “Wheel of Misfortune” www.vtol.org/wheel 6 www.vtol.org Tilt Thrust 16. Lilium Jet Wingless Hover Bikes/Hover Seats 1. A³ Vahana 17. Mooney (unnamed) 1. Airbus Helicopters 1. Alauda Airspeeder 2. AirspaceX MOBi 18. Pipistrel (unnamed) CityAirbus 2. Davinci ZeroG (Prototype) 3. Aurora Flight Sciences 19. Terrafugia TF-X 2. Avianovations Hepard 3. Flike LightningStrike 20. VerdeGo Aero PAT200 3. Cartivator SkyDrive 4. Flyt Aerospace FlytCycle 4. Autonomous Flight Y6S 21. Vimana (unnamed) 4. Dekatone (unnamed) 5. HoverSurf Drone Taxi R-1 5. Bartini Flying Car 22. VRCO NeoXCraft 5. EHang 184 6. HoverSurf Scorpion 6. Bell Helicopter (Air Taxi) 23. XTI Aircraft Trifan 600 6. Jetpack Aviation 7. Kalashnikov (unnamed) 7. Carter Aviation CarterCopter (unnamed) 8. Kitty Hawk Flyer 8. DeLorean Aerospace DR-7 Lift + Cruise 7. Volocopter VC200 / 2X 9. Kyxz Mendoza Gravity X 9. Digi Robotics Droxi 1. Aurora Flight Sciences eVTOL 8. Workhorse SureFly 10. Malloy Hoverbike 10. Digi Robotics DroFire 2. Flexcraft (unnamed) 9. Passenger Drone 11. Neva Aerospace 11. Embraer unnamed 3. HoverSurf Formula 10. PAV-X PAVX AirQuadOne 12. EVA X01 4. Napoleon Aero VTOL 11. PAV-X PAV-UL Ultralight 13. HopFlyt (unnamed) 5. SKYLYS Aircraft AO 14. JAXA Hornisse 2B 6. Zee Aero Z-P1 15. Joby Aviation S4 7 www.vtol.org units field Alauda A³ by Airbus AirspaceX Aurora Flight Sciences Aurora Flight Sciences Bell Helicopter Carter Aviation Technology DeLorean Aerospace Digi Robotics DigiRoboticsElectric Visionary AircraftsFlexcraft HopFlyt JAXA Joby Aviation Lilium Napoleon Aero Pipistrel SKYLYS Terrafugia VerdeGo Aero Vimana XTI Aircraft Zee Aero Airbus Avianovations Avianovations Bartini Cartivator Dekatone Ehang Hoversurf Jetpack AviationKalashnikov ConcernPassenger Drone Sikorsky Urban Aeronautics Urban Aeronautics2 Volocopter Volocopter2 VRCO Workhorse Flike HoverSurf Hoversurf Kitty HawkMalloy Aeronautics Neva Autonomous Flight Davinci Davinci Embraer Flyt Aerospace Kyxz Mendoza PAV-X PAV-X Airspeeder Vahana MOBi LightningStrike Aurora eVTOL Bell Air Taxi CarterCopter DR-7 DroFire (unmanned) Droxi X01 Flexcraft Flyt 2 Hornisse Type 2B S4 Lilium Jet Napoleon Aero VTOL unknown Ao TF-X PAT200 unnamed AAV Trifan 600 Z-P1 CityAirbus Hepard Urban Hepard Sport Flying Car SkyDrive Flying Car 184 Formula unnamed unnamed Passenger Drone VERT CityHawk Falcon XP VC200 2X NeoXCraft SureFly Flike Drone Taxi R-1 Scorpion Flyer Hoverbike AirQuadOne Y6S ZeroG (Prototype)ZeroG (Design) unnamed FlytCycle Gravity X PAVX PAV-UL Ultralight Australia Santa Clara, California,Birmingham, USA Michigan,Manassas, USA Virginia, USA Manassas, Virginia, USA Ft Worth, Texas Wichita Falls, Texas, USA Laguna Beach, California, USADubai, UAE Dubai, UAE Toulouse, FranceLisbon, PortugalLusby, Maryland,Chofu, USA Tokyo, JapanSanta Cruz, Garching,California, Germany USA Russia Ajdovščina, SloveniaDover, Delaware,Woburn, USA Massachusetts,Daytona Beach, USA Florida, USA Englewood, MountainColorado View,Marignane, California France Russia Russia Skolkovo, Russia Toyota City,Toronto, Japan OntarioGuangzhou, ChinaMoscow, RussiaVan Nuys, California,Izhevsk, USA Udmurtia,Switzerland? Russia Stratford, CT Yavne, Israel Yavne, Israel Bruchsal, Germany Bruchsal, GermanyNottingham,Loveland, England Ohio, USA Hungary UAE Russia Mountain View,Surrey, California, UK Falmer, USA Brighton,Sevenoaks, UK Kent, UKHanoi, VietnamHanoi, VietnamSão Paulo, Brazil USA Philippines UK UK Overall length 7.3 3.207 m Fuselage length 5.8 11.8 8 4.3 2.3 11.8 3.3 3.3 5.2 2.9 4 4.2 2.9 3.2 2.027 1.6 2.5 1.8 3.3 m Wingspan 6 18.2 8 10.4 7.9 1.98 3.04 10 11.5 0 0 m Tip-to-tip distance (span) 7.3 18.2 8 5 9.15 9.15 2.4 m Width 1.3 1.4 2.3 3.1 3.5 m Overall height 2.75 4.3 2.7 0.49 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.1 1.8 2 2.15 1.047 3.1 2.1 kg Empty weight 5160 575 1450 1,814 440 540 1,588 390 510 240 240 1,170 2,000 300 290 104 55 90 75 70 168 135 kg Max gross takeoff wt 120 725 5900 800 1815 3,239 815 640 1,500 1,100 360 360 1,930 3,500 450 450 680 400 135 240 238 380 330 kg Battery Weight 320 54 32 50 59 m Max altitude 1000 10 kg Useful load 737 225 1000 200 227 120 150 160 104 km/h Cruise speed 175 241 555 180 281 222 300 240 280 500 120 km/h 300 60 100 100 333 100 300 70 m Cruising altitude 450 km Max Range 115 926 185 100 150 900 1,270 75 76 150 450 150 180 112 400 21 130 1000 # Lift Propulsors (no.) 4 8 6 24 8 10.41 2 6 16 8 6 6 36 46 unknown 2 8 8 3 8 8 4 4 4 8 48 12 16 16 2 2 18 18 4 8 4 4 8 3 12 12 6 6 6 # Lift Propulsors (type) propellers propellers propellers ducted fans propellers 10.4 m slowed rotor ducted fans propellers fans channel fans ducted fan propellers ducted facsembedded electric fans ducted fanstilting propellersrotors (monocyclic?) propellers ducted fans propellers ducted propellers ducted propellersducted propellersducted fanspropellers venturi fans propellers propellers propellers large fans large fans propellers propellers tilting ducts propellers propellers propellers propellers ducted propellers 81 cm propellers ducted propellers propellers propellers Fwd Propulsor/notes 1 cruise prop compound Tilt thrust 4 different sizes tilting channel wings4 lift + 2 lift/cruisetilt/fold propellers ducted propeller tilt wing tilt wing2 tilting/1 fixed in fuselage1 pusher prop roadable ducts 4 thruster fans 2 small fan thrusters 2 small fan thrusters 1 small prop thruster 124.5 cm prop coaxial coaxial # Motor (no.) 4 8 6 24 8 8 8 8 8 8 12 18 4 8 12 12 6 6 kW Motor output (ea) 50 45 116.25 100 40 152 3.9 6 30 type Power type (1 = electric/Battery; 21 = hybrid electric;1 0 = other) 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 kW Battery power 140 6 kWh Battery energy 110 8.87 L Fuel volume 532 # Capacity (incl. pilot) 1 1 4 0 2 4 4 2 0 6 10 4 2 4 2 4 3 4 2 4 6 4 4 1 2 4 1 8 1 5 1 2 5 14 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 Date First Flight (*est) *2018 *2018 2018 2018 *2019 2017 April 2017 *2015 *2018 2016 March 2017 (unmanned)/Aug 2017 manned Nov. 17, 2013 (unmanned)/March 30, 2016 (manned)2017 March 7, 2015 *2018 2017 2017 11/4/2017 Oct. 2017 kN Maximum thrust (total) 200 kN 560 km Maximum ceiling 3,000 1200 30 28.5 km Maximum flight distance 100 min Maximum flight time 150 660 15 30 25 60 20 20 25 10 15 km/h Maximum top speed 250 100 320 70 270 216 112 100 113 70 70 kg Maximum payload 1000 1,000 400 130 240 400 120 760 1,500 181 100 100 sec Acceleration to 100 km/h 6 6 3 kW Full charging 154 154 207 txt Minimal charging current 6A at 220 VAC 15A at 110 VAC 6A at 220 VAC; 15A6A at 110at 220 VAC VAC; 15A at 110 VAC dBA Estimated Noise Level (@150 ft) 76 80 Alt/addl propulsion info Up to 400 km rangeUp with to 400hydrogen km range fuel with cells hydrogen(up fuel to 550cells km range)* 20-25 mins endurance (without range extender) range + 20 min.
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