{"id":11271,"date":"2015-08-27T20:16:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T00:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11271"},"modified":"2015-08-27T20:16:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T00:16:37","slug":"sci-tech-new-venture-aims-to-develop-vertical-takeoff-and-landing-biz-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11271","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: New venture aims to develop vertical takeoff and landing biz-plane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xtiaircraft.com\/home\/\" target=\"_d\">XTI Aircraft Company<\/a>\u00a0includes an aviation\u00a0industry A-list group of founders and engineers\u00a0who intend\u00a0to develop a vertical take-off and landing aircraft called the Trifan 600. As seen below, the vehicle has three ducted fans to\u00a0provide vertical lift. During horizontal flight the center fan is covered while the other two fans tilt and drive the vehicle forward\u00a0at up to 400 mph (640 kmh).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HERO_XTI_31.png\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-91.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11275\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11275\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-91.png\" data-orig-size=\"1450,1221\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"campaign_image%209[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-91-300x253.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-91-1024x862.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11275\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-91.png\" alt=\"campaign_image%209[1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-91.png 1450w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-91-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-91-1024x862.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TriFanInFlight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11276\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11276\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TriFanInFlight.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"681,469\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TriFanInFlight\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TriFanInFlight-300x207.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TriFanInFlight.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11276\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TriFanInFlight.jpg\" alt=\"TriFanInFlight\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TriFanInFlight.jpg 681w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/TriFanInFlight-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Image_351.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11273\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11273\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Image_351.png\" data-orig-size=\"1302,532\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Image_35[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Image_351-300x123.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Image_351-1024x418.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11273\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Image_351.png\" alt=\"Image_35[1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Image_351.png 1302w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Image_351-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Image_351-1024x418.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video about the vehicle:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A5tyDMMo-Ic?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To guage interest in the project, they have opened an equity crowdfunding campaign at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startengine.com\/startup\/xti\" target=\"_d\">StartEngine Crowdfunding<\/a>. This involves eventual purchase of shares in the company, not contributing money for a perk as with Kickstarter or Indiegogo projects.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an article about the project:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/flight\/a17060\/xti-vertical-takeoff-trifan-600\/?src=spr_TWITTER&amp;spr_id=1457_228149832\" target=\"_d\">The Transforming Vertical-Takeoff Plane That&#8217;s Better Than a Flying Car &#8211; Popular Mechanics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-32_v21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11277\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11277\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-32_v21.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1450,673\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"campaign_image%2032_v2[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-32_v21-300x139.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-32_v21-1024x475.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11277\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-32_v21.jpg\" alt=\"campaign_image%2032_v2[1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-32_v21.jpg 1450w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-32_v21-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/campaign_image-32_v21-1024x475.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0XTI Aircraft Company\u00a0includes an aviation\u00a0industry A-list group of founders and engineers\u00a0who intend\u00a0to develop a vertical take-off and landing aircraft called the Trifan 600. As seen below, the vehicle has three ducted fans to\u00a0provide vertical lift. During horizontal flight the center fan is covered while the other two fans tilt and drive the vehicle forward\u00a0at up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11271\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: New venture aims to develop vertical takeoff and landing biz-plane<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2VN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12284,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12284","url_meta":{"origin":11271,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: DARPA selects electric-rotor design for vertical take-off and landing X-Plane","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Aurora Flight Sciences has beaten several much bigger companies for a DARPA contract to build\u00a0a vertical take off and landing demonstration vehicle that has much higher performance that helicopters or tiltrotor designs like the Osprey\u00a0now in operation:\u00a0DARPA Selects Aurora to Build VTOL X-Plane Technology Demonstrator Aurora's\u00a0LightningStrike has\u00a0an unusual design with\u00a024\u00a0electric\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"b0b7478e-e539-4c70-b657-172fa07b97b4[1]","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/b0b7478e-e539-4c70-b657-172fa07b97b41.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6975,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6975","url_meta":{"origin":11271,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: DARPA selects 4 designs for Vertical Takeoff &#038; Landing X-Planes","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"DARPA has announced the winners of the first round of its\u00a0Vertical Takeoff and Landing Experimental Plane (VTOL X-Plane)\u00a0project: VTOL X-Plane Program Takes Off DARPA tasks four companies with designing new aircraft to revolutionize vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight capabilities \u00a0 For generations, new designs for vertical takeoff and landing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"Boeing VTOL X-Plane Concept_b_500x250","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Boeing-VTOL-X-Plane-Concept_b_500x250.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5824,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5824","url_meta":{"origin":11271,"position":2},"title":"Sci-Tech: UrbanAero&#8217;s fancraft AirMule making test flights","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Urban Aeronautics\u00a0in Israel has begun untethered unmanned flight tests of their vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL)\u00a0prototype\u00a0AirMule vehicle: \"AirMule Achieves Major Milestone on the Path to Full Mission Demonstrations\" The AirMule, an unmanned VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing) aircraft developed by Tactical Robotics Ltd., a subsidiary of Urban Aeronautics, Ltd., has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.urbanaero.com\/userfiles\/images\/photo1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14266,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14266","url_meta":{"origin":11271,"position":3},"title":"Sci-Tech: Uber unveils electric VTOL flying taxi service to start in 2020","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"And now Uber unveils its prototype electric vertical takoff and and landing (eVTOL) vehicle for a flying taxi service that it will begin testing in Dallas and Dubai in 2020. 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