January 14, 2009 08:30 AM Eastern Time 

AeroCopter, Inc. Introduces a Mono-Tilt-Rotor (MTR) Vertical Lift Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft utilizing Electromagnetic Rotary Frictionless Technology

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroCopter, Inc., located in Boston, Massachusetts, is an entrepreneur-research based startup company that is pioneering the third generation of airborne transportation systems. The company has completed a detail design configuration for a commercial two-seat passenger Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) and military/civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aircraft, utilizing disruptive technologies which consist of an advanced rotary aircraft systems: a counter rotating Mono-Tilt-Rotor (electromagnetic rotary frictionless) and co-axial twisted electronic blade control. This new advanced MTR VTOL aircraft has the Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) capabilities of a helicopter with the horizontal speed and payload of a traditional jet airplane which enable on-demand and point-to-point high speed transportation services for Commercial and Military purposes while reducing capital and operating expenses.

The AeroCopter revolutionary VTOL PAV (Sarus) and VTOL UAV (Kestrel) uses a four-twisted blade, a MTR (ring), a fuselage which is encircled by the vehicle’s ring and one unified propulsion system which provides a power source during hover and flight modes. During take-off and landing flight operation, the ring lies horizontally and provides downward thrust to enable vertical take-off and landing. Once the vehicle has reached an altitude of 1,000 feet the ring rotates gradually to an angle of 87 degrees and locked to propel the aircraft forwards. Sarus aircraft is capable of carrying 2-8 passengers and their baggage while Kestrel aircraft is capable of carrying up to 400 lbs of food, supplies and or weaponry systems. Sarus and Kestrel have an estimated total gross weight of 2900 lbs and length (diameter) of 27 ft, allowing a cruise speed in excess of 220 knots at 8,000 feet and range of 300 nautical miles on one tank of fuel.

The company was founded in 2000 and backed by YAS Ventures LLC. Said AeroCopter founder, Siamak Yassini, “At AeroCopter, we have completely transformed the rotary aircraft technology into a new and innovative VTOL aircraft that will transform aviation technology in the 21^st century in the same manner that the Internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) transformed communications and information flow in the 1990’s.”

Now, AeroCopter is moving into its second stage of development, which will include the search for additional funding and the development of a prototype for flight demonstration.

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