Jump Aero’s JA1 Pulse: Something Out of “Star Wars”


“Star Wars” Meets AMS: that’s the best way to describe Jump Aero’s JA1 Pulse rapid response eVTOL (www. jumpaero.com). This one-person, eight- engine biplane looks like something out of science fiction, due to its striking configuration and bold design. The JA1 even launches and lands with the pilot/ flight medic standing straight up like Superman.


That’s not all; to navigate safely to a waiting patient, the pilot looks through a large belly window that makes it easy to see and descend to landing zones. Meanwhile, a built-in ballistic airframe parachute


provides safe emergency


landings in the event of a total loss of power. And the JA1 can even be loaded, without disassembly, on a flatbed trailer for easy transport across longer distances.


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“The Jump Aero JA1 Pulse rapid response eVTOL has been in development since 2019,” said Carl Dietrich, founder and CEO of Jump Aero. “It has a 325-pound payload capability, a 30-nautical-mile operational radius, and a 250-knots dash speed. It is designed specifically for rapid response in rural areas, and can provide advanced life support (ALS) services. Our vehicle is outfitted with top-line equipment including a heart monitor, a mechanical CPR machine, oxygen, and other ALS first-aid tools.”


According to Dietrich, the JA1 Pulse will be the fastest eVTOL in the world. “A standing tail-sitter with full envelope protection and the footprint of a large SUV, the Pulse can land on a single-lane dirt road and deploy as soon as the pilot is ready,” he said. “That’s much less than the three to five minutes to deploy a


typical helicopter air ambulance,


because the Pulse’s electric motors pay no maintenance penalty for going to full


power instantly.” Add the extra speed the Pulse enjoys compared to a ground vehicle, and it could arrive on scene up to 30 minutes before a ground ambulance can.


The only bad news: the JA1 Pulse is still years from service. “Our goal is to be ready to conduct trial operations in 2028, but that depends heavily on how many challenges we hit during full-scale flight testing in the intervening time,” Dietrich said. “This is a fundamentally new type of aircraft, and as such, predicting an exact timeline for deployment is fraught with uncertainty. What we can say is that we have clear demand signals from customers such as DoD and Falck, and we are pushing the development forward as fast as possible to support the safe deployment of this new capability as soon as possible.”


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