Vortrag
Road to Success via Proof of Concept Aircraft
Thursday 07.07.2022, 17:30 - 19:00
Speaker
Mark Robert Henning – General Manager AutoFlight Europe GmbH
The development process of a new eVTOL – with focus on configuration freeze and the value of full-scale flight testing
The new category of eVTOL (electrical vertical take-off and landing) aircrafts can surely be
regarded as a revolution in aeronautics. Macro drivers such as urbanization and therefore
increasing traffic congestions and pollution in ever growing Megacities; societal focus on
sustainability and the imminent need to reducing CO2 emissions of individual travel, paired
with forward-facing regulations and technological developments in electric propulsion
solutions and computing, accelerate the development of advanced air mobility aircrafts.
Designing and producing an eVTOL is a beautiful challenge! The eVTOL needs to be
engineered with lowest weight, highest reliability, and safety, flanked by the need for high
efficiency (lift over drag) and stunning flight mechanical factors. Moreover, atypical to the
aviation industry, eVTOLs will need to undergo mass production to be able to satisfy the
high demand for these aircrafts and to achieve highly competitive cost structures.
The presentation shall give insights how a configuration can be frozen from an aircraft
conceptual point of view and verified in early stages. Additionally, hands on test experience
shall be presented in a lively manner.
The event will be rounded up with an open exchange in the plenum.
DONNERSTAG, 07. Juli 2022
17:30 – 19:00 Uhr
Campus Garching, MW1801
+ Online (Zoom)
Zoom Link : AutoFlightX
Meeting-ID : 684 4906 8489
Passwort : 565633
Organizer
Forum Munich Aerospace
Contact
Simon Scherer; simon.scherer@tum.de
Further information available under: https://tum.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=437104aa-4241-4105-8bee-aeaf00e6b037