myCopter Deliverable D6.5 - Final list of desirable features/ options for the PAV and supporting systems

Abstract

This deliverable gives an overview on the features and options a future PAV should exhibit and gives some insight into what a functional personal aerial transportation system could look like. Beginning with a short explanation of the intended use scenarios and the capabilities of the target users, requirements regarding the level of automation of the vehicle are derived. The need for easy handling characteristics is addressed in the following section and available response types for the vehicle dynamics to fulfil these needs are presented. The following two sections deal with the interaction of a PAV user with the vehicle itself. Conventional flight controls and new control concepts imaginable for PAVs are compared and human-machine interfaces like haptic feedback, displays, or brain-computer interfaces are discussed. The next section briefly discussed the issues a PAV navigation system has to cope with before the final list is concluded. Where appropriate the reader is referred to the deliverables and publications completed throughout the myCopter project for further reading.