“SkyDrive Collaborates with DUC Hélices to Develop Rotor for eVTOL SD-05”

Sky­Drive has announced a col­lab­o­ra­tion with DUC Hélices Pro­pellers to devel­op rotors for its eVTOL SD-05, reports a press release.

The Japan-based company’s ambi­tion is to “take the lead in the once-in-a-cen­tu­ry mobil­i­ty rev­o­lu­tion” and its vision of cre­at­ing a future in which “the gen­er­al pub­lic, in Japan and around the world, use eVTOLs to meet their dai­ly mobil­i­ty needs.”

The release explains, “DUC Hélices Pro­pellers spe­cialis­es in high-per­for­mance car­bon com­pos­ite pro­pellers and rotors, com­bin­ing exper­tise in aero­dy­nam­ics and com­pos­ite mate­ri­als.”

It con­tin­ues, “The com­pa­ny offers prod­ucts for air­planes, heli­copters and mul­ti­copters and is glob­al­ly recog­nised for its com­mit­ment to avi­a­tion safe­ty, with cer­ti­fi­ca­tions from EASA, FAA, and oth­er inter­na­tion­al author­i­ties.”

Arnaud Cov­ille, Chief Devel­op­ment Offi­cer of Sky­Drive, com­ment­ed, “DUC Hélices has already proven to be incred­i­bly agile. By lever­ag­ing their in-house exper­tise and part­ner capa­bil­i­ties, they deliv­ered ini­tial prod­ucts with­in four months. These have achieved strong per­for­mance on the test rigs, mark­ing a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone in advanc­ing our air­craft devel­op­ment toward type cer­ti­fi­ca­tion.”

Vin­cent Duqueine, Pres­i­dent of DUC Hélices Pro­pellers, added, “Devel­op­ing rotors for SkyDrive’s eVTOL vehi­cle is an incred­i­ble oppor­tu­ni­ty to put our exper­tise to work for the future of air mobil­i­ty. The chal­lenge is sig­nif­i­cant: design­ing and pro­duc­ing rotors that deliv­er per­for­mance while min­imis­ing vibra­tion and noise, mak­ing urban air mobil­i­ty qui­et and safe for all.”

Sky­Drive eVTOL SD-05 Fly­ing at the Osa­ka Expo

The release con­tin­ues, “The Sky­Drive mul­ti-rotor eVTOL air­craft is pro­pelled by 12 motors and three-blad­ed rotors. In such mul­ti-rotor eVTOL con­fig­u­ra­tions, the rotors are crit­i­cal­ly impor­tant com­po­nents that gen­er­ate lift and thrust, enabling pre­cise con­trol of the aircraft’s atti­tude and move­ment via indi­vid­ual rotor speed adjust­ments. This dis­trib­uted propul­sion sys­tem also sig­nif­i­cant­ly con­tributes to noise reduc­tion, redun­dan­cy, and over­all flight safe­ty.”

Back­ground

Found­ed in 1997, DUC Hélices has estab­lished itself as a lead­ing com­pa­ny in the field of aero­nau­tics. The com­pa­ny is known for its dual know-how in aero­dy­nam­ics and com­pos­ite mate­ri­als, guar­an­tee­ing high-per­for­mance, silent and robust prod­ucts. DUC Hélices is also involved in the Aero­space sec­tor.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://en.skydrive2020.com/

https://www.duc-helices.com/en

(Top image: Arnaud Cov­ille, Sky­Drive Chief Devel­op­ment Offi­cer, Vin­cent Duqueine, Pres­i­dent of DUC Hélices Pro­pellers)

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