e-flight-journal

  • The well known E-flight-Forum 2021 China /Europe /America started as a hybrid forum with a real event in China in the city of Yichang in Xiaoting district, in Hubei Province.

    The audiance in Yichang

    the on-site event is combined with an online session live-streamed in Europe over Zoom and is projected to the Chinese guests.

    Zoom Projection in Yichang

    The sessions with the European Guests are simultaniously translated and transmitted in 2 Languages.

    The english session is running as a live stream in Youtube and can be reached over the website www.e-flight-forum.com. The Program with many international high class speakers you can find at e-flight-forum 2021 Program English.

  • Today Shanghai-based eVTOL startup TCab Aero unveiled E20 eVTOL full-size mockup and vertiport-based operation ecosystem concept.

    E20 and TCab founder and CEO Yon Wui NG

    E20 has design parameters of 5 seats, pure electric, a combination of both tilt rotors and „lift and cruise“ configuration, cruise speed 260km/h, range 200km.

    TCab Tech was founded in Shanghai in May 2021 with a group of veterans with the background of both conventional aviation industry and eVTOL.

    TCab vertiport-based operational ecosystem design

    TCab metaphors ‘time cab’, named with the mission to offer affordable and time-efficient means of transportation to the general public, and above all, having everyone enjoys the moment of flight.

    The founder and CEO of the company, Yon Wui NG, was previously Vice General Manager of Geely Terrafugia responsible for the eVTOL aircraft named TF-2A. Before Geely Terrafugia, Yon spent 10 years with Airbus China Engineering Center whereby one of his positions was Head of Engineering for the engineering center.

    TCab Tech securied close to 10 millions USD this Autumn from their Seed and Seed+ series fundraising. 

  • Lukasz Gadowski invests $100 Million in Autoflight

    German Investor Lukasz Gadowski ( started for example Delivery Hero) invested in Tian Yu’s Shanghai-based Autoflight which recently has released its 3 – 4 Person Air taxi V1500M and already started the serial production and delivery of unmanned eVTOL- cargo drones such as the V400 „Albatros“.

    Design study of the serial production version of the V1500M

    Today the leading German economics newspaper Handelsblatt reported this deal. Gadowski is a serial entrepreneur and startup investor who invests with his Berlin-based company Team Global in startups with a focus on eMobility on the ground and in the air. Gadowski has among other companies also invested in Volocopter and Archer.

    Team Lukasz Gadowski (left) and Tian Yu (right)

  • DLR, Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Bauhaus Luftfahrt Jointly Developing 100-seat hybrid-Electric Aircraft Concept

    The German Aerospace Center DLR is has investigating the overall system of a hybrid-electric short-haul aircraft for up to 100 passengers together with Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V..This program is part of the SynergIE joint project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi).

    Research efforts are focused on new aircraft configurations that can be successfully operated commercially with significantly lower emissions and reduced noise pollution. As a final design for an aircraft with distributed hybrid-electric propulsion, the researchers selected and evaluated a concept with turbogenerators in the fuselage and 10 electric motors along the leading edge of the wing as the best solution out of the various possible arrangements. The optimal design and installation of the propellers makes it possible to reduce the chord of the wing and size of the rudder, and thus reduce energy consumption by approximately 10 percent.

    a design concept of a hybrid-electric short-haul aircraft for up to 100 passengers developed by DRL

    „In conventional regional aircraft, the wings are often oversized in order to achieve good performance during take-off and landing,“ explains Martin Hepperle from the DLR Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology. „These aircraft then have excessively high energy consumption during cruising flight.“

    The flight characteristics of the prototype have already been tested in the DLR AVES flight simulator. In future, remaining questions on the aeroacoustics of the distributed propellers and on optimal flap systems for landing approaches are to be resolved.

  • Joerg Müller head of Airbus UAM showing for the first model of the City Airbus NextGen at European Rotots show in colognè

  • Xpeng To Begin Test Fly X2 eVTOL in Europe in H1’22

    Xpeng Motors presented their urban air mobility (UAM) vision and the eVTOL designs developed by their subsidiary HT Aero which Xpeng acquired last year. This is the first time that Xpeng Auto presented its UAM and eVTOL in Europe.

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    the European Customer Insights and Operations Director Dr. You Jiaxi of Xpeng Auto spoke at the show

    The founder and CEO of HT Aero, Mr. Deli Zhao, through pre-recorded video, and the European Customer Insights and Operations Director Dr. You Jiaxi of Xpeng Auto on-site delivered a speech „Exploring the Future of Travel“ on the first day of European Rotors, introducing the solution for future three-dimensional travel envisioned by Xpeng Auto, X2 two-seat eVTOL developed by HT Aero and the design concept of their next generation eVTOL being developed by HT Aero.

    In the speech Dr. You revealed that Xpeng Auto plan to begin test flying X2 eVTOL in Europe beginning in the first half of next year.

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    X2 two-seat eVTOL developed by HT Aero, the UAM subsidiary of Xpeng Auto

  • eVTOL World Premiere at the first day of the European Rotors, Michael Kügelen showed his eMagic one for the first Time at the first day of the first edition of the EASA show.

    The single seat eVTOL is a Proof of concept of a „lift and cruise“ eVTOL. That means the aircraft has dedicated Motors for the vertical take off and for the c ruise flight. The full carbon aircraft was developed in a record time in onmly 2 years and has already have its maiden flights in wing mode as well as in eVTOL mode.

    • Michael Kügelen (left) presenting his new aircraft to leading EASA officials

  • Patrick Ky Executive Director of EASA the European Aviation Safety Agency and Peter Möller Chairman of EHA European Helicopter Association opend the first VTOL show today at 9 am.

    Patrik Ky EASA
    Peter Möller EHA

  • eVTOL to be unveiled tomorrow November 16th at EUROPEAN ROTOR show in cologne at 10:20

  • European Rotors VTOL show 2021 ramping up in cologne

    EASAs first VTOL show is getting ready. The show will start tomorrow Tuesday November 16th. The show, organized by the EASA and the EHA – European Helicopter Association focuses on helicopters as well as on other VTOLs.

    here are some images from ramping up.

    Volocity in the latest design version
    Yes also this is a flying machine on its way to its exhibition place
    Fraundorfer technology demonstrator Gyro

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