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eFlight Forum
Florian Hilpert (Fraunhofer
Institute) gave a
lecture on power electronics
and fuel cells.
meters. V400 has a compound layout configuration, employing
separate motor and propellers for lift and cruising.
The lift propulsion uses 8 sets of motors, and the
cruising part is provided by 2 sets of power sources for
level flight.
Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director of the Vertical
Flight Society (VFS) is one of the most important
promoter and opinion leader in eVTOL area. Under his
leadership VFS has built up the most extensive eVTOL
projects database in the world currently exceeding 300
projects. Mike gave a comprehensive overview of the historical
development and current status of eVTOL industry.
Corvin Huber, CEO of D3, introduced the deep tech
open digital operating platform. D3’s platform consists of
one or several ground module and per-vehicle avionics,
transceivers and sensor suites. Our proprietary safety architecture
and embedded software allow for central route
planning and route clearance as well as additional safety
functionalities in the vehicle. The system can accept both
piloted and un-piloted, fully automatic vehicles. APIs enable
data exchange for application builders, enabling
3rd-party offerings. Airspace owners can manage usage.
Frank Anton, senior VP of Siemens, introduced Xcelerator
the digital Twin design system. Xcelerator provides
an end-to-end digitalization collaboration platform
including product development, production and performance
simulation. Siemens’ Simcenter system enables
“Fly it before building it!”solution including: structural
performance, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, systems,
thermal management, cabin comfort, passenger safety,
aircraft electrification integration, reliability, availability,
and safety and verification & certification.
Bruno Mombrinie, founder and CEO of MetroHop, introduced
“Green Sweep” application of aerial application
of beneficial bugs using their electric short takeoff
and landing (eSTOL) design. Metro Hop’s Active Landing
Gear proves decisive in expanding environmentally
sound agriculture. The growth of beneficial bugs continues
to grow exponentially replacing toxic and ineffective
pesticides around the world but is limited to small farms.
Now a new mission specific agricultural all-electric plane
allows for expansion of this practice by providing an efficient
delivery system for large crop fields such as corn
and sugar cane.
Conclusion:
Bianca Schuchardt of DLR introduced DLR’s urban air
mobility-related researches including UAM system simulation
(Scenarios, demand-forecast, economy), air vehicle
(vehicle family concepts, system technology, cabin),
Safety/Security (autonomy, multi sensor navigation
and communication, risk assessment, U-space concept),
vertidrome (infrastructure, flight guidance, UAM network
management, airport integration), acceptance (acceptance
of civil drones and air taxis, citizen participation),
demonstration/Assessment (UAM cabinsimulator, towersimulator,
scaled flight guidance/navigation demonstrations).
Despite a small hack on the last day that interrupted the
forum for a minute and a few small technical difficulties,
guests and presenters rated the online premiere of the e-
flight Forum China this year consistently positive, which
was also reflected in the number of viewers in the Zoom
call (over 200) and clearly documented on the various
livestream platforms such as YouTube and BiliBili. Frank
Anton (Senior Vice President at Corporate Technology
Siemens): “The conference was fantastic, I followed it the
entire time. I’ve seen and learned a lot. Congratulations!
That was really great and we actually got new potential
customers interested in our products.“. 4
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