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FAA Underlines eVTOL Downwash Challenge For Vertiport Design

Graham Warwick January 13, 2025

Volocopter conducts downwash/outwash flight tests for the FAA while visiting Tampa International Airport in Florida.

Credit: Volcopter
When the FAA released draft updated engineering guidelines for vertiports in September 2024, it introduced the requirement for a caution area to provide protection from the high wind velocities produced by the propellers of electric air taxis during vertical takeoffs and landings. The introduction...
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