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Concept Vehicles for VTOL Air Taxi OperationsConcept vehicles are presented for air taxi operations, also known as urban air mobility or on-demand mobility applications. Considering the design-space dimensions of payload (passengers and pilot), range, aircraft type, and propulsion system, three aircraft are designed: a single passenger (250-lb payload), 50-nm range quadrotor with electric propulsion; a six-passenger (1200-lb payload), 4x50 = 200-nm range side-by-side helicopter with hybrid propulsion; and a fifteen-passenger (3000-lb payload), 8x50 = 400-nm range tiltwing with turbo-electric propulsion. These concept vehicles are intended to focus and guide NASA research activities in support of aircraft development for emerging aviation markets, in particular VTOL air taxi operations. Research areas are discussed, illustrated by results from the design of the concept vehicles.
Document ID
20180003381
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Johnson, Wayne
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Silva, Christopher
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Solis, Eduardo
(Science and Technology Corp. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
June 4, 2018
Publication Date
January 16, 2018
Subject Category
Aeronautics (General)
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN50731
Meeting Information
Meeting: AHS Specialists'' Conference on Aeromechanics Design for Transformative Vertical Flight
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: January 16, 2018
End Date: January 19, 2018
Sponsors: American Helicopter Society International
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNA16BD60C
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Concept
Operations
VTOL
Vehicles
Air Taxi
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