TVF CAT Working Group: Alaka’i Technologies

In the March meeting of the Commercial Air Transport (CAT) working group, Alaka'i Technologies provided a presentation about their hydrogen fuel cell powered hexacopter, called Skai. The conversation featured comments by Tim Quaglieri, Head of Finance, Alaka’i Technologies; Jeffrey Coulter, Head of Systems Integration, Alaka’i Technologies; and Andrew Tait, Business Analyst, Alaka’i Technologies. The VFS Transformative Vertical Flight Commercial Air Transport (CAT) Working Group discusses, defines and documents the activities and benchmarks necessary to facilitate safe, convenient and community-friendly operations for scheduled and on-demand, transformative vertical air transportation for airline operations, air taxis, private charters, regional transit, cargo distribution, package delivery and other similar commercial operations.
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[@paulumbro8277]

nice to see Hydrogen based VTOL aircraft being pioneered in Boston!

[@GabrielTolerba]

great discussion, thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights. I do have a question on the Skai design, it looks like there is not tilt capability in your propellers, so is forward flight established by variance in vertical thrust between the different propellers, if this is so, then would this generally lead to tilted horizontal flight, and if so, would passenger experience of that be less than favorable?