Helicopter Surrogates To Simulate eVTOL Urban Air-Taxi Operations

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...
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