Lee Linker (concept design)

Linker (concept design)
Joowon Lee
Seoul, South Korea
(no website)

Joowon Lee is a recent graduate from Hongik University in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. For Lee's graduation project, he designed the Linker electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) passenger concept design aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM). Lee's Linker concept design aircraft has been featured on several news websites in September 2023. (Images: Joowon Lee)

Linker eVTOL passenger concept design aircraft
The Linker is an artificial intelligent autonomous piloted long-range eVTOL four to six passenger concept design aircraft that has been designed for air taxi service and private use, for the advanced air mobility nascent industry. The aircraft will easily transport people within the same city, in between two cities and for travel to rural destinations.

The aircraft has a futuristic look and the fuselage has a rectangular shape and has one main high wing with winglets. The aircraft has six tilt-propellers powered by six electric motors on the leading edge of its main wing. The landing gear has fixed tricycle strut landing gear. Fixed landing gear reduces the complexity of the aircraft reducing production cost, lowering the weight of the aircraft, reducing future maintenance costs, increases its reliability and increases safety.

The aircraft has large picture windows for spectacular views for the passengers. The front, rear and roof of the cabin has solid walls. The aircraft's interior has been designed from the start to be removable allowing an interior configuration to be arranged for four people for private use or six people for air taxi service. The interior is spacious providing passengers with a better flight experience. The interior has also been designed to have amble room to carry luggage for all passengers.

As the aircraft is piloted by artificial intelligence and as there is no cockpit, the entrance has been designed at front of the aircraft. The entrance has one stair case that flips down when landed and flips up for flight. The aircraft has one high wing with winglets.

Specifications:

• Aircraft type: eVTOL passenger concept design aircraft
• Piloting: Autonomous using AI technology
• Capacity: 4-6 passengers depending upon the seating arrangement plus luggage
• Cruise speed: Unknown
• Propellers: 6 tilt-propellers
• Electric motors: 6 electric motors
• Power source: Batteries
• Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
• Windows: Picture windows on each side of the fuselage for spectacular views with a solid roof above the passenger compartment
• Wings: 1 main high wing with winglets
• Landing gear: Fixed tricycle strut landing gear
• 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.

Resources:

• Article: Linker Urban Air Mobility Vehicle Concept for Future Urban Mobility in Congested City, Tuvie, date unknown
• Article: This public eVTOL seats up to 6 people at a time for the quickest air-taxi rides in the city, Yankee Design, Sept. 6, 2023
• Article: The Public eVTOL Design Project by Joowon Lee Readies for Urban Spaces, Trend Hunter, Sept. 7, 2023
• Article: The Sky is the Limit with Linker eVTOL, Beautiful Life, Sept. 8, 2023