Rotor X Aircraft Enters The eVTOL Market
Rotor X Aircraft announces they are entering the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Air Taxi market with their world’s most efficient helicopter known as the RX eTransporter . The Rotor X Aircraft Manufacturing Company (RX), makers of the Rotor X Phoenix A600 Turbo helicopter which is renowned as the world’s most affordable and reliable 2-seat kit helicopter, announces they are entering the electric Air Taxi market with their revolutionary world’s most efficient helicopter, called the RX eTransporter.
RX is now operating the former RotorWay International factory in Chandler, Arizona which made kit helicopters for 53 years. The patent pending RX eTransporter is dramatically more efficient and less expensive than all other eVTOL concepts being proposed or developed today.
RX is working in collaboration with its partner company Advanced Tactics Inc (AT) of Torrance, California. This 4-rotor (or quad-rotor) helicopter named the RX eTransporter, is the first of its kind for civilian and industrial use. This 6-passenger helicopter provides plenty of leg room and comfortable charter-jet type interiors, and the open-interior version is ideal for air taxi operations, package delivery, search and rescue, personnel recovery, and MEDEVAC operations.
Typical eVTOL Air Taxi aircraft use small inefficient propellers for vertical lift, have very complex and expensive geometries, complex engine drive-systems and tilt-mechanisms, inefficient wings, and less payload capacity – even with the extensive use of expensive carbon-fiber construction. The RX eTransporter will be the world’s most efficient and cost-effective helicopter for civilian use.
The RX eTransporter is unique among other eVTOL Air Taxis. Instead of relying on a large wing to make the aircraft more efficient after takeoff the RX eTransporter uses a smaller wing that only enhances the natural lift of this helicopter. It does not require a tail rotor; this greatly increases the efficiency of the RX eTransporter. The RX eTransporter can takeoff and land vertically and fly for over 1.5 hours, or hover for over 45 minutes on a single charge.
The Transporter type aircraft are designed to use all electric, gas, diesel or hybrid propulsion systems.
Specifications for the fuel-powered RX Transporter:
- Max Air Speed: Over 160 mph TAS (10,000 ft)
- High Speed Cruise: 140 mph TAS (10,000 ft)
- Empty Weight: 4,000 lb.
- Max Takeoff Weight: 8,000 lb.
- Max Payload (fuel+ passengers and pod, or cargo and pod): 4,000 lb.
- HOGE: Over 20,000 ft with 6 passengers and 2 hours of fuel.
- Range: Over 300 nm with 2,500 lbs. of cargo.
- Ceiling: Over 20,000 feet altitude because of turbo charged engines
- Passengers: 1 Crew, 5 Passengers (FAA Experimental Rated, 1-2 crew & 10 passengers when fully certified)
- Max endurance unmanned: Over 12 hours
- Max Range: Over 1,200 miles
Specifications for the all-electric RX eTransporter:
- Max Air Speed: Over 160 mph TAS (10,000 ft)
- High Speed Cruise: 140 mph TAS (10,000 ft)
- Empty Weight: 6,400 lb. (including batteries)
- Max Takeoff Weight: 8,000 lb.
- Max Payload (passengers, or cargo): 1,600 lb.
- HOGE: Over 20,000 ft
- Range: Over 200 nm with 1,600 lbs. of payload.
- Ceiling: Over 25,000 feet
- Passengers: 1 Pilot, 5 Passengers (FAA Experimental Rated, 1-2 crew & 7 passengers when fully certified)
- Max endurance: Over 1.5 hours
- Max Range: Up to 200 nm
The Rotor X Aircraft Manufacturing Company’s partner company, AT, is working on developing this type of multi-engine rotorcraft for the US Military through two contracts under the US Air Force AFWERX program which is part of the US Air Force Agility Prime program. This revolutionary program is focused on bringing the most advanced air transportation systems with the greatest efficiency to the Department of Defense.
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