Pure thrust vectoring for propeller driven craft at rates capable of vehicle stability and control. Imagine how it could extend your legacy system or its insane potential for clean-sheet designs.
TVP is a transformational capability.
The key to generating pure control forces without introducing adverse moments is to pivot through the center of thrust. It places the full power of propulsion under command of the pilot, dwarfing the authority of conventional control mechanisms.
Engines and motors were not designed for the off-axis loads of vectoring. Instead, TVP redirects all thrust and vectoring forces directly into the airframe. The engine only provides the torque.
Steering the thrust without moving the motor enables vectoring rates suitable for vehicle stability and control.
Scalable over a wide range of vehicles and missions, TVP enables single-axis or fully gimbaled vectoring in either pusher or puller configurations.
Regardless of the size or configuration, the balanced control loads enable manual or servo operation without hydraulics while the low rotational inertia minimizes precession forces.
Our ducted propellers have fixed-pitch blades whose camber can be varied in flight. They enable trimming for efficiency between vertical and cruise modes. They can compensate for engine lag in tail-sitters, and create differential thrust in multicopters – while operating at the same RPM.
We also integrate fixed-pitch OEM propellers.
Faster transitions, extended range with active trimming, and evasive maneuverability.
Extend the life of legacy systems with improved performance and utility.
Invigorate pilots and ignite markets with the thrill of powered control and automated trim.
Move beyond the limitations of multicopters and create entirely new categories of craft
The multicopter drone has reached its peak.
It carried the revolution in drone technology and was the ideal platform to do so. But it has not scaled well in cost, size, or utility.
In the same amount of time it took to create an entire industry around aviation, the largest multicopter drones are expensive two-seaters.
However, they have set the stage for what comes next.
It begins with a conversation
