NASA Simulating Air Taxi Crashes to Study Materials for New Generation of eVTOL Written 31 July 2025
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An aircraft body simulating an air taxi with weighted test dummies inside is lifted about 35 feet in the air by cables at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. | Credit: Mark Knopp, NASA
Flying Magazine reports, “NASA researchers are simulating crashes to study the optimal materials for a new generation of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis. Per a recent media release, the space agency in June dropped a full-scale aircraft body—modeled after an eVTOL air taxi—from a 35-foot gantry at its Langley Research Center in Virginia.”
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