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Airbus has announced plans for a new CityAirbus at the company's first #AirbusSummit on 'Pioneering Sustainable Aerospace' as urban air mobility (UAM) begins to consolidate.
Ushering in the next generation of CityAirbus, the all-electric vehicle will be equipped with fixed wings, a V-shaped tail and eight electrically powered propellers as part of its propulsion system. It is designed to carry up to four passengers on a zero emission flight in multiple applications..
“We are on a quest to co-create an entirely new market that sustainably integrates urban air mobility in cities while addressing environmental and social concerns.. Airbus is convinced that the real challenges have to do with both urban integration, public acceptance and automated air traffic management, as with vehicle technology and business models. We take advantage of all the capabilities to provide a safe service, sustainable and fully integrated into society”, Said Bruno Even, CEO de Airbus Helicopters.
CityAirbus is being developed to fly with a range of 80 km and reach a cruising speed of 120 km/h, making it perfectly suited for operations in major cities for a variety of missions and clients.
Sound levels are a key factor for an urban mission; The extensive experience of Airbus in noise-friendly designs is driving CityAirbus sound levels below 65 dB during flyby and below 70 dB during landing.
It will be optimized for hover and cruise efficiency, while requiring no moving surfaces or parts to change during transition stages. The CityAirbus NextGen meets the highest certification standards (enhanced category EASA SC-VTOL), will deliver best-in-class economic performance in operations and support.
Airbus benefits from years of research, innovation, electric vertical takeoff and landing demonstrators (eVTOL) and development of sound technology throughout its product portfolio, as well as decades of experience in aircraft certification. Vahana and CityAirbus demonstrators have jointly carried out 242 ground and flight tests and have flown around 1.000 km in total.
What's more, Airbus has used extensive subscale flight tests and wind tunnel campaigns and has harnessed its computational and modeling power. CityAirbus NextGen is in a detailed design phase at the moment and the first flight of the prototype is planned for 2023.
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