Heaviside

Specifications:

Aircraft type

eVTOL tiltrotor aircraft

Piloting

Manually or autonomous

Capacity

1 person

Cruise speed

220 mph (354 km/h) - based on traveling 55 miles (88.5 km) in 15 minutes time

Range

100 miles

Propellers

8 (6 on the main wing, 2 on the forewing)

Electric motors

At least 8 electric motors (maybe more)

Energy type

Batteries, 100% all electric

Noise

At 1,500 feet (457 meters) 38 dBA

Fuselage

Composite

Wing configuration

A three-surface wing configuration. Rear horizontal stabilizer and rudder, high-forward-swept main wing and a forewing

Horizontal stabilizer/Rudder

A conventional fuselage mounted tail wing, or horizontal stabilizer, and standard rudder, with no propellers

Main wing

A 20 foot wide (6 meters) high-forward-swept wing with 6 propellers mounted on the rear of the wing. 3 propellers on each wing

Front wing (canard or forewing)

Small forewing with 2 propellers, 1 propeller mounted on the rear of each forewing

Landing gear configuration

2 non-retractable front landing gear and a tailskid in the rear of the aircraft. A taildragger landing gear configuration

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. The aircraft can land like a plane on a runway or street.