Yearly round up of EVTOL and Electric Aviation Technology 2023

[@mhill311]

Great recap looking forward to 2024 and more, keep up the good work

[@rjung_ch]

Very much going on in 2023, thank you for the recap. 👍💪✌

[@ElectricAviation]

My pleasure!!

[@silasmoser301]

Thank you.

[@PeterAcrat]

Thank you.👍

[@wildatlanticman128]

Great vid.

[@kennethkarklin7516]

Thanks!

[@ElectricAviation]

Thank you. That is very kind of you.

[@martingarrish4082]

Great summary! This channel is really helping me stay up to speed on developments. I wish Vertical would just come clean on their KZbin channel about how the ground bit them, and state what they had learned so as to mitigate that risk in future flights. It would help their share price by removing the doubt for the preproduction machine. I'm still not sure about Lilium as they underestimated how much more power/weight their e-VTOL takes to hover than other designs (~x4 prop rotor, ~x8 compound rotor, so a lot more). Also their top speed is well within the capability of a rotor, or wing and rotor compound. It still doesn't stack up to my mind. So, I'm still thinking that Jaunt Air Mobility is the best contender for urban mobility - mostly because it can autorotate. Pity their KZbin channel has been so quiet.

[@Siempre1978]

Please investigate the work of Wrexham University FAST project they have developed a prototype Rim Driven Electric Fan Engine of impressive performance for use in E-VTOL airframes.

[@ElectricAviation]

Thanks for the tip. Will look into it

[@sergeigen1]

i wonder what the main advantages for comercial passenger VTOL aircraft are, where even medium population centers already have runways, no need for a runway means a smaller footprint in a crowded urban environment, but they still need all the support stuff like hangars and maintenance and all kinds of services

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Not in Europe or the far east plus you have the noise problem close to settled areas and the safety risk so airstrips close to settlements are rare outside of the US etc.

[@derekmitchell209]

That fan at the end was turning the wrong way (unless we are looking at the exhaust side).

[@nathanryweck3137]

0:16 Some of these aircraft look like they will inevitably cut people’s legs off if they go into wide use. Why don’t they require a shroud for the propellers?

[@ElectricAviation]

The added weight, the adverse aerodynamics in forward flight come in the way

[@nathanryweck3137]

Still I think it should be required for safety in urban areas @@ElectricAviation

[@kennethkarklin7516]

Maybe urban areas should also have shrouds on streets to keep people from walking into the paths of motor vehicles? Stepping in front of a bus at 45MPH produces different injuries, but the same outcome

[@isaiahdowning2114]

So are one of these what’s flying over New Jersey right now?

[@ecomandurban7183]

🤗🤗🤗

[@SunSheepOfLight]

Come on damn it! We want flying cars!!

[@JoeyBlogs007]

Electric aircraft including STOL could be the big story in 2024. VTOL / EV aircraft could fall by the wayside.

[@ElectricAviation]

It is the developing trend

[@hugo4783]

You should definitely take a look at the French start-up EENUEE. It is quite unique and has so much potential! ⚡⚡⚡ Thank you for your work btw!

[@ElectricAviation]

Noted!

[@melsuarez]

No mention of Beta Technology?

[@sorakagodess]

when i was yunger i would see everywhere the idea of charging drones and stuff from chargers on buildings and towers giving "unlimited" time in the sky for the drones inside a area, is the idea feasable or just sci fi?

[@jtjames79]

Very feasible. Easy in fact.

[@sorakagodess]

@@jtjames79 since i posted that i saw some videos and there is a lot of companies making it, it apears to be more of a legal issue than a tec issue, at least in the near future will be possible to deploy it in a industrial scale.

[@donniewatson9120]

Joby has the stuff together.

[@EarthCreature.]

Lol no they don't. This guy is just a joby fan. Ya gotta wake up because Joby will never be anything other than an oversized drone with too many single point failures.

[@donniewatson9120]

@@EarthCreature. I guess my facetiousness wasn't obvious.

[@EarthCreature.]

@@donniewatson9120 Yeah ya did a poor job cause that looks 100% legit fandom

[@CarloCozzi]

The background music is disturbing....

[@nadahere]

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[@madebi85]

The music in this viseo is awful