How a Zero Carbon Electric Helicopter Could Save Lives and the Planet - FutureFlight

[@lookingforwookiecopilot]

I heard once that one of the biggest issues with this electric helicopter idea was that your weight will remain constant throughout the flight, as there is no fuel to burn off, which would make you lighter upon reaching your destination.

[@garyvermaak9470]

That is an issue with all electric aircraft.

[@PatrickFerreira-id7bd]

Why is that an issue?

[@lookingforwookiecopilot]

@@PatrickFerreira-id7bd On some flights it may not be possible to land unless you are lighter upon reaching your destination. I've been on training flights where we had to wait a half hour before doing certain maneuvers, because we needed to burn off some weight.

[@mrjweate]

Emergency battery jettison with parachute?

[@murdoch9106]

I fully expect us to see electric helicopters capable of flying 2 - 3 hours in just a few years, the battery tech is already on the way, cleaner and easier to use, and much safer to boot. If we could cover 30 - 40% of flights with electric in 15 years that would be a major win.

[@s0nnyburnett]

Not gonna happen.

[@garyvermaak9470]

As far a rotorcraft are concerned, wingless multicopters date back to 1922 (deBothazat) vs. 1910 for a helicopter and the first eVTOL was a helicopter (1917 PKZ-1) and the only non-helicopter to be type certified was the Avian 2/180 gyroplane in 1968 which is essentially a helicopter with a push propeller, similar to the Sikorsky Defiant-X. Given the Bell V-280 tilt rotor beat the Sikorsky Defender-X in the FLRAA competition as a the future Blackhawk replacement on speed and range, winged eVTOL is most likely to win out over current electric rotorcraft, like the Ehang 216 and e-R44, but an electric version of the Airbus RACER or the Jaunt Journey gyrodyne could given lift+cruise and tilt-X eVTOLs a run for their money in replacing today's light helicopters in the long run.

[@DanFrederiksen]

Tilt wing gives a great combination of vtol and high speed and range for electric propulsion. As much as 300km at 300km/h with today's battery tech with as much as 1g surplus vertical acceleration. That's a very agile platform, extremely well suited for emergency medical response to any location in a straight line. You only have to look at racing drones to see that electric propulsion potential is not being realized. It can have quite scifi performance even with today's tech.

[@HongyaMa]

Doesn't scale up No worky no money

[@DanFrederiksen]

@@HongyaMa It doesn't scale to proportionally faster acceleration which would be bizarrely fast but it can keep the acceleration in greater scale. Meaning 2 g acceleration which is very quick. Vastly in excess of any helicopter.

[@HongyaMa]

45+ YEARS IN AVIATION Helicopters You dreams are full of fantasy & B.S. Aerodynamics trump all- You lose Power is power - Weight is weight It's not Rocket Science - 1995 @@DanFrederiksen kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIPTY6h3jryUlaM

[@dipeshdayama9625]

How to order this?

[@josheastman1258]

Flying around 90 miles at a time before having to recharge or switch batteries seems kinda crazy, but still a good step in a good direction

[@AINvideo]

There are specific use cases for something like this. Obviously it doesn't completely replace a traditional helicopter for every possible case, but you have to start somewhere. This is how technology is developed. Thanks for watching.

[@josheastman1258]

@@AINvideo I agree, I do think it is still a good thing, and a good start

[@JoeMicalizziMPC]

Until much much better battery technology is developed 90 miles range for the cost of this vehicle is prohibitive. Good idea, but far from ready for Prime Time! Heavy lift drones however have already proved their value. There are hybrid versions that can fly for hours.

[@alanhat5252]

@@josheastman1258 given that helicopters are frequently used for 'last mile' journeys between fixed-wing landing places & final destination this specification should be adequate for many uses.

[@guilhermefsouza7245]

We could also advance in charging cappacities. There are already chargers of 4.5 MW but most of EVs are limited to 80 kW of capacity, and some of them at 200 kW, which take less than one hour to charge from 20-80%. With 4.5 MW it could charge this much in one or few minutes.

[@My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter]

1:51 say what?

[@dertythegrower]

Great work 👏

[@paulbouchard4821]

Any new updates in the last 2 years…? As I when will this get Federal approval…? How much for a conversation…? Any one know the answers to these questions….

[@GyanPrakash]

Imagine during flight it says BATTERY LOW 😮

[@AINvideo]

When a pilot flies any aircraft, they have a specific flight plan and that means they'll know how much fuel or battery power they'll need for that flight including reserves to make a safe landing in the case of an emergency. Thanks for watching!

[@bilalcakmak9034]

Battery empty. This process is shutting down. 😀🌹

[@GarryFishermusic]

@@AINvideo Reverses ? I was thinking Auto Rotation rather so then is the rotor fee spinning or tied to the electric motor

[@GarryFishermusic]

Weather head winds traffic and other things that do happen to conventional helicopters and aircraft flight . Delays in take off or worse holds Under an hour seems like cutting it close to my mind . Wishing nothing but best wishes for the Robinson electric helicopter program . Thanks

[@AINvideo]

I'm not sure what the capabilities are in terms of auto rotation, but I was talking about reserves in terms of fuel or battery power. You're right that unexpected things can happen during a flight, but the nice thing about electric motors is that if there is a delay, the motor can stay off completely, whereas a turbine engine would probably idle on the pad rather than being completely shut down.

[@70000solar]

I have one. So tiny...

[@Juno_Beach]

nope ... No way ... That's a Robinson

[@tattingstoneplace]

Based on evtol comparables, I feel this must be worth more than $1bn. They are 5 years ahead on regulations.

[@rodsilva80]

it is not zero carbon, the energy to recharge the batteries come from burning coal. this is plain stupid.

[@alanhat5252]

Please at least try to keep up, there have been alternative sources of electricity for more than a century now some of which are preferred over coal, to such an extent that coal-fired electricity production has been completely halted in many countries & others only using it in emergencies.

[@Perich29]

Arizona, Nevada, California, these electric equipment are powered by lake mead which is powered by Hoover Dam.

[@daniellu8282]

Let the rotor windmill and you have a 10-20KW charger for free. When I worked at an airport in Colorado, the parked aircraft would spend lots of time flapping in the wind.

[@HongyaMa]

Bull, look at the Peaker plants in Ventura & Los Angeles Counties running at high load hours Natural gas powered NG fired electric power @@Perich29

[@triggerpointtechnology]

@@daniellu8282 Wow. You must be a helicopter pilot. Or not. Inane, puerile and heroically stupid. Blades are NEVER allowed to “flap in the wind”. They would be beating their blade stops and be supremely dangerous to any pedestrians. Dude, you are substituting fantasy for reality, again.

[@TimBaker-i1j]

The idea that you are eliminating the carbon footprints with this device, you would not be able to run it with batteries. The making of the batteries are heavy in causing carbon emissions. Do your research!!@