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Invention Awards 2014: A Personal Electric Airplane That Won’t Need A Runway<\/p>\n

More than half of all personal aircraft accidents occur during takeoffs or landings. That\u2019s why inventor and entrepreneur JoeBen Bevirt\u2014known for designing airplane-like wind energy turbines\u2014is intent on making runways obsolete. Bevirt, 40, has mobilized his wind energy team to create a personal electric airplane called S2 that takes off vertically, like a helicopter, and flies aerodynamically, like an airplane.<\/p>\n

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No full-scale prototype exists yet, but Bevirt and his team have built about two dozen 10-pound models to demonstrate their concept works. NASA has taken notice and is now funding the development of a 55-pound unmanned aerial vehicle. Supercomputer simulations of a full-scale, 1,700-pound S2 suggest it could fly two people about 200 miles (New York City to Boston) in an hour on 50 kilowatt-hours of electricity, or roughly equivalent to 1.5 gallons of fuel used by a typical two-seat airplane\u2014which would make the new aircraft about five times more efficient.<\/p>\n

S2 wouldn\u2019t have been possible just a decade ago, says Bevirt, who believes new compact and efficient motors, ever-increasing power density in batteries, smarter control systems, and tinier sensors mean his plane will soon be a reality. \u201cThere has never been a better time to be an aircraft designer,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY
\nA dozen compact electric motors operate three times more efficiently than a typical personal airplane\u2019s combustion engines. Bonus: More motors improve redundancy and lower the risk of accidents.<\/p>\n

FLEXIBILITY
\nRetractable arms reposition the motors to transition between vertical takeoff, forward flight, and landing.<\/p>\n

CONTROL
\nComputers adjust motor speed 4,000 times per second to optimize efficiency, reduce noise, and improve flight control.<\/p>\n

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