eVTOL and advanced air mobility: certification, operations and infrastructure
From powered-lift certification to vertiports, Gulf launch plans and the supply chain
What you will be able to do
- ✓ Describe the main eVTOL layouts, why electric propulsion enables redundancy, and how batteries set the energy budget
- ✓ Compare EASA's SC-VTOL route with the FAA's powered-lift special class, and read the certification status of leading programmes critically
- ✓ Explain the EU operating and licensing rules introduced by Regulation (EU) 2024/1111 and the FAA's powered-lift SFAR in 14 CFR Part 194
- ✓ Apply EASA and FAA vertiport design guidance, identify charging and fire risks, and explain U-space and airspace integration
- ✓ Describe the UAE and Saudi frameworks for advanced air mobility and read announced launch plans as dated plans
- ✓ Assess eVTOL supply chain risks in batteries, motors and composites, and judge business cases and trends on dated evidence
Course content
Session 1 · What eVTOL and powered-lift aircraft are
1.1
- A new way to fly vertically · free preview
- Electric and hybrid propulsion
- Batteries and the energy budget
- Worked example: will the battery cover the trip?
Session 2 · Certification: EASA, FAA and where programmes stand
1.2
- EASA's special condition for VTOL-capable aircraft
- The FAA route: powered-lift as a special class
- Where the leading programmes stand
- From the investigation file: the prototype that lost a propeller blade
Session 3 · Operations and pilot licensing
1.3
- Europe's rules for operating VTOL-capable aircraft
- Licensing the pilots
- Energy, weather and performance on the line
- Worked example: from helicopter pilot to powered-lift pilot
Session 4 · Vertiports and airspace integration
1.4
- Designing a vertiport: EASA's prototype specifications
- The FAA's vertiport brief, charging and fire
- Sharing the sky: U-space and airspace integration
- Worked example: will the rooftop take the aircraft?
Session 5 · Gulf frameworks: UAE GCAA and Saudi GACA
1.5
- The UAE: a regulator building the system
- UAE launch plans: what was announced, and when
- Saudi Arabia: GACA's roadmap and partnerships
- Worked example: what does 170,000 passengers a year mean?
Session 6 · Supply chain, business case and trends
1.6
- Batteries: from commodity cells to certified packs
- Motors, magnets, composites and production
- The business case and the trends to watch
- Worked example: what a supplier's inverter must show
Who this course is for
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