Urban Air Mobility XTI Aircraft Company's TriFan 600

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Urban Air Mobility XTI Aircraft Company's TriFan 600

In this video I introduce XTI Aircraft Company’s TriFan 600, another contender for the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market.

This is one of a series of videos I've created about developments in the world of Urban Air Mobility so please check out my channel and the playlist on this subject:    • Urban Air Mobility, eVTOL, Flying Cars  

The TriFan 600 will have the speed, range and comfort of a luxury business aircraft, but with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities.

The TriFan 600 will be flown by a pilot with space for up to five passengers.

Advanced avionics and safety features will provide computerside control for take-off and landing.

Using three ducted fans, the TriFan 600 lifts off vertically, and in seconds, the two wing fans rotate forward for a seamless transition to high-speed flight.

Within just 90 seconds, the airplane reaches cruise speed – where the lift is provided by the wings just like every other fixed-wing aircraft.

The fuselage-mounted fan, no longer needed, then closes up.

The airplane then flies directly to its destination and reverses the process.

It lands vertically right where it needs to be – wherever there’s a clear helipad-sized paved surface.

It will travel at 300 knots (345 mph), with a range of up to 1,200 miles.

The aircraft’s ceiling is 29,000 feet with a time to maximum altitude of 11 minutes.

The VTOL capabilities and the comparatively small footprint of this aircraft mean that it can provide site to site travel as opposed to airport to airport.

Journey times are therefore shorter and remove the need for journeys by helicopter, car, or public transport to and from airports.

In May 2018 the XTI Aircraft Company announced that it had successfully completed the first test flights of its 65% scale prototype of the TriFan 600 VTOL aircraft.

The TriFan 600 prototype completed multiple takeoffs, hover, and landings, which tested and validated the electric motors, battery power system, ducted fan propulsion, flight controls, other electrical systems and instrumentation.

In July 2019 it was announced that the TriFan 600 will be fitted with GE’s Catalyst™ engine as the core of its hybrid-electric propulsion system.

XTI Aircraft have already received 80 orders for the TriFan 600, representing over half a billion dollars in future revenues.

VTOL capability for fixed-wing aircraft has been a major challenge for a hundred years.

Ducted fan technologies have even been tried, but unsuccessfully.

XTI has now combined modern advances in technology — lighter and more powerful turbine engines, light carbon fiber materials, and incredible computer capabilities to enhance safety, stability and control.

These advances enabled XTI to overcome these historical challenges.

The TriFan 600 embodies proven technologies in a revolutionary configuration.

It is both beautiful and highly functional. It is visually distinguished by a sleek exterior, and three ducted fans in place of large diameter helicopter rotors.

To find out more about this aircraft please visit https://www.xtiaircraft.com.

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