TESTIMONY
Lydon Sleeper, East Policy Lead at Joby Aviation, on Joby's Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft and Infrastructure for Sustainable Aerial Mobility in New York City
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Lydon Sleeper, the East Policy Lead at Joby Aviation, testifies about Joby's electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and the company's support for developing infrastructure to enable sustainable aerial mobility in New York City.
- He highlights New York City's leadership in adding charging infrastructure for eVTOL aircraft at iconic locations like Wall Street heliport.
- Sleeper discusses Joby's aircraft design focused on minimizing noise, with features like optimized blade shape and tip speeds.
- The aircraft registers around 45 decibels from 500 meters altitude at 100 knots airspeed, barely perceptible against city ambient noise.
- Joby supports public-private partnerships to prepare infrastructure for eVTOL operations in the city.
- With the infrastructure ready, Sleeper expresses confidence that operators and passengers will choose Joby's quiet, sustainable eVTOL aircraft.
Lydon Sleeper
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Alright.
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Thanks so much.
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Hello.
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Hello.
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I'm Leiden Super from Joby Aviation.
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Joby is grateful for the opportunity to testify here today and grateful for the city's continuing leadership in paving the way for electric aerial mobility.
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The city's announcement to add charging infrastructure to support electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, EV tools.
Andrew Rosenthal
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We'll
Lydon Sleeper
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at the iconic Wall Street, Elaport, as well as East 34th Street, Elaport, ensures that New York City will continue to be a global leader in the future of aviation pave the way for quiet, sustainable mobility.
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We're honored to bring the JOB aircraft to New York City last November, and we're grateful for all the members of the council who were there for that ex exhibition flight.
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From day 1, the Joby aircraft was designed with acoustics in mind.
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With a number of propellers blades, blade shape, radius tip speeds, disc loading, of all the aircraft selected to minimize its acoustic footprint and improve the character of the sound produced.
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The results The aircraft registered the equivalent of 45 weighted decibels from an altitude of 500 meters at a 100 knots.
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Airspeed.
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A sound that Jovi believes will be barely perceptible against the ambient noise of cities.
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Take off and landing profiles were found to be below 65 decibels.
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A noise comparable to a normal conversation at a distance of about a hundred meters from the flight path.
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Specific to the legislation resolutions being heard today.
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Joby is grateful for the council's prioritization of quiet, electric aviation.
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We share the goal of making aerial mobility quiet sustainable and accessible for New Yorkers.
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We support the city's current approach of working with the entire vertical lift industry to invest in infrastructure needed for us to take off and land from the city's teleports by embracing public private solutions to ready the city's infrastructure in New York City will lead the world in quiet electric aerial mobility.
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Once the infrastructure is installed and we're flying here, we're confident the operators and passengers will choose our quiet, sustainable aircraft.
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And we'll see more applications for EV tools throughout the region.
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Thank you.
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