Edea 22/1 Jay

Specifications:

Aircraft type

Concept hybrid-electric VTOL or eVTOL when battery technology becomes better.

Passengers

2 passenger

Cruise speed

Greater than 204 km/h (127 mph)

Cruise altitude

For urban air mobility, a low altitude

Maximum altitude

In the range of 4,000 m (13,123 ft)

Propellers

3 shrouded propellers in the wings and fuselage

Forward flight

Rear propeller tilts 90° for forward flight and main wing lifting rotors can also tilt forward

Electric motors

6 motors (2 electric motors per ducted fan)

Power source

Gas turbine

Empty weight

550 kg

Wings

High main seagull wings provide slow speed forward flight and do not have any ailerons, elevators or flaps.

Tail

The tail is an inverted U tail which has front ailerons and rear elevators.

Landing gear

Tricycle fixed wheeled landing gear

Safety features

Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP), provides safety through redundancy for its passengers and/or cargo. DEP means having multiple propellers and motors on the aircraft so if one or more motors or propellers fail, the other working motors and propellers can safely land the aircraft. Redundancy is also built into this aircraft when two pilots are flying. If one pilot has a medical emergency, the other pilot can still fly the aircraft. Also, in general, when pilots are flying an aircraft, safety increases since two people are problem solving how to fly safely through airspace.