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      This Flying Taxi Could Reshape Your Commute

      First debuted at CES 2024, the Supernal S-A2 is an electric air taxi that promises to reduce carbon emissions and transform city travel. To create this state-of-the-art air vehicle, Supernal utilized Model-Based Design with MATLAB® and Simulink® to shorten development cycles and meet demanding quality requirements. The Supernal team uses Unreal Engine® for 3D animation of simulation models and battery data—including state of charge, temperature, and power consumption.

      Hear from MathWorks CEO Jack Little to better understand this engineered system, including how the aircraft is built, and what it means for the future of aviation.

      Published: 24 Oct 2024

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      Imagine you call for a taxi and an airplane shows up. This story is about an amazing engineered system, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft being developed by a California company named Supernal.

      The battery-powered S-A2 has eight tilting rotors, four in each wing. The rotor's pivot from vertical on takeoff to forward on cruise. The air taxi has space for four passengers, their luggage, and a pilot. It's designed for short trips of up to 60 miles and has an average cruising speed of 120 miles per hour. Pretty cool.

      This is new aviation, or aero meets auto. To develop this engineered system, Supernal uses model-based design with MATLAB and Simulink to achieve rapid design cycles and meet demanding quality requirements. Supernal engineers use MATLAB and Simulink to develop the flight controls, aeronautics, battery management, and many other systems.

      Hardware prototyping is done with Simulink Real-Time and Speedgoat. They do 3D animation of their simulation model using Unreal Engine through Simulink 3D animation and UAV Toolbox. Their simulation includes battery data, such as state of charge, temperature, and power consumption, aircraft asset information, and integration with Google tiles to simulate real world locations.

      Supernal are currently transitioning from research to production, so they are adopting a DO-178C-like workflow with requirements Toolbox and Simulink Test. The Supernal S-A2, engineers advancing the world.

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