Distributed electric propulsion is HIGHLIGHT OF NEW AIR VEHICLE
Embry-Riddle’s new personal air vehicle, known as PAV-ER, combines a decade of electrified propulsion progress, innovative control laws and autonomy research into a proof of concept that could propel the future of urban transportation. As more than 250 companies around the world race to become UAM vehicle manufacturers, Embry-Riddle is demonstrating its leadership in the field by building a manned experimental aircraft with distributed electrical propulsion and helicopter rotor blades. For researchers, the PAV-ER project is the next logical step to merge 10 years of technology development with an 8-rotor eVTOL aircraft that employs cyclic propeller pitch for transition between vertical to horizontal flight modes.
A new experimental vehicle built in the university’s aerospace research facility gives students unique experiences in hybrid propulsion and fly-by-wire controls.
By Kelly Pratt
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