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Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 43. eVTOL IFR range.
October 28, 2022, ©. Leeham News: This is a summary of the article Part 43P, eVTOL IFR range. It discusses the range of a typical eVTOL flying a feeder mission from a city center to an airport during… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 43P. eVTOL IFR range. The deeper discussion.
Subscription required October 28, 2022, ©. Leeham News: This is a complementary article to Part 43, eVTOL IFR range. It discusses the typical maximum range we can expect from a certified eVTOL when it faces IFR weather conditions…. Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 42. eVTOL range.
October 21, 2022, ©. Leeham News: This is a summary of the article Part 42P, eVTOL range. It discusses the range of a typical eVTOL flying a feeder mission from a city center to an airport. The 42P… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 42P. eVTOL mission range. The deeper discussion.
Subscription required October 21, 2022, ©. Leeham News: This is a complementary article to Part 42, eVTOL mission range. It discusses the typical maximum range we can expect from a certified eVTOL by mid-decade. We have described the… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 41. VTOL mission calculations.
October 14, 2022, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we defined the phases of an eVTOL mission that shall show us the typical range and endurance of the eVTOLs of a hybrid vectored thrust/lift and cruise eVTOL, similar to… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 38. Piloting the VTOL
September 23, 2022, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we looked into the hardware needed for the Flight Control System (FCS) of the eVTOLs in development. We could see the redundancy of the FCS had to be extensive as… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 36. Battery Management.
September 9, 2022, ©. Leeham News: Over the last weeks, we have discussed the cells that make up the battery system for an eVTOL. The battery system has 10,000 cells or more. All these must, on an individual… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 35. Lilium battery cells.
September 2, 2022, ©. Leeham News: This is a summary of the article Part 35P, Lilium battery cells. It discusses the requirement the Lilium jet principle puts on its battery cells and how this is solved, both with… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 35P. Lilium battery cells. The deeper discussion.
Subscription required September 2, 2022, ©. Leeham News: This is a complementary article to Part 35, Lilium battery cells. It discusses the requirement the Lilium jet principle puts on its battery cells and how this is solved, both… Read More
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 34P. eVTOL battery cells. The deeper discussion.
Subscription required August 26, 2022, ©. Leeham News: This is a complementary article to Part 34, eVTOL battery cells. It discusses the trickiest system on an eVTOL, the battery system, and its key component, the battery cells. The… Read More