{"id":11786,"date":"2018-05-25T08:31:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T15:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=11786"},"modified":"2018-05-25T08:31:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T15:31:46","slug":"referencing-ubers-elevated-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/referencing-ubers-elevated-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Referencing Uber\u2019s Elevated Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can tell things are heating up in the electric aircraft marketplace.\u00a0 Established aircraft companies are investing (Boeing and Airbus for starters), growing numbers are planning for electrified and autonomous future flight (Uber Elevate Summit), and an absolute plethora of new designs are tumbling forth from an aeronautical cornucopia.\u00a0 Their video of an Uber sky taxi ride illustrates the charm of the idea.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UBERAIR: Closer than you think | Uber\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JuWOUEFB_IQ?start=40&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Common Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/268603323<\/p>\n<p>Uber provided two common reference eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) reference models for partners to emulate.\u00a0 Both seem to share a common passenger pod with an unusually long tail boom.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Uber eVTOL Common Reference Model - turntable preview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/To3ipdZYsNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps taking the 2011 Green Flight Challenge as his reference point, Mark Moore explained how Uber inspires others to give their best efforts to create several plausible vehicles.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/scitech.aiaa.org\/Mainstreaming-Urban-Air-Mobility\/\">The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) reports<\/a>, \u201c\u2019We will never build a vehicle, but we want to make sure that our partners who are building vehicles are successful and that these aircraft are as community-friendly as possible,\u2019 Moore said, explaining Uber Elevate\u2019s partnership with manufacturers and regulatory agencies to clear the way for Uber to provide on-demand flight through a mobile app. Some of the companies partnering with Uber have not publicly released their aircraft concepts, so Moore unveiled a \u2018common reference model\u2019 that illustrates some of the challenges these electric aircraft will face, including battery energy density and noise pollution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karem\u2019s Uber Entry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uber\u2019s reference model seems to have inspired five similar efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karemaircraft.com\/\">including one from Karem<\/a> (otherwise known for development of the Predator UAV and heavy-lift machines).\u00a0 The company\u2019s web site describes their effort in only general terms. \u201c<strong>Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) Aircraft:<\/strong> Karem is applying its decades of innovative aircraft design and proprietary VTOL technology to the eVTOL market in partnership with Uber. In the future, it will offer riders a 10x improved transport experience by flying above traffic, point-to-point, at speeds up to 200 mph \u2013 all at the cost of an UberX ride today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12793\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12793\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12793\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Karem-evtol-528x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"352\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cOur large rotors let us draw less power from the batteries than vehicles with smaller rotors, enabling immediate economic viability without waiting for future batteries,\u201d Ben Tigner, Karem Aircraft\u2019s chief exectuive, said<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This may be due, in part, from \u201cKarem\u2019s patented Optimum Speed Tiltrotor (OSTR) technology [which] combines the fast, inexpensive, safe operation of efficient fixed-wing airplanes with the robust hover capability of helicopters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aurora Becomes Boeing, Elevates Its eVTOL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-03-01\/boeing-is-getting-ready-to-sell-flying-taxis-within-a-decade\">Recently purchased by Boeing, Aurora Flight Sciences<\/a> fields its multi-rotor design. Like many others, it features eight vertical lift rotors and a propeller and wing to provide forward motion.\u00a0 Aurora and Boeing predict test flights in 2020, and some statements in a recent Bloomberg article suggest things may happen quickly.\u00a0 Dennis Mullenberg, Boeing\u2019s CEO, says, \u201cI think it will happen faster than any of us understand. Real prototype vehicles are being built right now. So the technology is very doable.\u201d \u00a0Bloomberg explains that sales will take place in the next decade, although without sharing when in the decade that might be.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aurora Flight Sciences&#039; Electric VTOL Aircraft\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BSFVvhQP7ws?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bell Helicopter Has Been Showing off a Cabin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Showing the cabin from their Uber-related sky taxi, Bell has shared their vision with audiences at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and South by SouthWest (SXSW).\u00a0 <em>The Fort Worth Star Telegram<\/em> reports that Uber and Bell will be flying a full-tilt version of what is described as a \u201ctilt-rotor\u201d machine much like a V-22 Osprey by 1923 over the north Texas skies.\u00a0 Bell\u2019s long history in vertical flight development bodes well for their project.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12794\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12794\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12794\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Bell-UBER-AirTaxi_Studio1-528x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"297\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bell&#8217;s cabin\/simulator shown at CES, SXSW, other venues.\u00a0 Flight configuration is still somewhat mysterious<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Pipistrel\u2019s Unique Configuration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As to be expected with Pipistrel, their offering is highly aerodynamic, with a swept wing and fighter-like cockpit enclosure \u2013 and no visuals on how the vertical lift system will work.\u00a0 Given Ivo Boscarol and Tine Tomazic\u2019s history of innovative and sometimes revolutionary work, we expect some surprises.\u00a0 According to <em>Clean Technica<\/em>, Ivo explained, \u201cPipistrel is not trying to reinvent the helicopter by giving the vehicle many rotors, but is rather embracing dedicated propulsion solutions for cruise and vertical lift with built-in scaling capability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Embraer Combines Helicopter with Multi-Rotor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Embraer X is based in Melbourne, Florida with innovation teams in Silicon Valley and Boston.\u00a0 It revealed a four-seat \u201cDreamMaker\u201d at Uber Elevate. Powered by eight electric motor-driven rotors and a tailfan, the cabin will provide a great view for its four passengers.\u00a0 CEO Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva predicts, \u201cWe are relentless in our quest for constant growth, and through Embraer X we will drive disruptive innovation and accelerate the creation of new businesses with the potential for exponential growth. Urban mobility is ripe for transformation and we are committed to having a major role in this key market.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12795\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12795\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12795\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainableskies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/embraer-UBER-dreammaker-estadio-embraer-x-2-528x259.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"259\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Embraer&#8217;s &#8220;Dreammaker&#8221; concept emulates Uber&#8217;s Concept 1<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, In France<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uber plans to invest 20 million euros ($23.4 million) with France\u2019s \u00c9cole Polytechnique over the next five years to develop sky taxis.\u00a0 According to The Verge, \u201cThe company announced Thursday that it will build a new Advanced Technologies Center in Paris focused on its ambitious Uber Elevate project, the ride-hail company\u2019s first research and development hub located outside North America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>France may be an interesting choice for an academic partnership, considering violent protests by Parisian cabbies when the service attempted to start a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Uber is just one of many organizations garnering attention and largesse in financing electric aircraft.\u00a0 Others not following either Common Reference, or striking out in new directions known only to them at this point, are bringing other waves of creativity and surprise with them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Freferencing-ubers-elevated-challenge%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can tell things are heating up in the electric aircraft marketplace.\u00a0 Established aircraft companies are investing (Boeing and Airbus for starters), growing numbers are planning for electrified and autonomous future flight (Uber Elevate Summit), and an absolute plethora of new designs are tumbling forth from an aeronautical cornucopia.\u00a0 Their video of an Uber sky [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6862,15,3,8173,14],"tags":[4098,7869,5731,377,8562,8563,8564,3668,8565,8566,8567,1706,8568,205,8569,7875,9,8570,8571,880,7878],"class_list":["post-11786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-batteries","category-electric_powerplants","category-gfc","category-sky-taxis","category-sustainable_ga","tag-aurora-flight-sciences","tag-bell-helicopter","tag-bloomberg","tag-boeing","tag-clean-technica","tag-consumer-electronics-show-ces","tag-dennis-mullenberg","tag-ecole-polytechnique","tag-embraer-x","tag-embraer-x-dreammaker-concept","tag-fort-worth-star-telegram","tag-ivo-boscarol","tag-karem","tag-mark-moore","tag-optimum-speed-tiltrotor-ostr-technology","tag-paulo-cesar-de-souza-e-silva","tag-pipistrel","tag-south-by-southwest-sxsw","tag-the-american-institute-of-aeronautics-and-astronautics-aiaa","tag-tine-tomazic","tag-uber-elevate-summit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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