Welcome to the final day of Engineer's Week! Today's question: In which order will the following fly first for revenue service and approximately how time is needed for the others to follow? Unmanned aircraft with cargo payload, Unmanned aircraft with package payload, Manned eVTOL with passenger ...

Hi!: I'd say the Air Taxi has an immediate future, VTOL is a must for this type of operation, just the fear a propeller blade goes away concerns me, some accidents happened in the last days of reciprocating engine airliners, propellers dettached from engine, flew away, and cut the cabin of aircraft. ...

The order of deployment of revenue services with these four aircraft is as follows: Unmanned Aircraft with package Payload: Time to execute for revenue streams: After 2025 Currently on Trial Phase: Example of recent Trials: United Paracel Services (UPS) delivered 3700 drones to ...

Unmanned w/package.  <2 yrs years, as prototypes have already been proven, and small airframes/ short distances allow easy recharging/refueling.  First seen in semi-isolated populated communities with limited road networks or runways (islands off the WA/BC coast, Bahamas, Philippines, mountainous urban ...

I predict that the following order for these flying technologies (years all from now): 1. Unmanned aircraft with package payload: 0-3 years 2. Unmanned aircraft with cargo payload: 4-6 years 3. Manned eVOTL with passenger payload: 8-10 years 4. Unmanned eVOTL with passenger payload: 11-13 years Unmanned ...

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I predict the following order with the time needed from now for each type. 1.  Unmanned aircraft with packages : 0-2 years. 2.  Unmanned aircraft with cargo : 3-5 years. 3.  Manned eVTOL with passengers: 4-6 years. 4.  Unmanned eVTOL with passengers :7-9 years. ------------------------------ ...