{"id":22362,"date":"2022-06-06T23:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T23:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22362"},"modified":"2022-06-06T23:35:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T23:35:24","slug":"mayman-aerospace-debuts-speeder-air-utility-vehicle-auv-at-draper-venture-network-ceo-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/california\/mayman-aerospace-debuts-speeder-air-utility-vehicle-auv-at-draper-venture-network-ceo-summit\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Mayman Aerospace debuts Speeder Air Utility Vehicle (AUV) at Draper Venture Network CEO Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tim Draper and Mayman Aerospace CEO David Mayman launch a new age of VTOL flight. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mayman Aerospace<\/a> unveiled a flight-ready prototype of its Speeder Air Utility Vehicle (AUV) at this year’s annual Draper Venture Network CEO Summit in northern California. The debut appearance of the P2 Speeder, an aviation disrupting aircraft, represents a significant milestone for the compact, multi-use vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle. Boasting eight jet engines, the aircraft generated significant attention from investor and entrepreneur delegates attending the invitation-only event, many of whom, including Summit host Tim Draper, jumped on the Speeder to experience what the future of flight might feel like.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comparable to a motorbike in size, the Speeder prototype\nmarks the next steps on the journey towards the final aircraft which is being\ndesigned and modeled to lift 1000 lbs and fly 400 miles at over 500 mph in\nunpiloted cargo mode. Speeder P2 is the third full scale prototype developed by\nMayman Aerospace and will begin test flights in Q3 2022. The company is\ncurrently working closely with the FAA towards flight certification. Initial\ntest flights will be remotely controlled, with piloted tests anticipated\ntowards the end of Q4 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once certified, Speeder aircraft will enable an operator to\njump on, press start, and take off. Everything from the glossy, aerodynamic\ncarbon fiber body to the ergonomic pilot position is developed to provide Speeder\noperators with maximum flight efficiency and ultra-safe system redundancy. This\nincludes a proprietary onboard computer system developed to immediately\nrebalance engine thrust in the unlikely event of an engine anomaly. This will\nform an essential part of the aircraft safety systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faster and more powerful than electric drones and eVTOLs,\nsmaller and dramatically less expensive than a helicopter and powered by\nregular, Zero Net Carbon or Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), the Speeder AUV\ndefines a completely new class of aircraft. The technology enables economies of\nproduction scale over a very short timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayman Aerospace is currently in advanced conversations with\npotential customers in national defense, critical cargo, wildland firefighting\n(coordinated swarmed support for air tankers) and disaster relief (delivery of\nmedical supplies, water, generators, and medevac), with letters of intent from\nqualified non-retail customers being accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Draper, a primary investor in the project said, \u201cThe\nSpeeder AUV is a total game changer. It is one of the most exciting, industry\ndisrupting technologies we\u2019ve seen and we were thrilled to provide this\nplatform for its first public unveiling. We believe Speeder is the future of\nVTOL flight and I\u2019m personally looking forward to flying one myself.\u201d Company\nCEO David Mayman added, “Working with Tim Draper is a great honor and\npleasure. Tim’s guidance, vision and wisdom makes him an essential member of\nthe Speeder Team.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayman Aerospace, a JetPack Aviation Brand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JetPack Aviation Corporation, founded by serial entrepreneur\nDavid Mayman has created a new brand group called Mayman Aerospace which will\ninitially focus on developing Speeders for a variety of practical applications.\nThe existing JetPack Aviation brand group will continue to design and market\nJetPacks, JetPack Flight Experiences, JetPack Racing Series and JetPack\nEntertainment Flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayman said, \u201cWe launched JetPack Aviation a decade ago, and\nthe name has served development of our JetPack technology well, but as we look\nto the future, we needed a brand that clearly defines our professional, as\nopposed to consumer, Speeder product and markets. Mayman Aerospace is pushing\nthe outer limits of VTOL flight and will continue to innovate and incorporate\nnew technologies including hydrogen powered turbine engines, electric fanjets\nand turbofan propulsion, complex \u2018sense and avoid\u2019 sensors for autonomous\nswarming, and potentially even supersonic flight. At Mayman Aerospace, we never\nsay it can\u2019t be done. Instead, we ask how can we make it happen?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mayman Aerospace unveiled a flight-ready prototype of its Speeder Air Utility Vehicle (AUV) at this year’s annual Draper Venture Network CEO Summit in northern California. The debut appearance of the P2 Speeder, an aviation disrupting aircraft, represents a significant milestone for the compact, multi-use vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle. Boasting eight jet engines, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-california","category-evtol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mayman_Aerospace_P2_Prototype_of_Speeder-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22362"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22367,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22362\/revisions\/22367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}