MAKING FLIGHT
HUMAN-PROOF
HIGHLY REDUNDANT, ELECTRIC MOTORS
✔︎ Eighteen motors, propellers, and batteries
✔︎ Safely land with up to 6 motors disabled
✔︎ Highly reliable - only 18 moving parts!
✔︎ Bird strike tolerant design
REDUNDANT FLIGHT CONTROL
✔︎ 3X redundant flight computer
✔︎ 3X redundant sensors (GPS, IMU, etc.)
✔︎ Sensors for collision avoidance
FLOATS
✔︎ 6 perimeter floats for water operations
✔︎ Radial layout for enhanced stability
✔︎ Center float doubles as crash protection
OVERHEAD ROTOR DESIGN
✔︎ Propellers out of reach
✔︎ Enhanced visibility
✔︎ Distributed batteries (away from pilot)
✔︎ All critical systems at least 2x redundant
✔︎ Design factor of safety >2 everywhere
AUTONOMOUS BALLISTIC PARACHUTE
✔︎ Patented PARAZERO BRS for multicopters
✔︎ Effective as low as 10m (33 feet)
✔︎ Autonomously deploys when needed
SWAPPABLE, DISTRIBUTED BATTERIES
✔︎ 18 separate batteries for fault tolerance
✔︎ Away from pilot (thermal runaway tolerant)
✔︎ Saves cabling weight, charge on ground carts
MISSION CONTROL
✔︎ 2-way voice communication with Control
✔︎ Dedicated controllers monitoring flight telemetry
✔︎ Assisted preflight and safety briefings
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CONTROLLED FLIGHT ENVIRONMENT
✔︎ Geo-spatially mapped flight areas
✔︎ Fixed obstructions mapped
✔︎ Only allow flying in good weather conditions
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SEMI-AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT
✔︎ Flight assisted by computer with joystick input
✔︎ "Let go" of stick holds position in hover
✔︎ Automatic takeoff, landing, Return-to-Home
✔︎ Automatic wind compensation
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AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT
✔︎ Geofenced flight area boundaries
✔︎ Ground-based radar for collision avoidance
✔︎ GPS assisted navigation
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"LIFT's goal of being 10X safer than general aviation is achievable by combining an inherently redundant and simple aircraft design with its semi-autonomous, controlled flying experience."
Charles Justiz
Former Chief of Aviation Safety at NASA