Air Taxis can be vehicle for future. NASA has begun testing Monday all electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) as part of agency’s national campaign. This testing runs through Friday at Flight Base near Big Sur, California. This is the first time NASA is testing of aircraft called eVTOL. It can serve as air taxis in cities and surrounding area. It can go to another mode in future. The main aim of NASA is to collect performance and use the raw data for making future airspace concepts. With this test it will help to draft regulations and policies.
“The National Campaign Development testing is an important step to accelerate AAM industry timeline,” said Davis Hackenberg NASA’s AAM mission integration manager. During this round of testing NASA will collect data and see if this can serve as a mode of transportation in the future. NASA will collect information about how the vehicle sounds, how it moves and how the vehicle communicates with controllers. The team will deploy the mobile acoustics facility to collect more than 50 microphones to measure acoustic profile in different phases of flight.
Another element of testing is to make sure if will meet the protocols for testing by establishing a baseline to participate. The team will also test NASA’s flight safety to approve participants to fly in the campaign. If it is tested alright then AAM will provide efficient and affordable system for passenger and cargo transportation in public interest. It could include package delivery drones, air taxis and transport vehicles.
AAM is dedicated in developing technologies not especially seen today. AAM National Campaign is managed by NASA’s advanced air mobility project. The AAM project is a part of agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate. If the results are satisfactory the future in here.