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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 125 - Virtual - November 2020
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.7 Other Organizations 4.7.3 Contributions to Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)
Title	Contributions to Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)
Presenter	Dave Klyde
Affiliation	STI
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Abstract	FAA BAA: Developing Means of Compliance for eVTOL Vehicles Development of new air vehicles have led to a proliferation of Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) vehicle concepts including electric vehicles, many of which are well funded and are in various stages of prototype development and test. These vehicles will almost exclusively feature fly-by-wire flight control systems that may feature advanced response-types. The processes and requirements needed to certify these disparate vehicles for operation within the National Airspace System are still emerging. To aid in the requirements and certification process, STI is defining and assessing means of compliance (MOC) through analysis and piloted simulation. NASA Phase I SBIR: A Portable Flight Test Display for UAM Means of Compliance Testing MTEs have for decades been used for handling qualities flight test evaluations of military rotorcraft. For low speed and hover MTEs, however, often elaborate ground courses are required to successfully complete the evaluations. To minimize the need for specific courses, a team led by STI is developing the Means of Compliance Requirements for UAM Evaluations and Ratings (MCRUER) system, a novel tablet-based cockpit display and sensor system that provides the test pilot evaluator virtual MTE courses from which to evaluate the vehicle against. NASA Phase I SBIR: Use of Pilot Models to Support Design, Analysis, and Certification of UAM Vehicles While many of the eVTOL concepts are envisioned to fly in an autonomous mode, the vehicles that will be certified by the FAA initially will all likely have pilot/operators on-board. Furthermore, these mostly electric vertical takeoff and landing concepts (eVTOL) will also likely feature advanced flight control concepts with highly augmented response types and a variety of cockpit control concepts from conventional helicopter to conventional fixed wing to unified (i.e., the F-35 approach). Given the industry push, these vehicles are clearly coming, but is the public ready to accept this disruptive technology? Besides the noise factor, which is not addressed here, there are safety and comfort factors to consider as well as a pilot pool that is likely to have less training and experience then those flying in the commercial transport market. To this end, a team led by STI is developing the UAM Pilot Assessment Software System (U-PASS) toolbox that will utilize a Task-Pilot-Vehicle (TPV) approach to assess safety in terms of handling qualities and comfort in terms of ride qualities.