Ranger

Specifications:

Aircraft type

Passenger ultra-long range hybrid-electric VTOL concept design aircraft

Piloting

Automatic pilot with manual override

Capacity

5 passengers, a food galley, lavatory and room for luggage

Cruise speed

510 mph (820 km/h)

Range

11,185 miles (18,000 km)

Flight time

22 hours

Cruise altitude

10,000 ft (3,050 m)

Maximum altitude

15,000 ft (4,572 m)

Propellers

8 VTOL-only propellers. The propellers pop-out from the front and rear of the fuselage when in VTOL flight. During forward flight, all propellers retract inside the fuselage and are protected by caps.

Electric motors

8 electric motors

Power source

Battery packs

Forward flight propulsion

2 turbofan jet engines that use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The jet engines charge the batteries during flight

Fuselage

Carbon fiber composite

Window

Canopy over cockpit

Wing

1 main wing (foldable wing). When wing is extended, 75 ft (23 m)

Vertical stabilizers

2 under fuselage vertical stabilizers

Landing gear

Retractable quadricycle wheeled landing gear

Safety features

Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP), provides safety through redundancy for its passengers and/or cargo. DEP means having multiple propellers (or ducted fans) and motors on the aircraft so if one or more propellers (ducted fans) or motors fail, the other working propellers (or ducted fans) and motors can safely land the aircraft. There are also redundancies of critical components in the sub-systems of the aircraft providing safety through redundancy. Having multiple redundant systems on any aircraft decreases having any single point of failure. The aircraft has full glide capability if it had to make an emergency landing.