{"id":26555,"date":"2023-09-04T13:04:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=26555"},"modified":"2023-09-04T13:05:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:05:01","slug":"wingless-transporter-breaks-sound-barrier-w-300-mi-range-using-nasa-proven-thrusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/uncategorized\/wingless-transporter-breaks-sound-barrier-w-300-mi-range-using-nasa-proven-thrusters\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Wingless Transporter Breaks ‘Sound Barrier’ w\/ 300-mi. Range Using NASA-Proven Thrusters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Out of stealth development, a new mode of personal mobility\nis revealed by Applied eVTOL Concepts. The Epiphany\u2122 Transporter evokes dreams\nof Aladdin’s Magic Carpet, providing fast, door-to-door, airborne\ntransportation with VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) capability. In lieu of\nlong, burdensome wings, the compact advanced vehicle configuration vaunts\nmorphing, dual-mode, ducted thrusters enabling it to hover like a helicopter,\nand attain efficient high-speed cruise flight like an airplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Epiphany Transporter<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Key to its impressive utility and vast potential commercial\nappeal is its predicted 300+ mile-range, exciting 160-mph top speed, and\nexceptionally quiet, neighbor-friendly sound (< 55 dB @ 50′). The Epiphany\nTransporter can accommodate two people, their luggage, plus golf clubs!\nIntended to be simple and safe to operate, and about the size of a Tesla Model\n‘S’ automobile, it fits into a standard one-car garage with its thrusters\nfolded up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally developed under a $5.1 million DARPA grant, the\nNASA-proven ducted thrusters have undergone over a quarter-century of\nrefinement through full-scale flight testing in wind tunnels and several\nprototype manned vehicles. According to Michael Moshier, Founder, CEO and Lead\nDesigner of Applied eVTOL Concepts. “We have every reason to believe in\nthe ability of our proprietary, field-proven ducted thrusters, and leading-edge\nvehicle design, to perform in flight as expected.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joined at the hip with Rob Bulaga, the project’s Chief Engineer and Senior Aerodynamicist, the Moshier-Bulaga team previously worked together on their ducted fan powered SoloTrek<\/a> XFV aircraft, a one-person, strap-on, gas-fueled, personal flying machine. In 2001, the device won Time Magazine’s ‘Invention-Of-The-Year’ award, along with many other world-wide accolades, and today it remains on permanent display at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now the team’s focus is on personal eVTOL aircraft for UAM\n(Urban Air Mobility) using advanced-technology electric motors and batteries.\nThe CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) computer model, developed by Bulaga, has\nbeen refined over the last 25 years. “Today, it consistently and\naccurately predicts our thruster performance within 2% of real-world\ntesting,” says Bulaga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Epiphany Transporter is the result of an intense\nalliance between the two men over the last several years working in virtual\nstealth mode. Similar to the vehicle’s “distributed” propulsion\ndesign, their world-class, co-development partners are distributed in locations\naround the globe, working collaboratively towards the full-scale manned\nprototype machine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Out of stealth development, a new mode of personal mobility is revealed by Applied eVTOL Concepts. The Epiphany\u2122 Transporter evokes dreams of Aladdin’s Magic Carpet, providing fast, door-to-door, airborne transportation with VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) capability. In lieu of long, burdensome wings, the compact advanced vehicle configuration vaunts morphing, dual-mode, ducted thrusters enabling it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26557,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26555\/revisions\/26557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}