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VTOL at Skyaid.org  updated 04/01/02

The Skycar is the primary contender for saving lives in the Skyaid system.
There are many VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) alternatives.
Many alternative VTOL provide fast, safe flight without the use of airports.

The Skycar main web site is  www.moller.com

Carbon fiber construction of aircraft - a recent article on an old topic   added 06/19/01

Wankel Rotary Combustion Engines web site covers 24 subjects, which include Hydrogen, aviation, marine, snowmobiles, and manufacturers (including Moller)   added 06/20/01

A micro-wankel engine - the size of a US penny: 
5 watts with butane fuel. 
Provide power to laptops, etc., not Skycars
Mentioned in Scientific American June 2001, and web site  
added 5/19/01

Unmanned Horizontal or Vertical Takeoff and Landing 
(HOVTOL) patented April 1999  http://www.delphion.com/details?&pn=US05890441__  
Nice review of VTOLS at UNMANNEDAIRCRAFT.COM     added 06/24/01

CityHawk VTOL has a new web site.  
They anticipate flying in early 2002     added 06/22/01

Airbike - concept for a personal ducted fan.  Radio control model has been flown added 6/11/01

Rotocraft Noise model available at Wyle Lab  added 06/08/01

Vertiport for Bell 609 tilt-rotor would be fairly large for 3,000 passengers per day    added 06/08/01

Rotorcraft VTOL web page - includes Skycar,  CarterCopter, Raven, SoloTrek, etc.  added 06/08/01

VTOL ATC  Sept 2000 a possible class project  for Skycars   added 06/08/01

V/STOL  concepts which were never built   added 06/08/01

V/STOL which were built  with wheel (large = 200Kbytes) , time line, etc. added 06/08/01

Overview of 50+ different VTOL aircraft  Russian site in English  added 06/08/01
Types: Tilt shaft / rotor ,Tilt prop, Tilt wing, Tilt rotor, Tilt jet, Deflekted slipstream, Vectored thrust, Tail sitters, Lift + Lift / cruise, Tip jets ,Ejector ,Fan

Definitions VTOL thru SSTOL from Zuk below   added 06/06/01

US Congress long discussion May 9 on VTOL, tilt rotor, NASA, DP-2, and a little mention of Skycar.   added 06/05/01
Includes mention of possibility of redesignating funds to general VTOL from just tilt-rotor
See also the testimony before the discussion by Zuk and by duPont

Ducted Fan Design Book  1 chapter can be viewed on-line,  $50 added 3/21/01

Osprey cartoon concerning poor maintenance  added 3/17/01

Firebird helicopter in England   no engine!  powered by Hydrogen peroxide 
- 100 HP from each 1 pound rocket motor on bladetips 
on pages 18-19 Discover March 2001 added   2/23/01

Tilt-Wing aircraft - Japan NAL - no production plans  
on page 14 of  PopSci March 2001   added 2/23/01

50 types of VTOL aircraft - by Moller about 1990. - see update above

Not a VTOL - but a roadable aircraft: 
Autoplanes4me.com - a new web site for auto-plane (which has many great links)  added 2/15/01

CarterCopter is able to do jump takeoffs with zero roll (brakes on).  It is a hybrid autogyro and fixed wing aircraft.  Current rear propeller is 8 foot in diameter.  Future versions of CarterCopter might be able to cruise at 500 mph. The ultra high inertia rotor (55 lbs of depleted uranium in each of two blade tips) used during takeoff and landing prevents the CarterCopter from making rapid correction to turbulence, such as would be found on top of buildings.  It can not hover for more than 5 seconds, but apparently can land safely without any power at all times (no dead man zone).  added 2/09/01

Duckt  is single duct pusher aircraft - not a VTOL
Details are at www.ductedfan.com  
Apparently under development during the 90's and flown
Perry Mick, the designer, is active on the Ducted Fan discussion group    added 1/13/01

Duckt full size picture of the aircraft (a large 357 Kbyte image)

Skyrider image as  of Jan 2001

Skyrider  X2R tilt-rotor VTOL by Macro Industries in Huntsville AL.  
The company has many short-term goals along with background with NASTRAN and Boeing. 
Mentioned in Feb 2001 issue of Popular Mechanics. Electric motors power the ducted fans
Information on 1/10 scale model prototype is at Oct 2000 news update on their web site
Skyrider appears to be a concept for a 5 year goal. 2 passenger
It is a 2 passenger VTOL concept with electric powered ducted fans updated 2/15/01

VTOL1 (Xantus) an alternative to Skycar, is a personal  tilt rotor  8/26/00

Two passenger CityHawk 'flying car' April 25, 2000 brief news release by AD&D of Israel 

VTOL platform with ducted fans being designed in Israel to rescue up to 10 people at a time from tall buildings, etc.  added 3/29/01

NASA and Air Force are making a feasibility study of aircraft with no movable control surfaces 
- just like the Skycar. MANTA = X44a 

New type of helicopter A160 - high altitude

24 Unmanned Helicopters  from Aerospace America June 1999

Solotrek 1 man, open structure   safe??