Flyt Aerospace Medevac Drone (concept design)

Medevac Drone (concept design)
Flyt Aerospace
Cupertino, California, USA
www.flytaerospace.com

Flyt Aerospace was founded in June 2013 in Cupertino, California, USA by Ansel Misfeldt. In ninth grade, Misfeldt dreamed he could fly to school each morning so he could sleep in longer in the mornings. He studied at the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California, USA) obtaining a business degree in 2010 while taking courses in mechanical engineering and in material science at the same time. He also studied some aerospace engineering on his own time while at the university. All the while, he continued his dream of creating a small one person flying machine and had made hundreds of drawings and sketches of aircraft up to 2013. The company is currently seeking investors. (Image credits: Ansel Misfeldt)

Misfeldt quit his job in early 2013, started his own aerospace company and has focused on building his own personal flying eVTOL aircraft and small drones since then. Misfeldt reveals that creating a personal flying machine is a very difficult and a complex problem. He has designed, manufactured and flown at least nine different prototypes. Two of his early prototypes were vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) multicopter aircraft powered by gasoline engines using mechanical gears, shafts and pulleys to transfer the power to the propellers. The remainder of his prototypes are electric VTOL (or eVTOL) multicopter aircraft made with the ultimate goal of creating a personal aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM).

Flyt Aerospace is now in the business of selling a small eVTOL drone called the Defender X4E with a maximum payload of 5 lb (2.27 kg) with over one hour endurance that are sold to government entities and the military. The Defender X4E has been designed to allow it to have many options so the drone can be adapted to the customer's requirements. Recently, Misfledt has partnered with the Land Rotor, based in Florida, USA and is creating passenger eVTOL aircraft for Land Rotor, for advanced air mobility.

Medevac Drone eVTOL concept design multicopter military drone
The Medevac Drone is a one passenger (an injured solider) eVTOL concept design multicopter military drone. The Medevac Drone has been specifically designed for use by the military in battlefield conditions. The aircraft is intended to be small enough to sneak a medic into a battlefield virtually undetected, then the medic would prepare the injured solider that needed to be air lifted. Once ready for air transportation, the drone would evacuate the injured solider safely to a combat support hospital (CSH, pronounced "cash"). Former U.S. battlefield hospitals were called MASH units (mobile army surgical hospital).

The drone is flown remotely or autonomously, has designed to be quiet, has a low profile and has made for low altitude flying to keep the injured out of harms way from enemy forces. If a military requires the medic be present on the return flight, a large Medivac Plus drone would need to be purchased because the Medivac Plus holds two people. A drone that has not been designed yet.

The aircraft has eight propellers, eight electric motors and is powered by battery packs. There are two propeller ducts with two stacked propellers inside of each duct on the four corners of the aircraft. The ducted propellers can move to a vertical position to keep the aircraft as small as possible while in storage or when transporting the multicopter by truck, ship or aircraft. The aircraft can be charged in the field using solar panels. The multicopter is made from carbon fiber composite material to give the fuselage a high-strength and low weight ratio.

Current Flyt Aerospace design and manufacturing capabilities
Flyt Aerospace is now in the business of selling a small eVTOL drone called the Defender X4E with a maximum payload of 5 lb (2.27 kg) with over one hour endurance that are sold to government entities and the military. The Defender X4E has been designed to allow it to have many options so the drone can be adapted to the customer's requirements. Recently, Misfledt has partnered with the Land Rotor, based in Florida, USA and is creating passenger eVTOL aircraft for Land Rotor, for advanced air mobility.

Specifications:

• Aircraft type: eVTOL medivac concept design military done
• Piloting: Remote or autonomous
• Capacity: 1 person and medical supplies and instruments to keep an injured person safe
• Cruise altitude: Low altitude flying to keep military personnel safe from enemy fire
• Maximum payload weight (estimated): 325 lb (147 kg)
• Propellers: 8 ducted propellers
• Electric motors: 8 electric motors
• Power source: Battery packs
• Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
• Landing gear: Lands on the bottom of its fuselage
• Safety features: Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP), provides safety through redundancy for its passengers and/or cargo. DEP means having multiple propellers (or ducted fans) and motors on the aircraft so if one or more propellers (ducted fans) or motors fail, the other working propellers (or ducted fans) and motors can safely land the aircraft. There are also redundancies of critical components in the sub-systems of the aircraft.

Related Aircraft:

• Flyt Aerospace FlytCycle 16 (defunct)
• Flyt Aerospace FlytCycle V1 (defunct)
• Flyt Aerospace FlytCycle V1.5 (defunct)
• Flyt Aerospace FlytCycle V2 (defunct)
• Flyt Aerospace FlytCycle V3 (concept design)
• Flyt Aerospace Hoverboard (defunct)
• Flyt Aerospace Liberator (defunct)
• Flyt Aerospace Mark III (defunct)
• Flyt Aerospace Mark IV (defunct)
• Flyt Aerospace Red Hummingbird (concept design)
• Flyt Aerospace Supply Drone (concept design)
• Flyt Aerospace Troop Transporter FT-2 (concept design)
• Land Rotor AAM Sportster (concept design)
• Land Rotor AAM Sportster (prototype)

Resources:

• Flyt Aerospace website
• Flyt Aerospace YouTube Channel
• Video: Flyt 16 miscellaneous flight tests, Flyt Aerospace, Sept. 27, 2016
• Video: Guy builds working hoverbike in garage, Flyt Aerospace, July 17, 2017