Flying Cars
We're taking to the skies with Patrick Hanley in this episode, to explore the world of flying car design. Discussing the opportunities & challenges of applying CFD to the design of new eVTOL vehicles
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In today’s episode we welcome back previous guest, friend of the show and all-round CFD expert, Patrick Hanley.
The last time Patrick was on the show we spoke about his experience as an independent CFD software vendor. This time we’re hearing about his adventures designing “flying cars” as part of the US-based startup Terrafugia.
We cover a lot of ground, including, but not limited to:
- How speed of execution is critical in the sprint to market & how different CFD tools can play into that (including a huge shout-out to Pointwise)
- The value of understanding what’s gone before, not only in terms of aircraft development, but also code development & being able to mine those archives to give you an unfair advantage today
- The importance of being able to select the right simulation tool for the job, being able to get multiple approaches to agree & the alarm bells that should go off when they don’t
Shownotes
- Connect with Patrick on LinkedIn mentioning the podcast 🙏
- Don’t forget to investigate Patrick’s own CFD codes at Hanley Innovations
- Check out what Terrafugia are up to, including their TF-2 & Transition vehicle concepts
- Patrick mentioned the NASA’s OpenVSP (Vehicle Sketch Pad) so here’s the link
- Keep up to date with what’s happening in this fast-moving space via the Vertical Flight Society website