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Elevate Deflt Elevate 1 (concept design)

Elevate 1 passenger emergency medical eVTOL multicopter (concept design)

(Image credit: Elevate Delft)

Elevate 1 (concept design)
Elevate Delft B.V.
Deflt, The Netherlands
www.elevatedelft.com

Elevate Delft B.V. is located in Deflt, The Netherlands. The company is in the business of designing and manufacturing an emergency medical passenger electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) multicopter aircraft. A member of the company, Valter Somlai, witnessed critical gaps in emergency capabilities when an ambulance struggled to reach a medical emergency in rural Hungary in 2024. This experience was the catalyst to form the Elevate company. The company had conversations with their local fire department help design the aircraft. The company is a GoAERO Prize Stage 1 and Stage 2 winner.

The GoAERO Prize is a three year humanitarian competition designed to accelerate the development of next-generation rescue aircraft. Hundreds of teams worldwide are working to create eVTOL aircraft capable of saving lives in extreme weather, urgent healthcare situations and in areas inaccessible to traditional vehicles like helicopters or firetrucks.

Elevate 1 emergency medical passenger eVTOL multicopter (concept design)
The Elevate 1 is an autonomous emergency medical passenger eVTOL multicopter aircraft (concept design). The aircraft holds one paramedic, one patient, medical equipment and medicine. The multicopter has an aerodynamic design that is small enough to land at unprepared landing areas such as a lawn or field. While the aircraft is piloted autonomously, the aircraft is also monitored remotely and can intervene if needed.

The cruise speed of the aircraft is expected to be 126 km/h (78 mph) and has an anticipated range of 27 km (17 m). The maximum payload weight has been calculated at 146 kg (322 lb). The aircraft has six propellers, six electric motors and uses battery packs. The propeller arms fold to reduce the size of the aircraft when being transported by ground vehicles. The fuselage is made from carbon fiber composite to give the aircraft a high strength to low weight ratio. The aircraft has fixed skid landing gear.

The company's goal is to manufacture an aircraft that can fly over impossible terrain, operate in 15 m/s winds, wet conditions, capable of all-terrain landings, land in shallow water up to .5 m deep, handle complex obstacle avoidance and deliver life-saving help to people in need of immediate medical care. The aircraft would be used for urban rescues, rural rescues, mountain rescues and other inaccessible areas not available by roads. The company has stated their aircraft will be able to travel past blocked roads, collapsed bridges or wildfire lines. The multicopter has been designed with the forethought to be part of ground vehicle missions. The aircraft can ride on a trailer or truck bed and then be launched close to an incident.

About the GoAERO Prize Competition
The GoAERO Prize, sponsored by Boeing, is a three year competition (2024-2027) offering over $2 million USD in prizes that challenges engineers worldwide to create portable, versatile and autonomy-enabled Emergency Response Aircraft that address not only everyday medical emergencies but also to be used in natural disasters, humanitarian emergencies and climate crises worldwide. Each team designs and builds autonomous Emergency Response aircraft capable of delivering a first responder, medical equipment and supplies and ultimately evacuating victims in need to a rescue ambulance or hospital.

More than 150 teams from around the globe are competing for the GoAero prizes. The GoFly and GoAERO prizes were developed by Boeing and other organizations to help the nascent advanced air mobility (AAM) industry move forward.

Specifications:

  • Aircraft type: Emergency medical passenger eVTOL multicopter aircraft (concept design)
  • Piloting: Autonomous piloting with advanced sensor fusion with 6 cameras, 6 radar units, and far-infrared. This technology enables a robust autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance system.
  • Capacity: 2 passengers (1 paramedic and 1 patient) and high-value medical supplies
  • Cruise speed: 126 km/h (78 mph)
  • Range: 27 km (17 m)
  • Maximum payload weight: 146 kg (322 lb)
  • Propellers: 6 propellers. Innovative foldable propeller arms reduce transport width from 5.58m to 1.37m, enabling rapid deployment on standard highway trailers.
  • Electric motors: 6 electric rotors
  • Power source: Battery packs. Three switchable battery modules eliminate charging downtime, resulting in 37% increased mission productivity.
  • Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
  • Windows: Has two windows on the front corners of the fuselage
  • Landing gear: Fixed skid landing gear
  • Safety features: Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) uses multiple propellers or electric ducted fans, each powered by electric motors, to increase safety through redundancy. If one or more components fail, the remaining ones can still ensure a safe landing. There are also redundancies of critical components in the sub-systems of the aircraft providing safety through redundancy. Having multiple redundant systems on any aircraft decreases having any single point of failure. The aircraft has no moving surfaces or tilting parts when transitioning from vertical to forward flight and the reverse which increases safety by reducing complexity.

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