The reality behind the eVTOL industry’s hyperbole, Part 2.

Subscription required By Bjorn Fehrm July 20, 2023, © Leeham News: We look at the promises that VTOL OEMs made in their Investor prospects and the scale-down in capabilities as Certification comes closer. We also analyze whether the… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 30. Lilium Jet VTOL.

July 28, 2022, ©. Leeham News: This week, we analyze the Lilium Jet VTOL. It’s a vectored thrust design, but it’s different enough in its characteristics from the vectored thrust VTOLs we looked at in Part 28 (Joby… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 5. Fundamentals recap.

February 4, 2021, ©. Leeham News: We did a simple reality check on two high-profile ideas for Sustainable Air Transport last week, the Eviation Alice project and Heart Aerospace’s ES-19. We now look at energy usage when performing… Read More