Electric Jet Aircraft VertiCoupe
VertiCoupe
Electric Jet Aircraft
Anderson, Indiana, USA
www.electricjetaircraft.com
Pete Bitar founded Electric Jet Aircraft in 2018 in Indiana, USA, pursuing a lifelong goal to build an electric powered jetpack. Electric Jet Aircraft’s VertiCycle is an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) hoverbike and a competitor in Boeing's GoFly Prize (USA) competition.
Bitar started testing electric components for eVTOL aircraft in 2013 and originally wanted to make an eVTOL aircraft for agricultural applications but Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulatory rules would have been difficult to overcome for the aircraft. He decided instead to make small ultralight Part 103 personal aircraft instead with the first invention to be an all-electric personal jetpack. Then continued making other types of personal eVTOL aircraft.
The VertiCoupe is a two passenger eVTOL aircraft with six ducted fans which are a plug-and-play modular propulsion system. The cockpit of the aircraft is roomy and has many windows allowing forward, left, right, top and bottom visibility, for spectacular views. The power source is 100% battery power. The aircraft has tricycle fixed landing gear reducing the complexity of the aircraft.
The aircraft is small enough to make Urban Air Mobility (UAM) easy to accomplish as most people travel alone or in pairs. The small aircraft will also allow traveling in a city to be easy when flying between buildings and allowing passengers to land in many smaller landing pads.
The VertiCoupe is expected to used for in personal and commercial Urban Air Mobility, and the aircraft will also be marketed for military air transportation applications as well.
Specifications:
- Aircraft type: eVTOL aircraft
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Cruise speed: Unknown
- Range: Unknown
- Propulsion: 6 electric ducted fans
- Motor type: 4 - 25kw electric motors w/400 amp ESCs
- Energy type: Batteries (LiPo) 40 kwh @ 290 wh/kg
- Windows: Panoramic windows with a wrap around window design allowing forward, left, right, top and bottom visibility, for spectacular views
- Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
- Landing gear: Tricycle landing gear
- Safety features: Ballistic parachute with retro rocket system
Resources:
- Electric Jet Aircraft website
- Electric Jet Aircraft Twitter
- Article: From Lightning Weapons to Flying Cars, WIRED, Nov. 27, 2007
- Article: Watch This Drone Carry A Person, Popular Science, Apr. 14, 2015
- Article: Indiana aerospace takes off. State's attractiveness for industry skyrockets to sixth in nation, Greensburg Daily News, Apr. 12, 2017
- Article: Heavy-Hauling Drone Reaches Market, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Aug. 3, 2017
- Article: AHS Supports GoFly!, Vertiflite, Nov/Dec 2017
- Article: Meet the Teams, Go Fly Prize, Jan. 8, 2019
- Article: Oshkosh e-AirVenture, Vertiflite, Sep/Oct 2019
- Article: Flying Solo: GoFly Advances Single-Passenger Air Mobility Solutions, Vertiflite, May/June 2019
- Video: Electric Jet Aircraft. Q2, 2020 Overview Video, Pete Bitar, Apr. 28, 2020
- Article: GoFly Inspires Innovation, Vertiflite, May/June 2020
- Article: GoFly Teams Prepare to Fly Again, Vertiflite, Nov/Dec 2020
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