Pegasus E Class

Specifications:

Aircraft type

Passenger hybrid-electric helicopter and road vehicle

Piloting

1 pilot

Capacity

1 person, 2 person and 4 person models

Time to change from VTOL to road vehicle

3 seconds

Top speed (ground)

120 km/h (75 mph)

Cruise speed (air)

132 km/h (82 mph)

Maximum speed (air)

160 km/h (99 mph)

Range (ground)

75 km (47 m)

Range (air)

482 km (300 miles)

Flight time

3 hours

Maximum altitude

1,800 m (5,906 ft)

Maximum payload weight

195 kg (423 lb)

Rotorblade

1 main rotorblade

Tail rotor

1 tail rotor

Electric motors

Unknown

Power source

Hybrid-electric power source (uses batteries for ground travel and a piston engine and batteries for flight)

Fuselage

Carbon fiber composite

Window

Canopy over cockpit

Landing gear

Fixed quadricycle road wheels

Safety features

Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) means having multiple propellers (or electric ducted fans) and multiple electric motors on an aircraft so if one or more propellers (or electric ducted fans) or some electric motors fail, the other working propellers (or electric ducted fans) and electric motors can safely land the aircraft. DEP provides safety through redundancy for its passengers or cargo. There are also redundancies of critical components in the sub-systems of the aircraft providing safety through redundancy for its passengers or cargo. Having multiple redundant systems on any aircraft decreases having any single point of failure. If there is a power loss during flight, the aircraft can autorotate and land safely.