LEVA Aerospace Ambassador (concept design)

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Ambassador (concept design)
LEVA Aerospace
Sunnyvale, California, USA
www.levaaerospace.com

Founded by Preston Wang, LEVA Aerospace is in the business of designing and manufacturing passenger electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. LEVA Aerospace has participated in the GoAERO three year (2024-2027) competition sponsored by Boeing. LEVA means lift in Latin.

Ambassador passenger eVTOL aircraft (concept design)
The Ambassador is a modern and sleek looking passenger eVTOL aircraft. The stub wings should help with lift during cruise flight and allow the rotorblade to be slowed down. The aircraft is either piloted or uses an autonomous piloting system. The aircraft's capacity is unknown. The aircraft could hold between one or four passengers, depending upon the size of full-scale aircraft. This aircraft can be used for a variety of civilian air missions such as on-demand air taxi service, private use commercial use.

The aircraft uses one main rotorblade with two fixed propellers for forward flight. It is unknown if the aircraft uses an all-battery power source or uses a hybrid-electric power source. The aircraft has tandem stub wings, the rear wings have wingtip fences. The fuselage is made from carbon fiber composite to give the aircraft a high strength to low weight ratio. The aircraft lands on retractable tricycle wheeled landing gear.

Specifications:

• Aircraft type: Passenger eVTOL aircraft (concept design)
• Piloting: Piloted or autonomous
• Capacity: Unknown
• Cruise speed: Unknown
• Propellers: 1 main rotorblade, 2 rear fixed-propellers for forward flight.
• Electric motors: 3 electric motors
• Power source: All batteries or uses a hybrid-electric power source
• Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
• Window: Canopy over cockpit
• Wings: Tandem stub wings, the rear wing has wingtip fences
• Landing gear: Retractable tricycle wheeled landing gear
• Safety features: Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) uses multiple propellers or electric ducted fans, each powered by electric motors, to increase safety through redundancy. If one or more components fail, the remaining ones can still ensure a safe landing. 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.

Related Aircraft:

• LEVA Aerospace Guardian (concept design)

Resources:

• LEVA Aerospace website
• LEVA Aerospace LinkedIn