The Allplane Podcast #139: eVTOL supply chains with Stefan Schamberger (Nova Elevation)
eVTOL developers promise thousands of aircraft by the start of next decade, but is this realistic?
I am not even talking about the long and costly certification processes, let’s assume, for the sake of simplicity, that this is sorted.
What about the capacity of aerospace supply chains, already strained trying to cope with the demand from traditional aircraft makers, to serve this new growth market?
Are the current processes and technologies flexible enough to respond to this market demand?
We are going to talk about all this with this episode’s guest, Stefan Schamberger, an aerospace supply chain expert who knows the world of aerostructures manufacturing inside out.
In this industry analysis writings, Stefan raises also an interesting point: what if the ultimate value delivered by the whole advanced air mobility (AAM) revolution was to facilitate the advent of the new generation mid-sized airliner which both Boeing and Airbus are aiming to launch some time in the middle of the next decade?
How transfereable are skills and technologies between the “old” and “new” aerospace industries?
Tune in for a fascinating chat about the industrial processes and infrastructure that make today’s aerospace industry possible!
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Things we talk about in this episode
Stefan’s professional background in aerospace and his work in advanced air mobility
The state of advanced air mobility supply chains
How talent and technology flows between traditional aerospace and advanced air mobility
Composites and aerostructures for eVTOLs: how are they made?
Could advanced air mobility know-how become the cornerstone for the next generation airliner
New technologies in aerostructures manufacturing
Resources
Stefan onboard an Archer Midnight eVTOL
Aciturri, the Spanish company recently acquired by Sonaca
“The Next-Generation Single Aisle Will Reshape AAM — Not the Other Way Around”, an interesting article by Stefan, which we discuss
“Why are leading aerostructures suppliers flocking to the eVTOL industry?”, the article about eVTOL aerostructures that we discuss
How Joby is producing composite aerostructures in-house
Autoclave during Joby aerostructure production process
Podcast Music: Five Armies by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3762-five-armies
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Interview Transcript:
(please note that, although we strive to make it as close as possible to the original recording, the transcript may not be 100% accurate)
