Skyportz and FlyNow Aviation, manufacturer of the eCopter – a compact, low-noise electric air taxi designed for urban cargo and passenger transport – have announced a collaboration which will see FlyNow the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) work directly with Skyportz on adapting vertipad designs to meet the requirements of its aircraft.
“This collaboration marks Skyportz’s first step in a broader series of OEM-specific partnerships, aimed at delivering tailored infrastructure solutions to accelerate the roll-out of urban air mobility vertiport networks,” according to a Skyportz press release. “Under this partnership, FlyNow and Skyportz will co-develop an integrated landing pad system to be offered alongside FlyNow aircraft fleets. This will enable customers to quickly deploy operational networks in urban and suburban areas, overcoming one of the major barriers to market entry: access to ready-to-use vertiport infrastructure.
The partnership will adapt Skyportz’s proprietary vertipad designs to align with FlyNow’s performance and safety requirements, including: pad size, load capacity, and markings tailored to FlyNow aircraft; enhanced downwash and outwash management to enable vertipad installation on smaller footprints; modular, flat-pack design for efficient transport and fast assembly at vertiport locations.
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