As part of its ongoing efforts to study the safety of new advanced air mobility technology, NASA recently smashed a mockup eVTOL aircraft cabin full of crash-test dummies into the ground to find out what might happen to the occupants in the event of an emergency landing. The agency released a video showing several views of the test article crashing into the ground in slow motion as its overhead structure collapses.
NASA conducted the full-scale crash at the Landing and Impact Research facility at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The aircraft cabin was a test article developed by NASA’s Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology project, which researches and invests in the technologies that will enable the introduction of new aerial vehicles associated with advanced air mobility, such as eVTOL aircraft that can carry passengers or cargo in areas currently underserved by aviation.
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