Goa-based Seahorse has further refined the design of its amphibious Seahorse eVTOL, according to a Linkedin post from Sea Horse Chief Design and Innovation Officer Deepak Pathania.
The first flight of the new Seahorse H5 will take place later this year, according to the post. “Our Goa team has designed, built, and test-flown 18 scaled prototypes, demonstrating our tech capability and philosophy of “doing” while we design. Our JV partner Flowcopter successfully tested the newly designed propellers and are flying their 500kg quad-copters in the UK and Denmark, validating their hydraulic propulsion tech. To adapt to the issues of fast changing propulsion and engine capacities, we revised our design three times in 2024. Finally, we found the solution. Modularity! We split the VTOL into three independent segments: propulsion system we put in the floats/pontoons; cabin in the body/fuselage that’s bolted on the float; an motor and propellers on the rotor cluster, pivoted on the fuselage.
According to the company’s website, the eVTOL’s specifications include:
- Range: 3 hours, 450 km -Speed: 150 km/h
- Max Take-Off Weight (MTOW): 2000 Kg
- Payload Capacity: 550 Kg
- Take-off/Landing: Capable from both water and land
- Rotors: 8 sets of co-axial rotors (total 16 rotors)
- Propulsion System: Patented “digital displacement hydraulic transmission technology” developed by Flowcopter.
The new design will be exhibited at the Urban Air Mobility Expo in Noida between January 19 and 22.
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