Observations from Exploration of VTOL Urban Air Mobility Designs

摘要

1. Time is right to explore new ways to move people and goods 1.1 Technology advances in structures, automation and control, energy generation/storage/utilization, tools for design and analysis 1.2 Coupled with pressures of resource availability, population density 1.3 Urban operations enabled by VTOL capability, power and energy minimized by using low disk-loading rotors, short range allows non-traditional propulsion concepts