The Vertical Flight Society has an extensive library of educational videos on vertical flight. In addition to those available to the public on our YouTube Channel, more in-depth videos are available for VFS members by logging in at the top of the page.
Check out our most recent videos in the Vertical Flight Video Library. Find videos from 2020-2021 VFS events here.
These are older vidoes from 2012-2019.
2019
VFS Infrastructure Advisor Rex Alexander spoke about rotorcraft and eVTOL on panels at the National Business Aviation Association's Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE) on Oct. 22-24, 2019. He conducted video interviews of executives at Bell and XTI Aircraft Company, as posted on the VFS YouTube Channel. - VFS produced in-depth video interviews of executives from A³ by Airbus (Vahana) and Opener (BlackFly) about their eVTOL aircraft at the Experimental Aviation Association’s (EAA) AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in July. The videos are posted on the VFS YouTube Channel.
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VFS / CAFE Foundation’s 13th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium, held July 20-21, 2019, in conjunction with the EAA annual AirVenture in Oshkosh, July 22-28. Two dozen of the world’s leading electric aircraft developers and technology experts spoke at EAS 2019, all of which are available for viewing in 26 videos on the VFS YouTube Channel. Don’t have time to watch all the videos? We’ve summarized the key points for each speaker!
The special sessions and plenary events at Forum 75, May 13-17, 2019, were video recorded. All 18 videos — totaling more than 30 hours — are available for viewing at no cost to our members.-
Log in at the top of the page with your membership credentials and then check out the Forum 75 videos!
- VFS videos from Heli-Expo 2019, March 4-7, 2019 (learn more)
- SureFly Project Manager Jeffrey Bennett
- Hughes Aerospace Corp President & CEO, Chris Baur
- Adler Group’s VP, Daniele Romiti
- NEMSPA President, Brett Harlow
- Garmin: Pat Coleman
VFS media briefing, The Future of Vertical Flight, March 4- VFS panel on The Electric VTOL Revolution, March 6
- Interviews at Heli-Expo, March 4-6
- Robinson Helicopter Press Conference
- MD Helicopters Press Conference
- Bell Nexus Partner Panel
- Sikorsky & The Space Ship Company Press Conference
- Airbus Helicopters Innovation Press Conference
The 6th Annual VFS Electric VTOL Symposium, Jan 2019, Mesa, AZ. All of the invited presentations were recorded and are available to VFS members at no charge. Two short courses were held, which can be purchased through our video-on-demand system.- More than 50 videos of the plenary and eVTOL presentations — more than 20 hours of video are available!
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Design: This 7-hour course provides an overview of the unique design challenges of this new class of vehicles. Both electric and hybrid-electric passenger-carrying vertical flight aircraft are covered for a variety of missions ranging from personal/private use to urban air taxis to regional electric VTOL. Instructor: James Wang. Download the course description and register for this insightful course.
- Short Course on Electric VTOL Aeromechanics & Acoustic Prediction Software: This 1½ day course taught attendees how to use PSU-WOPWOP, CDI's CHARM and NASA's OpenVSP modeling tools to conduct acoustic prediction of Electric VTOL configurations Instructors: Dr. Ken Brentner, Penn State; Dan Wachspress, Continuum Dynamics; Dr. Rob McDonald and Alex Gary, Uber Elevate. Download the course description and purchase the video-on-demand recording this groundbreaking course — only $99 for an 8.5 hours of training.
2018
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The opening of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Center for Mobility with Vertical Lift (MOVE) was held on Oct. 2-3, 2018, at the university, located in Troy, New York. VFS video-captured all the presentations.
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VFS sponsored the video capture of the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency (CAFE) Foundation's 12th Annual Electric Aircraft Symposium (EAS), held July 21–22, 2018 in conjunction with the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. These videos can be found on the VFS YouTube Channel; see also the VFS Electric VTOL News website for more information.
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The special sessions and plenary events at Forum 74 were video recorded. Check out the Forum 74 videos. -
Two short courses held at Forum 74 are available as video-on-demand. Check out these trailers as an example of the in-depth technical content provided in more than 5 hours of lectures each!
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Rotorcraft Modeling Short Course: This course reviews various rotorcraft configurations and the challenges they represent.
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Electric VTOL Short Course: The Vertical Flight Society's inaugural Short Course on Electric VTOL Technology includes lectures on fundamentals of eVTOL, permanent magnet motors and hybrid electric VTOL experience.
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VFS conducted a 1-hour Press Briefing at Heli-Expo 2018 entitled, “The Electric VTOL Revolution,” on Feb. 28, 2018.
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5th Annual Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) Workshop, Jan. 2018 in San Francisco: Presentations and videos | summary article | event page
2017
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4th Annual Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) Workshop, June 2017 as part of AIAA's AVIATION 2017 conference: Presentations and video
2015
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2nd Annual Transformative Vertical Flight (TVF) Workshop, Aug. 2015 at NASA Ames: Presentations and video | summary article | event page | proceedings
2012
- The 2012 Alexander A. Nikolsky Lecture, "Handling Qualities Engineering," by Prof. Gareth Padfield, was given again on Oct. 17, 2012, to the (then) AHS Atlanta Chapter. It was held at and recorded by Georgia Institute of Technology.
We also have a great collection of videos and lectures on electric VTOL, historical aircraft, the human powered helicopter competition and much more on our @VTOLsociety channel on YouTube. Check them out!