The Physicist Who Challenged Aviation: Inside the Future of VTOL | EP.61

Episode notes

What if the future of flight didn’t come from aerospace giants - but from a physicist who once broke world speed records on a human-powered bicycle? In this episode of Industry Ignited , host Dr. Leeanne Aguilar sits down with Damjan Zabovnik , CEO of EV Corporation , to explore how radical efficiency, unconventional thinking, and persistence are reshaping aviation. Damjan shares his journey from designing the world’s most aerodynamic human-powered vehicles to developing next-generation electric VTOL aircraft and heavy-lift autonomous drones . The conversation dives into circular wing design, hybrid lift systems, edge AI autonomy, and why simplicity often beats complexity in aerospace engineering.

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