Feb 15, 2021Why SPACs are dominating the aerial mobility investment landscapeThe aircraft have been here for years. Now, so is the money to drive them forward through full scale production and operation. The technology that will allow an air taxi to operate safely with paying passengers on board is becoming increasingly old news. Now that the engineering challenges of designing…Aerial Mobility4 min readAerial Mobility4 min read
Nov 11, 2019The Future of Aerospace Composites for the Aerial Mobility IndustryAerospace grade composites have long been regarded as the golden standard for quality and durability. How can single batch production ramp to support the demands of a new industry? — Composite manufacturing is common place among aerospace, automotive racing, and other high performance transportation modes — but it’s not currently staged to support the growing demands of transformative modes of transportation that will require assembly-line scale mass produced material to bolster production levels to 100’s and 1,000’s of units per…Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
Sep 22, 2019Helicopters vs eVTOLs: How will going electric improve aerial mobility?eVTOLs have benefits that helicopters won’t be able to compete with. Helicopters are the world’s current solution to aerial mobility: a time proven system that effectively transports people and goods short to medium distances, with vertical takeoff and landing capabilities to boot. …Technology6 min readTechnology6 min read
Feb 23, 2019Air Taxi Certification Isn’t Impossible. Here’s what the FAA, EASA, and other agencies are doing to help.Regulatory agencies may be given a hard time for not “accommodating” new aircraft certification requirements, but they’re working harder than you’d think to ensure the safety of soon-to-be certified eVTOL aircraft worldwide. — A Regulatory Overview for Urban Air Mobility There’s a huge amount of responsibility entrusted in regulatory agencies that goes unacknowledged. While the volume of commercial airline trips approached 16 million in the US alone in 2018 (FAA), all of these trips are the physical result of aircraft that have been subject to rigorous certification standards among the…Drones5 min readDrones5 min read
Nov 18, 2018NASA and Booz: The Joint Projection of Urban Aviation’s FutureNASA and Booz’s Executive Brief in Detail NASA and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton released a joint study on November 12 that outlined future projections of the urban aviation industry. The original executive briefing was presented on October 5th to NASA’s Aeronautics Research Directorate. …Technology6 min readTechnology6 min read
Nov 14, 2018Why Tesla Batteries Won’t Work for Air Taxis: A First Principles ApproachThey’re Great for Cars, But Not so Much Urban Aviation Over the last 20 years, batteries have been one of the slowest developed hardware components in the world. Solar power, advanced materials, and next generation manufacturing processes have all sparked new business and provided the technological momentum to create new industries. All but the battery. In order for the Urban…Battery6 min readBattery6 min read
