Prasad Lifter (concept design)

(Image credit: Hari Prasad)

Lifter (concept design)
Hari Prasad
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
www.linkedin.com/in/haric99

Hari Prasad based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy is an advanced mobility designer with a Masters in Transportation and a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Prasad designs short and long distance passenger electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for advanced air mobility (AAM), underground logistics pod vehicles (and systems) and architectural mobility.

When designing, Prasad is looking to the future and asking the following types of questions. How can humans co-exist in the wild and still preserve the biodiversity of the forests? How can we make mobility inside large urban areas both more convenient and cleaner? Can we find resources from nature to make our vehicles more sustainable? Some of his answers includes making high-rise houses where parts of the houses are modular and mobile. He proposes that passenger eVTOL aircraft is used as the main source of travel within cities. He also recommends to build eVTOL aircraft out of sustainable material.

Lifter short-range passenger and home pod eVTOL concept design aircraft
The Lifter is short-range passenger and home pod eVTOL concept design aircraft made for advanced air mobility (AAM). The home pod concept is Prasad's invention of making a small urban home that is a modular and is mobile. The idea for home pods is they are planned to be located on top of high-rise structures and because of this, are air lifted by the Lifter air taxi to move pods from one part of the city to another area of the city.

The aircraft can be flown by one pilot or by using an artificial intelligent (AI) pilot. The aircraft has one large helicopter type window in the front of the fuselage. The cruise speed and other flight specifications have not been estimated by the designer. The aircraft has two electric ducted fans (EDFs), uses four electric motors and is powered by batteries. The aircraft is made from carbon fiber compost for a high strength to low weight ratio. The aircraft has one rear high main wing with winglets and has an open undercarriage similar to the Erickson S-64 Air Crane heavy-lift helicopter. The maximum payload weight of the aircraft has not been estimated by Prasad.

Safety features include 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 wing surfaces when transitioning from vertical to forward flight and the reverse, which increases safety by reducing complexity.

Specifications:

• Aircraft type: Short range passenger and home pod eVTOL concept design aircraft
• Piloting: 1 pilot or AI piloting
• Capacity: 1 home pod and passengers
• Cruise speed: Unknown
• Maximum payload weight: Unknown
• Propellers: 2 electric ducted fans (EDFs)
• Electric motors: 4 electric motors
• Power source: Batteries
• Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
• Windows: 1 front window for the pilot
• Wings: 1 rear high main wing with winglets
• Landing gear: Unknown

Related Aircraft:

• Prasad Mobula (concept design)
• Prasad Mover (concept design)

Resources:

• Hari Prasad LinkedIn
• Hari Prasad Behance
• Hari Prasad Mobula Portfolio on Behance
• Hari Prasad Transportation Design Portfolio on Behance