Vision VTOL Quadcopter

The Vision VTOL is designed specifically for the imminent evolution of electric power storage and energy breakthroughs. This is an area that we have been working very closely with for years at the cutting edge. Transportation is about to take a massive leap forward.

Current Lithium batteries are the only remaining limit to range and cost of electric vehicles. At the same time a quiet revolution in aviation has occurred. There are now more quadcopters and multirotors flying than any other type of aircraft. The only reason why full size electric multirotors are not practical yet is because of range.

Electric motors are inevitably more reliable than turbines or piston engines by nature with only one moving part. The simplicity of electric quadcopters is that there is no need for control surfaces, wings, fuel systems or other limitations of conventional aircraft. The electronic controls, software and sensors are the same for a drone, single seat or flying home and already fully developed. This enables a huge advantage over current aviation in safety, cost, reliability and scalability.

At only 4 times current Lithium polymer density, the Vision becomes practical with a 4 hour range. We are working with 30 times current density and storage life expectancy. This allows transcontinental range at high speed and will inevitably make electric aviation by far the most practical form of transportation.

Imagine a car with a 10,000 mile range. Now imagine what that really means. With a similar advance in electric aviation, roads and even airports can become almost obsolete.

The Vision is the beginning of a new breed of transportation that is specifically designed for ultra long range electric power and storage - point to point transportation with unprecedented safety and luxury. First designed over 10 years ago, all technologies required are now fully developed.

Welcome to the future.

[javiermac]

Admire the cleanness, compactness and simplicity of the design!

[vestel]

I'm starting to believe that this VTOL is still just a Pipe Dream!!!! I myself would LOVE to get a ride in it.

[wrwill]

I have monitoring this VTOL over the years and waiting on flit testing have visited you web site . Very impressive is there a time line on development to release of this VTOL . A fitting craft for the blue collar worker . There has been advances made on battery and capacitor storage for use on this type of air craft . I'm sure you are aware of back wash from front engine . The rear engines should not only move as shown but also be mechanically / hydraulically raised above the back wash of front engine . Simple design to be mass produced

[charlesvandenburgh]

By far the cleanest and most intelligently designed of any electric flying vehicle I've seen so far. Denser battery storage and I'll buy one.

[AndyMatrix]

first future concept to ever work, the are one already flying. good work. amazing how people are so negative.

[rennefrancisco]

Uau! Isso sim seria uma excelente ideia a ser posta em prática.

[uniphi]

Regarding comments relating to lack of wing area.

Vision was developed to optimize transition from vectored thrust (quadcopters) to wing assisted vectored cruise. Research ring wings to understand.

More importantly, this aircraft was designed around significant breakthroughs in energy and power density, increasing speed and range. This means we are less concerned with wasting fuel in hover and more interested in high cruise speed where very little wing area is needed.

Size of conventional aircraft wings are a compromise between cruise and stall speed. Helicopters and quad/multi rotors have no conventional wing or stall speed (other than a rotor top speed limitation).

Quadcopters, like helicopters tilt forward significantly in high speed cruise but the fuselage then adds considerable drag. The Vision fuselage maintains optimum AOA at all speeds. At cruise, less than 1 degree of upward ring tilt (angle of attack) is required.

There are 8 motors. 2 motors and props per duct.

Finally, consider that a high speed missile requires no main wing. A cruise missile uses a wing to compensate for the limitations of the powerplant. Wings are used to extend range at the sacrifice of speed.

[inwashingtond.c-southkorea]

Excellent Manned Drone with nice sound track!-I'd like to have it with gliding parachute!

[ShadowRifft]

Nice Video, I like the simple/sleek design too! 😊👍👌

[darkodimitrijevic]

Very nice concept :)))) and very cool :))). Just next time please consider some airfoils - some wings or aircraft's body as an airfoil because "someone" need to generate lifting force when it flies forward (if all 4 propellers are 90 degree angle with the ground). And do not forget - doubled propellers (redundancy expected :)), as the parashute :)))) I think this is one of the best vtol vision here on yt

[MrMonkeybat]

You are really telling me those fans provide enough wing area/lift when tilted fully back? Also that puts the rear fans directly in the backwash of the front fans, surely the rear fans should be mounted on a T tail.

[tylerlooney]

I would totally buy one of these in real life and if rockstar put this in gta online lol. Love it😍😍😍

[FANofFS]

What about a failure?
How is emergency landing without wings? Small impeller = no autorotation possible.

1:42, without pressure booth?

[tm-uzmd]

Flight controller maintains just enough lift for level flight while flying forward with slight tilt of rotors. But what is efficiency and endurance when doing that ?

[nightlightabcd]

Of all the VTOL aircraft, I like this one the best! Of course, the cost is extremely prohibitive!

[theodorehaskins]

It wasn’t made clear to me in the video who the actual manufacturer of this concept vehicle is! So why was that left out of the video?

[tronghai]

The quad copter has no lifting wings and do not not have enough thrusts for lifting speed, and how about the paid load. I might be wrong but people tend to mistaken an airplane for a simple drone.and if there is a negative air pressure it will crash.

[nathanielwiseman]

these will probably be our flying cars for the future

[vestel]

How long till an actual working model???? I would LOVE to get to ride in one.

[atomicdynamo]

Great design! All electric is the way to go. Why not get development cash with crowd funding?