e-VTOL - Euro Flight Test

e-VTOL

Date:
03.09.2026 1500-1800 CET

Duration:
3 hours

Academics:
3 h lessons

Missions:
one exercise

Types:
N/A

Price:
200 €

e-VTOL

Overview

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to eVTOL certification and design, covering certification strategies and regulatory pathways, aircraft and system architectures, propulsion and flight control systems, simulation, laboratory and flight testing, performance and failure analysis, and the integration of engineering and flight test activities to achieve successful certification.

Course Topics

Fundamental certification pathway
- Oversight of European / US pathways & fundamental differences (UK with “special conditions” as interesting case)
- Certification strategy & Certification planning / structuring. How CERT directs aircraft/system/function - design
- Work streams between Authority & OEM (and internally)
- High level overview of main milestones during CERT
- Differentiation study between civil e-VTOL CERT & UAS CERT (incl. MIL UAS)
Fundamentals in e-VTOL design
- Airframe design(s)
- System architecture(s)
- Propulsion design (battery to propeller)
- Flight Control and CLAWS
- System Symphony (system tuning - in flight)
Testing
- Simulation
  - Role in Certification
- Laboratory
  - Role in Certification
- Flight Test
  - Role in Certification
  - Performance
  - System Failures
  - Tuning
  - Techniques
Summary and closing the loop between Engineering/Flight Test and Certification

Prerequisites:

basic English language proficiency

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