Hybrid VTOL UAV
The Challenge
Energy that today’s batteries generate is simply inadequate for long-range commutes with charging rates too slow to support high-frequency operations, and the cost per kilowatt-hour staying high. This technological gap introduces a window of opportunities of about 10 years for a Hybrid solution to catch the market’s needs, until full electric solution should materialize.
Our goal is to set the foundation for the new era cargo-passenger transportation system.
Viator V8mini
V8mini model – a compact UAV with both vertical (VTOL) and horizontal take-off and landing capabilities. Its unique design allows V8mini to take off vertically as a drone and fly fast as an airplane. V8mini is a MALE drone - Medium Altitude, Long Endurance can operate at altitudes up to 3,000m and flights 450km from its ground starting place lasting 4 hours.
Specification V8mini
Range
350 km with 25 kg
450 km without payload
Payload
25 kg Maximum
68 L Cargo Volume
Speed
120 - 200 km/h Cruising Speed
255 km/h Maximum Speed
Hybrid Drive
Piston Engine : 35 hp
Fuel Capacity : 25 L
Weight
120 kg MTOM
78 kg Empty
Altitude Ceiling
3000 m Cruise Flight
1000 m Hover Mode
Wind Resistance
5 m/s - 9.7 knots Headwind
3 m/s - 5.8 knots Tailwind
3 m/s - 5.8 knots Crosswind
External Dimensions
2.1 m Length
0.7 m Height
1.8 m Wing Span
Takeoff & Landing
340 m CTOL Runway
5x5 m VTOL Area
THE MVP V8mini VTOL UAV MODEL
Drone with hybrid aerodynamics and hybrid onboard energy supply can be used for long-duration observational needs, supports military lift and long transport operations such as moving equipment in hostile, remote environments, can supports science and civilian utility applications with a 25 kg load capacity. Up to 20% more effective than competitors in a combination of qualities:
Profitability
Speed
Carrying capacity
Range ability
Survivability
Possible Applications
V8mini represents the essence of the company’s “know-how” and is currently the only multi-purpose vehicle of the kind with such flight characteristics. Electric-rotors platform provides safety and VTOL stability capability also improve flight duration and reduce fly costs. V8mini provides a host of cost-competitive applications in long range cargo transportation, medical, agriculture and resource mapping and monitoring applications.
Cargo/Transportation of goods
Lifesaving medical aids
Precision agriculture (e.g. site survey)
Disaster management (e.g. fire detection, first aid hauler)
Control and monitoring systems
Security (e.g. observation flights)
Governmental use
V8mini has a maximum range of up to 450 km and the maximum speed of 255 km/h. It can transport up to 25 kg of cargo.
It’s very compact and the VTOL option allows it to operate in all sorts of areas and conditions.
V8mini need only 5m x 5m area for vertical takeoff and landing.
VTOL UAV + Hybrid Technology
We see the next generation transport logistics as a set of middle and long-range unmanned transport networks equipped with charging / fueling and loading / unloading stations.
Our hybrid VTOL drone model has a unique, compact, innovative aerodynamic design with a smart power-energy management system that enables economically viable, high-payload aircraft capability for significant distances, as well as high-speed flight safety and suitability for urban intracity, city-to-city, and far field usage.
This hybrid model is highly energy efficient thanks to an advantageous combination of the advanced wing aerodynamics and a specially designed assembly of the electric engines.
This Hybrid-Electric propulsion power management technology together with optimal lift/cruise design, scalable in weights and payload volumes, is a disruptive game-changer.
Viator V8mini VTOL UAV is the first step towards future vertical mobility as it is fast, compact and easy in operation.
Structure scaling enabled by our innovative solutions saves up to 30% of the life cycle and costs of the future up-scale models.
Main usage of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) technology
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing rapidly across many civil application domains including realtime monitoring, providing wireless coverage, remote sensing, search and rescue, delivery of goods, security and surveillance, precision agriculture, and civil infrastructure inspection.
Cargo
Medical
Agriculture
Urban Aviation
Drones having a full-fledged fuselage and cargo doors, high-tech onboard energy supply, equipped with robotic manipulators and flown by artificial intelligence in the nearest future will become mass “workers” in most spheres of human activity: from private farms to industrial fields.
Lightweight, compact, multi-functional manned and unmanned aircrafts with vertical takeoff and landing will receive a well-deserved recognition in the nearest future and will become mass, affordable and environmentally friendly transport. This is a worldwide trend connected with pervasive computerization, robotization and technological improvement of renewable energy sources.