In the near era of air taxis, what are the challenges for using urban air mobility?

2021 SSMEIn‘Air taxi’meet with
Last6open in the month‘2021Seoul Smart Mobility Expo(Less than2021 SSME)’One of the future urban air mobility in‘Air taxi’That’s why I revealed it..Leading the Mobility Industry40Several companies have allowed customers to experience technology and services by boarding air taxis themselves..Among them, Hanwha System isAppointment-to-procedure procedures,And the whole process of flying.That’s what I’ve introduced..

Hanwha System’s booth is designed to make reservations easily according to the planned journey through the AirTaxi mobile app (App) on digital signage.Identification and baggage search procedures based on customer data are automatically completed, making it easy to check in and comparing travel time with other public transportation.In addition, we were able to check in advance the connection between self-driving vehicles and micro-mobility on the ground, and the services we will experience when Mobility as a Service (MaaS) becomes popular.What are the tasks for using UAM as public transportation in the future?There are two main reasons why this event allowed us to experience the UAM industry. It is intended to promote the technological competitiveness and service of companies preparing for the UAM industry, but it also includes the purpose of increasing the social acceptance of new mobility and understanding the economic feasibility of the business in advance.According to the survey below,UAMThe reason why I hesitate to use public transportation is because,They say it’s in risk and economic feasibility..

Usually, the dangers of UAMs that we imagine are similar to the experience of seeing a giant drone-type vehicle or sometimes psychological factors when we see a helicopter.In other words, since it flies 200m above the city center, it is natural to have loud noise generated during flight and anxiety caused by a possible crash.

To overcome this, citizens’ social acceptance of new mobility
From an increase point of view, you should be able to experience flight stability periodically so that you can have a sense of psychological stability. It removes the psychological factors of the users.
If not, the popularization of air taxis will inevitably fall behind.

*Problems to be solved for popularization of air taxis 1: NoiseFirst, we need to understand a little more deeply about the noise that makes us feel uncomfortable and afraid.Most of the global personal air vehicle (PAV) developersElectric propulsion system systemI’m going to apply it.This is directly related to the noise problem of the airframe because it allows it to operate with a mechanical device consisting of four to six electric motors and propellers.When you drive a motor, it’s the principle that the propeller rotates, sucks air above the propeller, and it floats in the air by the pressure (thrust) generated by pushing it down.

Hydrodynamic interpretation suggests that when the propeller passes, a stationary point with a flow velocity of ‘0’ occurs back and forth.This is where the air flow is ‘0’, but the pressure is at the highest point.There is also a stagnation point near the downwash where air flows gather in the tail-edge of the propeller, and the leading-edge of the propeller, which follows at a high speed under low pressure, hits it.Therefore, noise occurs at the point where the vortex occurs and at the stagnation point where the pressure difference is large, and tonal noise occurs in the direction below the propeller.In order to reduce the size of these noise factors, optimal propeller shape design and speed control techniques considering aerodynamic properties are required..
<Hanwha System UAM Gas Butterfly’s Low Noise Technology>
Hanwha System’s AirTaxi ‘Butterfly’ gas is designed to address the issue of noise.Compared to other electric propulsion system developers,15dBrealized low noiseOSTR(Optimal speed tilt rotor)I applied technology..This is the degree to which the noise generated when using the subway has been reduced to the level of noise felt when riding a car.*Problems to be solved for popularization of air taxis 2: Economic feasibility
<How to make a UAM boarding reservation through mobile>
The essential requirement of the economic perspective for the popularization of air taxis isthat the time and cost of use should be appropriateFrom the customer’s point of view, the price rationality should be secured compared to the existing public transportation, and profitability should be guaranteed from the business point of view.Accordingly, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport aims to increase the usage fee to 1,300 won for 30 kilometers of travel by 35 years.The government has set targets for the costs paid by passengers, but in the end, it has a difficult goal to prepare business operators to achieve.Businesses that produce or operate aircraft will have to create and validate numerous scenarios to make the business profitable, given the cost of building the aircraft, building the infrastructure, and operating the service, to come up with the best solution.*Problems to be solved for popularization of air taxis 3: ServiceEven if the cost problem is solved and the connection with other mobility is achieved, users will turn away from air taxis if it is not reasonable in terms of usage time.In order to solve this problem,Breakthrough reconstruction of service scenarios provided to passengersYou’ll have to do it.For example, with the introduction of intelligent technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data, it is to establish a service system so that service workers can quickly and accurately process tasks to be performed step by step.
<Procedure service scenario for air taxi passengers>
If an air taxi has to go through boarding procedures like a conventional aircraft, it will lose the charm of the air taxi as it will take longer for passengers to wait.However, it is true that due to the nature of an airplane, it can be used as a medium of terrorism by hacking, so there is a contradictory situation in which the procedure cannot be eliminated or oversimplified.

In response, Hanwha System ICT division presents optimal services for UAM mobility based on services and systems already verified in various business fields such as finance and smart factories.In the digital signage that we met on the 2021 SSME,AirTaxi Mobile App(App)Through the , the user can check out the check-in room.Easy check-in is possible just by walking to complete identification and baggage check-in.The sun is setting.This is a technology that allows sensing devices and automatic security scanners for biometric authentication based on personal information to quickly and safely check identities in conjunction with the occupant’s mobile reservation app.Such a system is also expected to be applied to Skyports, a company specializing in UAM downtown airport in the UK, and the air taxi city airport infrastructure to be built by Hanwha System.*Problems to Be Solved for Popularization of Air Taxi 4: Infrastructure
<UAM Infrastructure to be built by Hanwha Systems and Skyports>
Lastly, in Hanwha System, not only the services experienced directly by customers,maintenance,Inspection,Intelligent infrastructure, such as charging, etc.,We are developing innovative technologies for unmanned vehicles.It’s in .This is because if you optimize the aforementioned passenger service scenario and complete the procedure no matter how quickly you complete the procedure, you will not be able to achieve time economy.The implication of this situation is that the time efficiency of optimizing MRO (maintenance, repair, and operation) methods is greater than the time efficiency of optimizing the service scenario provided to the customer.In the end, the operator is not a conventional aircraft MRO method.New Maintenance MethodsIt is necessary to find a way to ensure the profitability of air taxi operators by creating,Monitor core parts by hourAt the same time, we will have to come up with technologies to ensure the safety of non-stop public transportation.

Hanwha System has a variety of perspectives.with passengersUAMOptimized Scenario for Business Operatorsis configured, and we are continuously verifying and realizing it through pre-secured solutions.In addition, the satellite is an essential technology element in the UAM industry, and each affiliate of Hanwha Group will be used as a base station to realize the connectivity of all devices in space and on the ground.Experience in the development of the propellant and the development of the satellite used in the launch of the Naro.I have it.As such, Hanwha System will make efforts to become a leading company in opening the era of the popularization of safer and more economical air taxis from technical capabilities and experiences in various fields for the UAM business.
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*This manuscript is my opinion and may differ from the official position of Hanwha System.