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Company wants to make Urban Air Mobility (UAM) a reality by 2024
VA-X4
Vertical aerospace
Image: Vertical aerospace
Rafael Ramos
6/15/2021
Mike Gascoyne, Vertical Aerospace's CTO (Chief technology officer) and former Formula One engineer for well-known teams including McLaren, Sauber, Jordan, Tyrell and Renault, wants to change urban mobility (UAM) with one of the most sophisticated eVTOL aircraft in the world. world, the VA-X4.
The aircraft has four tilt rotors at the front and two retractable rotors at the rear. This should be enough to travel at over 350 km/h silently, with zero emissions and a low cost per passenger per km.
eVTOL VX4
Image: Vertical Aerospace
The aircraft must still be certified to the same standards as large planes, which will make it up to 100x safer than a helicopter.
Vertical was founded in 2016 by British businessman Stephen Fitzpatrick, who is also founder of Egg Energy, the second largest clean energy company in the UK, with 6.5 billion in sales.
The point of the project is to allow regional urban mobility in journeys of up to 160 km, greatly reducing the time spent on commuting.
The same technology standards applied in F1 were applied in eVTOL.
“F1 invested a lot of money in solving technical problems that are very relevant in every other area, but they managed to invest a lot more money than commercial organizations could make,” says Gascoyne.
Interior do VA-X4, eVTOL mais sofisticado
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Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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