RAeS Evening Lecture
The RAeS Boscombe Down Branch invites you to attend the following Evening Lecture
myCopter – Paving the way for personal Air Vehicles
Dr Mike Jump, University of Liverpool
A former Eurofighter/Typhoon aerodynamicist at BAE Systems, Dr. Jump obtained his PhD from the University of Liverpool in 2007 and has been a Lecturer and now Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering there since that year.
His current research interests include rotorcraft handling qualities (Dr. Jump sits on the AHS Handling Qualities Technical Committee), novel configuration design and the practical use of aerial autonomous systems.
He was Principal Investigator at the University on the project to which this presentation relates, ‘myCopter’.
He qualified for a PPL(A) in 1997 and is currently undertaking training towards an IMC Rating.
The European Commission report ‘Out of the Box’ spawned a number of projects aimed at stimulating innovative thinking in the civilian air transport domain. One such project, ‘myCopter’, aimed to investigate the technological, socio-economic and human factors surrounding personal aerial transportation systems (or, as the Press would have it, ‘Flying Cars’).
This presentation will describe the results obtained from the Handling Qualities (HQ) approach adopted to establish guidance on acceptable HQ for such vehicles and the likely training requirements that would result from their adoption.
Lecture Hall
MOD Boscombe Down
Amesbury, Wiltshire, SP4 0JF
17:00 –Tea and Coffee available
17:15 –Lecture Starts
Are you pursuing CEng, IEng or EngTech status? Attendance at our lectures will help you meet your CPD requirements, and certificates of attendance will be provided!
External members will need to declare their intention to attend this lecture by emailing the Member’s secretary (members@BoscombeDownRAeS.org) or by calling Jeslin on 01980 663910.
Visitors welcome – you do not need to be a member of the Branch, nor a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society, to attend.
For further details, contact James Innes on 01980 664284 or visit www.BoscombeDownRAeS.org