Helicopter Surrogates To Simulate eVTOL Urban Air-Taxi Operations

Graham Warwick September 09, 2022
Marubeni/Vertical Aerospace flying car
Marubeni is partnered with Vertical Aerospace to simulate eVTOL urban air mobility in Osaka using helicopters.
Credit: Marubeni
The latest trend in advanced air mobility is to test operating concepts for urban air-taxis using helicopters as surrogates for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft. After completing urban-air-mobility (UAM) simulations in Rio de Janeiro in November 2021, Embraer spinoff Eve will...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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