Your search:
2 result(s) in 0.04 s
-
DUKAS_164379796_FER
Company goes big on flying taxis making them buses
Ferrari Press Agency
eVTOL 1
Ref 15441
05/01/2024
See Ferrari text
Pictures MUST credit: Lyte Aviation
A company has got a big idea for flying taxis — turning them into flying buses.
UK company Lyte Aviation is developing an electric hybrid powered vertical take-off and landing plane called SkyBus.
It is aiming to carry 40 passengers rather than the one or two most of the cross city flyers are proposing as a short journey city hopper.
There are also plans for a cargo-only variant called Sky Truck.
The aircraft has a 4.5 tonne payload and a projected range of 1,000 km, with a maximum speed of just under 300 km/h.
The aircraft, with its 17m wingspan, would be able to land on a site that is about 40m square.
The plan is for it to be five times more efficient than existing helicopter designs but with ten times less carbon output.
But unlike much smaller battery-only eVTOL competitors, the SkyBus will have hybrid propulsion.
The first will be electric, and powered by hydrogen fuel cells, while the second consists of four turbine engines running on jet fuel.
OPS: Render of the proposed Lyte Aviation SkyBus
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS) -
DUKAS_164379795_FER
Company goes big on flying taxis making them buses
Ferrari Press Agency
eVTOL 1
Ref 15441
05/01/2024
See Ferrari text
Pictures MUST credit: Lyte Aviation
A company has got a big idea for flying taxis — turning them into flying buses.
UK company Lyte Aviation is developing an electric hybrid powered vertical take-off and landing plane called SkyBus.
It is aiming to carry 40 passengers rather than the one or two most of the cross city flyers are proposing as a short journey city hopper.
There are also plans for a cargo-only variant called Sky Truck.
The aircraft has a 4.5 tonne payload and a projected range of 1,000 km, with a maximum speed of just under 300 km/h.
The aircraft, with its 17m wingspan, would be able to land on a site that is about 40m square.
The plan is for it to be five times more efficient than existing helicopter designs but with ten times less carbon output.
But unlike much smaller battery-only eVTOL competitors, the SkyBus will have hybrid propulsion.
The first will be electric, and powered by hydrogen fuel cells, while the second consists of four turbine engines running on jet fuel.
OPS: Render of the proposed Lyte Aviation SkyBus
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)