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Design & Illustration by Richard Garvin Feb. 2015 Vertical Take Off and Landing Aircraft

VTOL Commercial ApplicationsVTOL Technology Converted for Urban Flight Applications Military Technology Adapted for Civilian Uses !Commercial - Rescue - Corporate - Utility

innovation inaviation Design & Illustration by Richard Garvin Feb. 2015 Vertical Take Off and Landing Aircraft

What is a VTOL? Vertical Take Off & Landing VTOL aircraft have been utilized by the military as troop carriers and fighter jets for the past 25 years. More recently the technology has increased in more variations because of it’s amazing flexibility for military aircraft mission flexibility. ! The requirement for large airfields and runways are reduced. The aircraft’s tactical deployment is immediate which is an important advantage in todays security deployment and ability for moving troops, defines and first strike capability.

In civilian applications, VTOL technology has evolved into remote control drones as recently as 5 to 7 years ago. Advances in more powerful, light weight battery life and real time video has made these drones exceptionally popular. !Companies such as Amazon, FedEx, DHL and UBS are all testing modified small drones for delivery purposes. It’s questionable how effective these drones will be as a delivery platform for small products. !However these drones have incredible capability to capture high resolution video or still photos. It’s my opinion small drones will not be used to carry product, rather they will be utilized to capture visual information. Todays drone carry high resolution 720 to 1080 P resolution. The next steps will be zoom capability, infrared night vision, thermography and other advanced sensory options. Audio recording will become an option depending on the drone’s intended function. !!


What is a UAV? Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Beyond the military applications of UAVs with which "drones" became most associated, numerous civil aviation uses have been developed, including aerial surveying of crops, acrobatic aerial footage in filmmaking, search and rescue operations inspecting power lines and pipelines counting wildlife, delivering medical supplies to remote or otherwise inaccessible regions with some manufacturers rebranding the technology as "unmanned aerial systems" (UASs) in preference over the military term drones. !Further uses include reconnaissance operations,border patrol missions, forest fire detection, surveillance, coordinating humanitarian aid, search & rescue missions, detection of illegal hunting, land surveying, fire and large-accident investigation, landslide measurement, illegal landfill detection and crowd monitoring. !• Search and Rescue • Conservation • Animal Rights (monitor hunters, fishing areas & factory farms) • Maritime Patrol • Forest Fire Protection • Surveying and Areal Photography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebranding


UAV / Autonomous Vehicle Trend \ Future Potential


Autonomous Vehicles \ Current OpportunitySolar-powered atmospheric satellites ("atmosats") designed for operating at altitudes exceeding 20 km (12 miles, or 60,000 feet) for as long as five years can perform duties more economically and with more versatility than low earth orbit satellites. !Likely applications include weather monitoring, disaster recovery, earth imaging, and communications. In 2014, a company called Sensepost demonstrated at a security conference in Singapore a quadricopter UAV with software which could steal data from smartphones in the vicinity - such as identities, passwords and banking data. The software attacked smartphones with WIFI switched on by impersonating a previously used network. !Google revealed in August 2014 it had been testing unmanned aerial vehicles in Australia for two years. The Google X program known as "project wing" aims to produce drones that can deliver not only products sold via e-commerce, but larger delivery items. The FAA as recently as this week has ruled these drones are not allowed to share the skies with other air traffic. !!

! !!In December 2013, the DHL parcel service subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG tested a "microdrones md4-1000" for delivery of medicine.

Small drones will continue to be active collecting, photographing information but its future as a delivery platform is limited to stopped. !The autonomous technology largely created by the military for tactical surveillance and combat purposes could be re-purposed into a new category of flying manned aircraft. It could be utilized with current technologies and serve as an alternative to traditional higher cost fixed wing or traditional helicopters. !Enter the City VTOL, a new category of flying machine that can operate autonomously or piloted like current aircraft.

Amazon is planning rapid delivery of lightweight commercial products using UAVs was met with skepticism, with perceived obstacles including federal and state regulatory approval, public safety, reliability, individual privacy, operator training and certification, security (hacking), payload thievery, and logistical challenges.

Amazon was working on its 8th and 9th drone prototypes, some that could fly 50 miles per hour and carry 5-pound packages, and had applied to the FAA to test them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_satellite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_earth_orbit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_(company)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_X

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHL_Express


City VTOL \ An Urban Multi Role PlatformThis concept craft has been modelled as a delivery platform for commercial goods or serve as fast response search and rescue alternative to traditional helicopters. !Why the City VTOL? It’s smaller foot print and sensing technology can land more precisely within urbane landscapes such as city streets, driveways, parking lots and other shared spaces. Unlike a traditional helicopter, its lifting rotors are captured within housings and fuselage which create safer operating conditions. !Its powered by two turbo prop engines connected to a differential gearbox that enables two double layer lift rotor blades for lift in addition to a rear rotor for added thrust and lifting capacity. !Upon landing the main engines cease operation. The rear wheels have independent drive so the aircraft can use less energy, create less noise on the ground and taxi itself into position within a limited ground space. !!!!


City VTOL \ An Urban Multi Role Platform

Initial designs question how large is this aircraft. How much storage capacity? This model estimates the equivalent of a modern mini van with aprox. 50 cubic feet of storage. No rear rotor.



Further study is required to determine the ideal size to power plant ratio to create an ideal “right sized” craft for multi roles.

After turning off the main rotors the rear wheels are self powered to taxi the aircraft within a limited distance for pick-up and delivery.



Further study is required to determine the ideal size to power plant ratio to create an ideal “right sized” craft for multi roles. ideal “right sized” craft for multi roles.


Autonomous Vehicles \ Right Sizing




This model has aprox. 100 cubic feet of storage, the equivalent of a small panel truck. Retractable landing gear creates better flight dynamics at the expense of added cost.



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