CES 2024: Urban Air Mobility Gets Closer to Reality with Supernal’s New eVTOL Concept

Using the this type of transportation for their daily commute to get from an inner city, vertical port over to, LAX or some other airport to connect on a traditional flight. Safety is not negotiable for us. I'm John Nelson, the chief safety officer here at Sopurnal, and this is our prototype aircraft, SA two. One of the unique things about this aircraft is it has eight rotors, all of which can articulate or, be tilted differently to allow us to transition from vertical flight for take off and landing to horizontal flight like a normal conventional aircraft. So you can see the different rotors here. The the front rotors are currently configured for vertical flight. And if we walk around to the back, You can see the the rear rotor's currently configured for the horizontal configuration. Inside, you have a cabin that can safely and comfortably accommodate four passengers plus the cockpit here for the single pilot operation. Everything's designed with safety in mind. We're currently looking to be able to operate this aircraft on a twenty five to forty miles stage length, very sustainable and very quiet. So the idea is that we'll use this aircraft to, save people a great deal of time, whether they're using the this type of transportation for their daily commute to get from an inner city, vertical port over to, LAX or some other airport to connect on a traditional flight. Safety is not negotiable for us, so this aircraft will be certified to the highest, safety standards set by the FAA or other regulators. And as it becomes certified, we'll also be developing training programs, certification strategies, everything to be sure that it's operated as safely as possible once it goes into service. That's what we're doing here today. We're really happy to be able to showcase this event, and where to come, twenty twenty eight for certification. So We're really on an aggressive timeline.