The trifan 600 can fly at a maximum speed of 630 km / h and will reach nearly 2,000 km (XTI Aircraft)
The ability of aircraft can take off and land vertically (VTOL) gives her an incredible versatility of operation, can carry out their arrivals and departures in small spaces. Helicopters already perform this task and there are also special military planes can also do so, as the V-22 Osprey and the famous hunting Harrier.
This week the XTI Aircraft Company presented the project "trifan 600," an exclusively commercial aircraft that can land and take off like a helicopter and that could revolutionize business aviation. "The sight of XTI is to develop a business aircraft that can travel door-to-door," said Jeff Pino, former president of Sikorsky, the largest manufacturer in the world helicopters, currently vice president of XTI.
As design data, Trifan 600 has a very close to that of an executive jet performance. It can reach a top speed of 630 km / h to an altitude of 10,000 meters and has a range of up to 1930 kilometers - enough to go from Sao Paulo to Salvador non-stop.Already the passenger cabin can be configured to receive four to six occupants.
The aircraft is equipped with two turboshaft engines that generate 2,800 hp connected to three propellers mounted in mobile products. After take off vertically, two propellers mounted on the wings bend to allow horizontal flight, while the third is shut off and its duct is sealed to improve the aerodynamic flow in the fuselage.
The Trifan 600 still have high technology components, such as fuselage constructed of carbon fiber and fly-by-wire flight controls, increasing the aircraft's automation level facilitating its transportation to the pilots.
The trifan 600 can carry up to six passengers (XTI Aircraft)
Crowdfunding
The XTI Aircraft is still a start-up company, so it launched a collaborative campaign financing (crowdfunding) to develop and build the trifan 600. According to the manufacturer, a capital of $ 15 million to launch the aircraft program is needed
Anyone interested in investing in the new business aircraft can access the site of XTI and make your bets. The company, however, warns, is a high risk investment.
