Edea 22/4 REVTOL

Edea 22/4 REVTOL
Edea
Thüringen, Vorarlberg, Austria
www.edea.at

Aircraft inventor Simon Etlinger founded the Edea company and is based in Austria. Etlinger as created several versions of hybrid-electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft for the Phase I, II and III of Boeing’s GoFly Prize contest. He completed the Phase III GoFly Prize competition with this aircraft. Etlinger is looking for investors to create an Urban Air Mobility VTOL aircraft and bring it to market for serial production.

While not much is known about rotorcraft, it hold one passenger and is capable of carrying a bottom removable cargo container. A unique feature of this rotorcraft are the multiple propellers used for both VTOL and forward flight. Three of those propellers are dedicated for forward flight only. 

Specifications:

• Aircraft type: eVTOL helicopter
• Piloting/Capacity: 1 person
• Cruise speed: Unknown
• Range: Unknown
• Rotorblades: 1 rotorblade
• Propellers: 11 propellers
• Electric Motors: 12 electric motors or more
• Power source: Batteries 
• Maximum payload: Unknown
• Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite 
• Windows: Helicopter-type full view front window/canopy
• Wings: Two high wings
• Landing gear: Skid type landing gear
• Safety Features: 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. Main rotorblade can autorotate to land the aircraft.

Resources:

• Edea website
• Simon Etlinger LinkedIn
• Article: GoFly Enters Phase II, Vertiflite, July/Aug. 2018
• Article: GoFly Hits 40, Electric VTOL News, Feb. 6, 2019
• Article: AHS Supports GoFly!, Vertiflite, Nov./Dec. 2017 
• Article: Flying Solo: GoFly Advances Single-Passenger Air Mobility Solutions, Vertiflite, May/June 2019
• Article: GoFly Inspires Innovation, Vertiflite, May/June 2020
• Article: GoFly Teams Prepare to Fly Again, Vertiflite, Nov./Dec. 2020