Orca eVTOL
Emergency Medical Aircraft for Orca Aerospace
The single piloted Orca is a vertical take-off and landing aircraft designed to compete with air ambulance rotorcraft by transporting patients at higher speed, lower operational cost and increased safety. By combining the design methodologies of conventional aircraft and high performance rotorcraft, the concept of Orca aims to reduce fatal outcomes and save more lives in emergency medical situations. Furthermore, through its electric propulsion the concept is an advocate for a sustainable future.
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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.
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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.
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.
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 Overview
Orca eVTOL Emergency Medical Aircraft has been a Bronze winner in the Aerospace and Aircraft Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
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Bronze Recognition
Soma Varga was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Orca eVTOL Emergency Medical Aircraft.
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Introducing the Orca eVTOL: Revolutionizing Emergency Medical Aircraft
The Orca eVTOL, designed by Soma Varga, is set to transform emergency medical services with its innovative electric propulsion and advanced aerodynamic design, reducing response times and operational costs.
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