Orca eVTOL Ndege Yothandiza Odwala Mwadzidzidzi by Soma Varga, Zsolt Koltai and Akos Matyus

Bronze Ndege · 2021

Orca eVTOL Ndege Yothandiza Odwala Mwadzidzidzi

by Soma Varga, Zsolt Koltai and Akos Matyus

Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award 2021 in Ndege
CLIENT: Orca Aerospace
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About Orca eVTOL Ndege Yothandiza Odwala Mwadzidzidzi

Orca eVTOL ndi ndege yothandiza odwala mwadzidzidzi yomwe imatha kunyamuka ndi kutera mwachindunji pogwiritsa ntchito magetsi. Ndege iyi, yoyendetsedwa ndi woyendetsa mmodzi, imanyamula anthu atatu ndipo yamangidwa ndi zida za carbon fibre composite. Mainjini asanu ndi awiri odziyimira pawokha a magetsi, opatsidwa mphamvu ndi mabatire a lithium, amapereka mphamvu yoyendetsa ndege komanso kuwonjezera chitetezo. Mapiko ake ali ndi mtunda wa mamita 12.45 pamene kutalika kwake ndi mamita 8.1. Mainjini a magetsi amayamba kugwira ntchito mwamphindi zochepa, pamene mainjini a turbine amafunikira nthawi yotentha asanagwire ntchito. Kuuluka pogwiritsa ntchito mapiko kumalola liwiro lalikulu poyerekeza ndi ndege za helikopita, zomwe zimathandiza odwala kufika kuchipatala mofulumira kuti alandire chithandizo.

About the Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award

Orca eVTOL Ndege Yothandiza Odwala Mwadzidzidzi ndi mmodzi mwa opambana a Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award, kuzindikirika kolemekezeka kwambiri komwe kumaperekedwa kwa mapangidwe abwino kwambiri omwe amaonekera ndi luso lolenga, kuchenjera ndi nzeru zakuthwa. Opambana a Bronze ndi zinthu zaluso kwambiri ndi zolenga modabwitsa zomwe zimatsimikizira zochitika zazikulu, kulingalira ndi kuchenjera kwa opanga awo. Orca eVTOL Ndege Yothandiza Odwala Mwadzidzidzi akuyembekezeka kukhala chinthu choyamikiridwa, chosirira ndi chokondedwa, chaukatswiri wapadera ndi chatsopano. Mapangidwe opambana Mphoto ya Bronze ya A' Design Award awa amaphatikiza machitidwe abwino kwambiri a luso, sayansi, kapangidwe ndi ukadaulo ndipo ndi abwino kwambiri chifukwa cha kusamala kwawo zazing'ono. Orca eVTOL Ndege Yothandiza Odwala Mwadzidzidzi amakwaniritsa zosowa mokongola, kukhudza zilakolako, kukopa mitima ndi kudzutsa chidwi.

Press Kit

Unique Properties: The Orca eVTOL is a vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle equipped with electric propulsion. The single piloted Orca has been designed to compeete with current emergency rotorcraft by transporing patients at higher speed, lower operational cost and incerased safety due the installed 7 independent electric engines and advanced aerodynamic design. The possible range of the carbon composite aircraft with three person on board and with current battery technology is up to 120 km.
Dimensions & Packaging: The wingspan of the Orca is 12.45m, its length is 8.1m with an overall heigth of 2.4m.
Tags: VTOL, electric propulsion, emergency medical services, aircraft, battery propulsion
Production Technology: The proposed concept uses high performance carbon fibre composite materials, common in aerospace industry. The integrated electric motors have already a proven background in motorsport and run entirely on lithium-based batteries.
Design Challenge: The most challenging part of a VTOL design is to combine design methodology of fixed wing aircraft and rotorcraft, two different regimes of aviation that are well documented when investigated separately but is still full of unknown obstacles when treated as a single regime. Having to run engines effectively while hover and during levelled cruise flight introduced energy management challenges.
Research: The design of the Orca eVTOL started with setting the flight performance requirements such as minimum range, payload, and cruise flight speed. All these emerged from a typical flight profile for a rotorcraft used in emergency medical operations. After deriving the strict performance requirements, a major effort was made to design an easy to operate yet safe aircraft architecture. This resulted in a so called three-surface aircraft with top positioned main wing and with axisymmetric fuselage.
Inspiration: The concept of the Orca electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) was designed to challenge the current rotorcraft market used in the emergency medical services. With continuously advancing battery and electric engine technology, the concepts of eVTOLs became feasible. In the airborne medical services, introducing electric propulsion and winged aircraft concepts, the response time can be significantly reduced. All this to help avoid fatal outcomes of such situations.
Project Duration: The time required to design the Orca eVTOL from the first sketches to this stage covered six months. The design team has its headquarter in Pécs, Hungary.
Operation Flow: When alarming the rotorcraft medical services, the gas turbine engines of the rotorcraft have a warm-up time. This can mean up to 3 min before the take-off. With electric engines all this is reduced to seconds only. Due to the flight speed limits placed on the helicopter’s rotating blades, the wing borne flight of the Orca allows a higher maximum cruise speed. All these reduce the time form the emergency call until the treatment of the patients and the transfer flight back to the hospital.
Patents: Patented. Patent No.: 008215388-0001 issued by the European Union Intellectual Property Office. Patent holders: Soma Ádám Varga, Zsolt Koltai, Ákos Matyus.