Pushing VTOL Market
Individual and Urban Air Mobility (IAM & UAM) markets will be amongst the fastest-growing markets in the upcoming years.
Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) solutions will be the dominant way to serve the customer needs. The CycloRotor technology allows to add a complete new breed of aircraft to the aviation world. CycloRotors can be applied as primary propulsion system or as auxiliary system. They can be configured and combined in many ways, with themselves in different sizes, orientations, and quantities or with other typical aircraft components, such as lifting surfaces or other propulsion systems. Ideally driven with electric motors, the technology will be part of an emission-free urban transport system.
The unique characteristics of CycloRotors give vehicle manufacturers unprecedented freedom in inventing and designing new aircraft for the new air mobility requirements of this century.
Application as Main Propulsion
Application as Main Propulsion
Scenarios for Main Propulsion
CruiseUp, AIR CAR – FEASIBILITY STUDY 2023
Developed as part of a feasibility study, CruiseUp provides an outstanding passenger travel experience with maximum comfort, high maneuverability, and a seamless transition from hover to forward flight. By decoupling the flight path from the vehicle attitude and compensating for gusts in harsh weather conditions, CruiseUp capitalizes on CycloRotors and their unique 360° thrust vectoring capabilities. This allows passengers to travel comfortably within urban, suburban and rural areas. CruiseUp offers a top speed of 150km/h and a range of 100 km.
The 6 CycloRotor configuration of CruiseUp provides a high level of redundancy, allowing to fly and land safely, even in the event of a rotor failure. The specific orientation of the 6 rotors, with 2 on the length axis of the vehicle, enables high-precision sideways and backward flight, as well as mid-air braking – all without tilting or banking the vehicle.
CCY-01, eVTOL CARGO DRONE – FEASIBILITY STUDY 2022
CycloTech GmbH and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9064) Japan, have jointly created a mid-class cargo eVTOL aircraft for advanced aerial logistics capable of carrying 45 kg of payload over a range of 40 km and handling challenging wind conditions up to 36.5 kts crosswind. Superior maneuverability and the compact dimensions of CycloRotors make the vehicle, of 2,7 x 2,5 m footprint, ideal for operation into confined areas, particularly in urban environments.
The freedom provided by the omnidirectional thrust rotors allowed a design perfectly fitted to the intended logistical operation with an aircraft shape embracing human interaction with the vehicle, easy loading and unloading of freight, fast turn-around times, and safe and ergonomic ground operation.
Both parties published a white paper explaining the detailed outcome of this study.
AIR TAXI (TECHNOLOGY CARRIER) – CONCEPT STUDY 2021
With the current developments in urban air mobility and the efforts to promote air taxis and air delivery services CycloTech also reached out and developed an air taxi concept, to be able to display to its customers how such a configuration could look like. In that effect CycloTech conducted calculations to show the possible performance of such a system, to give a better understanding of the capabilities and advantages of the propulsion technology, the CycloRotors. At this point, CycloTech sees itself as a supplier of CycloRotors and a partner which provides the technology and not as an aircraft manufacturer.
D-DALUS – CONCEPT STUDY 2014
The D-Dalus concept builds the foundation of the current developments, although this concept is, regarding some aspects, outdated it provided a broad range of data and information as the concept was elaborated and calculated. It was the first air taxi concept with CycloRotors and allowed an insight into study fields from engineering, aerodynamics and controlling.
Scenarios for Support Systems
HIGH STABILITY INSPECTION DRONE – CONCEPT OUTLOOK 2021
By combining a CycloRotor with a rotorcraft drone, high-stability drone configurations can be created that outperform conventional inspections drones. The resulting vehicles will be capable of withstanding higher gusts and wind speeds, allow higher accuracy in positioning and enable inspections in conditions where other drone configurations are already grounded. In addition, the capability to land onboard ships or other moving surfaces is enhanced.
CYCLO CARGO DRONE – CONCEPT STUDY 2021
CycloRotors can be combined with other propulsion systems and are able to provide thrust and lateral control at the same time, all the time, in one system. Thus tail fins, flaps or ailerons, which are only used in some specific moments of the flight, can be avoided. In particular in the low speed flight regime or during vertical take-off and landing, cyclorotors can provide excellent manoeuvrability.
Advancement in Technology
ENERGY
Environmentally friendly
powered with electricity
EMISSION
Efficient transport with
small CO2 footprint
RESOURCES
Responsible use of
scarce materials
LOGISTICS
Connecting people and
transport essential goods
Advancement in Technology
ENERGY
Environmentally friendly
powered with electricity
EMISSION
Efficient transport with
small CO2 footprint
RESOURCES
Responsible use of
scarce materials
LOGISTICS
Connecting people and
transport essential goods
GREENER FUTURE
CycloTech is providing a technology that is powered by electricity, although powering through a combustion engine would be possible, CycloTech is working to achieve zero-emission propulsion, which can be used in various applications. With this, a propulsion technology is provided which allows creating a very small CO2 footprint without the use of scarce resources or resources which harm the environment.
Having this in mind and being able to use CycloRotors for the transport of goods within a very short time and the transport of people within a city or city to city, a greener future doesn´t seem to be a futuristic scenario anymore. Urban air mobility comes closer, and CycloRotors provide an environmentally-friendly and sustainable solution, to push on to it.
Producing Green Energy
Producing Green Energy
NEW WAYS TO POWER THE FUTURE
Using the Cyclogyro technology for energy generation is a step to the roots of the system. Originally the principle has been intended as a water turbine but has been adapted to the VSP for maritime applications. Basically, it is the inversion of the idea to generate thrust by spinning a CycloRotor.
Designed as a Vertical-Axis-Wind-Turbine (VAWT) the system generates energy using the wind coming from any direction without the need for an azimuth or other steering mechanism. The pitch control will be like the offset-control system in the propulsion units, but way simpler. First concepts are studied to generate the energy for an average household – on a local basis.
