Doroni Aerospace Carbon One (concept design)
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Carbon One (concept design)
Doroni Aerospace
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
www.doroni.io
Founder and CEO Doron Merdinger started the Doroni company in 2016 because he believes the technology is now here to make the future of traveling clean and wheelless. Merdinger from the start, wants his electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to be available to purchase from the consumer, businesses and governments. "Why limit the future?," says Merdinger, "Allow everyone to buy these (aircraft)."
Passenger safety and aircraft durability
The number one priority of the company is passenger safety. The aircraft has to be completely safe. The additional goals for the aircraft will be for the aircraft to be very easy to use (simpler than driving a car), fast Urban Air Mobility (UAM), affordable to everyone and no exhaust pollution. The eVTOL aircraft will have multiple ways for controlling the aircraft including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and sensor systems.
Award winning design
On June 10, 2021, Space Florida and the Florida Venture Forum announced that Doroni won the 2nd Place prize of $15,000.00 USD at the all-virtual sixth annual 2021 Aerospace Innovation and Tech Forum. Twenty presenting companies were selected from a pool of more than 84+ applicants by a committee of active Florida venture capital investors. Space Florida provided the Accelerating Innovation prize money totaling $100,000.00 USD.
The company has an international team of engineers and designers prototype building, testing and ultimately, designing their production aircraft. The company is building a production prototype now but is not available for public viewing.
Carbon One passenger eVTOL aircraft (concept design)
Carbon One is a one passenger eVTOL aircraft, its name based on the type of fuselage it would have had, if produced. Carbon One was never intended as a production prototype. This is the first concept design for an eVTOL aircraft by the company, to get things started. The company didn't make a working prototype for Carbon One because they decided to upon a new design, for their next prototype. The aircraft was planned to be a self-balancing aircraft.
The eVTOL aircraft is piloted using joysticks for flight control with the option of using automatic flight controls. The estimated cruise speed, range, flight time and other specifications were never made known to the general public. The aircraft has three ducted propeller housings with two propellers inside each housing. The propellers are powered by six electric motors and powered by battery packs.
The pilot sits in an open cockpit with a seat belt and shoulder harness restraint system to secure the safety of the pilot during flight. The pilot wears a pilot's helmet for safety. The fuselage is made from carbon fiber composite for a high strength and low weight ratio. It is unknown what type of landing gear is on the aircraft.
Future
The company predicts their eVTOL aircraft will eliminate the need for all roads. The company is also looking for investors. The company foresees that after a successful launch of their product their estimate for the first year in sales will be five million USD. In 2020, the company planned to launch their first eVTOL aircraft in 2023. In 2026, the company anticipates serial production of their aircraft will take place in 2028.
Specifications:
- Aircraft type: Passenger eVTOL aircraft (concept design)
- Piloting: 1 pilot with manual and automatic flying controls. The pilot will have a joysticks for flight control.
- Cruise speed: Unknown
- Propellers: 6 ducted propellers
- Electric Motors: 6 electric motors
- Power source: Battery packs
- Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
- Windows: Open cockpit with seat belt and shoulder harness restraint system
- Landing gear: Unknown. The aircraft possibly lands gear on the bottom of its ducted propeller housings.
- Safety Features: The aircraft can take over the flying of the aircraft, if the passenger makes a mistake during flight because the aircraft will have Artificial Intelligence (AI) to keep the passenger safe. The aircraft is also self-balancing. Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP), provides safety through redundancy for its passengers and/or cargo. DEP means having multiple propellers and motors on the aircraft so if one or more motors or propellers fail, the other working motors and propellers can safely land the aircraft.
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- Doroni Aerospace H1 (technology demonstrator)
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- Doroni Aerospace X8 (concept design)
- Doroni Aerospace Yellowjacket Y6 (prototype)
Company Insights:
Resources:
- Doroni Aerospace website
- Doroni Aerospace Facebook
- Doroni Aerospace X (Formerly Twitter)
- Doroni Aerospace YouTube Channel
- Doroni Aerospace Instagram
- Doroni Aerospace LinkedIn
- Video: The Doroni Motion, Doroni, May 27, 2017
- Video: Doroni - A Wheelless vehicle, Doroni, July 11, 2017
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