AeroCopter's VTOL Design Configuration Flexibility
Configuration 1
- 2 Rings
- 8 Blades
- 4 Fan Jet Engines Mounted on outer ring,
used in all flight modes
Configuration 2
- 1 Ring
- 8 Blades
- 4 Fan Jet Engines Mounted on inner ring,
used in all flight modes
Configuration 3
- 1 Ring
- 4 Blades
- 4 Small Engines or Rocket Engines Mounted on blades,
used for Take off and Landing - 2 Small Jet Engines on Fuselage; used in cruise mode only
- Rotor stopped in cruise mode
Final Configuration for a PAV and UAV vehicles
- Counter-Rotating Mono-Tilt-Rotor Architecture
- Unique Co- Axial Rotor configuration
- Electronic Controlled Rotor Blade (Cyclic and Collective Pitch)
- Unified Propulsion System for Hover and Cruise mode
- Utilizing MAGLEV technology, frictionless rotary ring
- 2 Counter rotation twisted blades (High Aspect Ratio)
Prototypes
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