Since 2014, AHS International has been leading a series of workshops on Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF), building a community of aerospace professionals that includes technical, regulatory and business elements, and exploring the potential for new forms of air transportation systems with innovative propulsion systems. The focus has been on systems that embody combinations of on-demand, electric and hybrid-electric propulsion, and vertiport-capable configurations and designs. See the AHS Electric VTOL News website for news and a directory of concepts under development.
The 5th Annual Transformative Vertical Flight Workshop, held this year in San Francisco, California, featured the latest advances and possibilities in urban air mobility. Videos and presentations for the workshop can be downloaded below. Next year's workshop will be rebranded as the "6th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium" and is planned to be held in Jan. 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. Past workshop briefings and videos can be found at the AHS webpage on Transformative Vertical Flight.
- Individual PDF files of the technical papers are available for download at $15 each for AHS members and $30 for non-members.
- CD-ROMs with the complete collection of technical paper proceedings are available for $105 for AHS members and $145 for non-members.
- Technical meeting attendees were provided with the code for complimentary paper download.
Plenary Session Presentations from the Transformative Vertical Flight Technical Meeting and Workshop
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| Technical Meeting Opening Panel, Tues. Jan. 16, 2018 | ||||
| Panel: Aeromechanics Challenges in Development, Testing and Integration of Transformative Air Vehicles [video] |
Dr. William D. Lewis, US Army Aviation Development Directorate (Chair) Dr. Graham Drozeski, DARPA Lt Col Nate Diller, USAF, J-8 Joint Staff Requirements & Capability Development Dr. Parimal Kopardekar, NASA Ames |
n/p n/a |
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| Panel: Envisioning Urban Air Mobility [video] |
Dr. Ashish Bagai, University of Maryland (Moderator) Mr. Mark Moore, Uber Technologies Mr. Chris VanBuiten, Sikorsky Aircraft Mr. Scott Drennan, Bell Helicopter Mr. Andrew Gibson, Empirical Systems Aerospace (ES Aero) Dr. Karthik Balakrishnan, A3 by Airbus Group |
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| Workshop Opening Session, Thurs. Jan. 18, 2018 | ||||
| Welcome Address |
Mr. Chris Silva, NASA Ames | |||
| eVTOL Promise & Progress [video] |
Mr. Mike Hirschberg, AHS International | |||
| Uber Elevate Common Reference eVTOL [video] | Mr. Mark Moore, Uber Technologies | |||
| Electric & Hybrid-Electric VTOL [video] |
Mr. Francesco Giannini, Aurora Flight Sciences | |||
| Transformative VTOL [video] |
Mr. John Piasecki, Piasecki Aircraft | |||
| TVF Working Groups/Roadmapping [video] |
Mr. Mike Dudley, NASA Ames (Chair) Dr. Tony Linn, consultant Dr. Anubhav Datta, University of Maryland Ms. Yolanka Wulff, Ampaire Mr. Johnny Doo, International Vehicle Research, Inc. |
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| Four Ways for On-Demand Mobility [video] | Mr. Mathias Thomsen, Airbus Group | |||
| Workshop Discussions, Fri. Jan. 19, 2018 | ||||
| Overview: NASA Studies on eVTOL [video] |
Mr. Chris Silva, NASA Ames | |||
| eVTOL Analysis Tools & Frameworks [video] |
Dr. Rob MacDonald, Uber Technologies | |||
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Panel: Challenges of |
Dr. Parimal Kopardekar, NASA Ames (Moderator) Dr. Tom Prevot, Uber Technologies Mr. Parker Vascik, MIT Ms. Uma Subramanian, Voom Mr. Peter Shannon, Levitate Capital |
n/p n/a |
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| Overview: Urban Air Mobility Skyport, Cabin and User Experience |
Mr. John Badalamenti, Uber Technologies | n/a | ||
| Discussion: Get Involved and Shape the Future [video] | Ms. Gwen Lighter, GoFly Prize Mr. Mike Hirschberg, AHS International Dr. Mark DeAngelo, SAE International Dr. Tony Linn (representing AIAA) |
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| Overview: Challenges of eVTOL Standards & Certification [video] |
Mr. Greg Bowles, GAMA Mr. Tom Gunnarson, Zee Aero (representing ASTM) |
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Panel: Challenges of |
Mr. Stan Swaintek, Uber Technologies (Moderator) Mr. Paul Stith, Black & Veatch Mr. David Sawaya, Pacific Gas & Electric Mr. Alan Dowdell, ChargePoint |
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| Panel: The Challenges of Acoustics [video] |
Mr. David Josephson, Josephson Engineering (Moderator) Dr. Ken Brentner, Penn State University Dr. Eric Greenwood, NASA Langley Research Center |
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Panel: Challenges of |
Mr. Jason Schug, Ricardo (Moderator) Mr. Steve Burns, Workhorse Dr. Paul Debitetto, Top Flight Technologies Mr. Reed Danis, ES Aero Mr. Francesco Giannini, Aurora Flight Sciences |
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Panel: Perspectives on |
Mr. Jason Schug, Ricardo (Moderator) Mr. Mathias Thomsen, Airbus Group Dr. Brian German, Georgia Institute of Technology Mr. Nikhil Goel, Uber Technologies Dr. Kevin Antcliff, NASA Langley |
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| Closing Remarks & What's Next | Mr. Chris Silva, NASA Ames | |||
Thank you to our 2018 Workshop Sponsors!
Posted Jan. 29, 2018; updated Feb. 26, 2018. n/a = not available; n/p = none presented