They can fly deeper into cities into area's helicopter's aren't allowed due to the noise they create. The main market for Vtols is fast transport to & from city-airports. Helicopter's do this but cost significantly more to operate & have limitation's in the air corridors they can use & only being allowed to land on the outskirts of cities but a Vtol could take you right into the city centre itself.
No one is talking about the cost and time involved in FAA certification. No one has ever completed FAA certification of an pilot-less, non-commercial (Part-91/23) eVTOL aircraft, much less to FAA part 135 Air-Taxi or 121 Airline Operation certified pilot-less Aircraft. Having been involved with aircraft development and certification, 20 years ago, costs to certify a Burn Rutan designed conventional twin-engine air-taxi aircraft, designed to meet existing FAA regulations, we stopped development after two years and $10million on paperwork alone, when just the bureaucratic costs were getting close to $100million. Also looking into fixed and variable costs might be worth considering, such as product, service liability insurance costs and battery costs on a per flight basis. If a battery pack costs $100,000 and is good for say 1,000 flights that's $100per flight. Also, the challenges of rolling out hundreds or thousands of VTOL/heliports with noise and risks to people and property on the ground. Getting air-taxi approval for existing airports is often met with huge resistance, and if you are going to use existing airports why do you need eVTOL?
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Why not to make vstol with fuel before electric ?
They can fly deeper into cities into area's helicopter's aren't allowed due to the noise they create. The main market for Vtols is fast transport to & from city-airports. Helicopter's do this but cost significantly more to operate & have limitation's in the air corridors they can use & only being allowed to land on the outskirts of cities but a Vtol could take you right into the city centre itself.
I think probably it's because of the noise mostly.. and electric motors are much more efficient and responsive..
While ice engines are too loud, We would definitely benefit from hydrogen fuel cell technology. Same electric propulsion with tons of range.
No one is talking about the cost and time involved in FAA certification. No one has ever completed FAA certification of an pilot-less, non-commercial (Part-91/23) eVTOL aircraft, much less to FAA part 135 Air-Taxi or 121 Airline Operation certified pilot-less Aircraft. Having been involved with aircraft development and certification, 20 years ago, costs to certify a Burn Rutan designed conventional twin-engine air-taxi aircraft, designed to meet existing FAA regulations, we stopped development after two years and $10million on paperwork alone, when just the bureaucratic costs were getting close to $100million.
Also looking into fixed and variable costs might be worth considering, such as product, service liability insurance costs and battery costs on a per flight basis. If a battery pack costs $100,000 and is good for say 1,000 flights that's $100per flight.
Also, the challenges of rolling out hundreds or thousands of VTOL/heliports with noise and risks to people and property on the ground. Getting air-taxi approval for existing airports is often met with huge resistance, and if you are going to use existing airports why do you need eVTOL?
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