Avcen Limited
Avcen based in London, England, seeks an investor to help it manufacture a new Very Quiet Short Take-Off and Landing range of twin-engined six-seat passenger jets and two Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV variants based on the same design. The new range of innovative jets are called Jetpods and will be used as city-centre air-taxis, personal jets, air ambulances and for military purposes. The Jetpod U-500 UAV has been designed to search for and actually recover one person into an-onboard climatised payload bay area, and in any weather day or night.
London, England (PRWEB) October 26, 2004 -- Avcen Limited is seeking an
investor to help bring its innovative Jetpod into production. The Jetpod is a
Very Quiet Short Take-Off and Landing (VQSTOL) light passenger civil and
military twin-jet range of aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) variants
that will now come off the drawing board and into proof of concept flight
trials.
The Jetpod can cruise at 300 knots (350 mph, 550 kmph) and only
requires an incredible 125 metres (410 feet) to take-off or land using a
combination of horizontal and vertical thrust. Avcen has developed advanced
noise attenuation technologies to reduce the noise output of any existing engine
manufacturer`s relevant sized 3500 lb thrust jet engine by up to two recognised
Stages or Chapters of jet noise. Therefore, standard jet noise can be reduced by
as much as 50%. The aircraft will sell for less than one million US Dollars.
Avcen`s Managing Director says "We are expecting a great deal of interest from
around the world in this new form of transportation that will see STOL strips
opening up inside world-class cities." The military M-300 is well suited to
4-man special operations rapid egress, battlefield command-and-control, fast
extraction of wounded troops, and on-board Aircraft Carrier operations without
the need of a catapult or arrester gear.
Avcen has also developed two
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle variants based on the same design that can maintain a
hover at determined fuel loads. The UAVs can fly in any weather day or night.
The U-500 is capable of rescuing one person remotely under the control of
base-station operatives some 300 miles away. Rescuing a person remotely in this
way has never been done before. The U-600 has been designed to carry out
autonomous light resupply, construction and engineering repair tasking
along-side oil rigs, large ships, high-rise buildings and other very remote
scientific stations, e.g. Arctic.
KEY DESIGN FEATURES
Super noise
attenuated quiet (Q) thrust. A reduction of up to two chapters (or stages) of
jet noise. 125 metres take-off and landing distance. Unique horizontal and
vertical thrust management. 300 kts high-speed cruise. Built for multiple daily
sectors. Very rugged tricycle undercarriage with dual wheeled bogeys. Wide rear
clamshell doors with walk/run-in foot-ramp. All round safety redundancy.
Non-pressurized. Single pilot IFR capable but designed primarily with VFR in
mind. Wide-bodied fuselage with high cabin ceiling and recessed foot-well.
Standard synthetic terrain-mapping display *see criteria. Warm-surface
anti-icing. Full reverse thrust. Twin-engined, high-thrust safety. Lightweight
instrument T-Pack all EFIS display. Side-stick flight controls. Extra-large
passenger windows for viewing and increased ambient light. Spacious 6-seat
layout, including pilot. Standard external overhead camera to monitor traffic
and view engines. Bird impact tested. Engine intake bird impact and debris
protectors; Excellent front, overhead and through floor viewing for pilot(s).
SUGGESTED OPERATIONAL ROLES
Low-cost, free-roaming, multi-sector,
low-level, very quiet, city centre air-taxis. Personal, low-noise countryside
Transpeeder on grass or roughly prepared dirt strips. Fast mover of Corporation
staff to multiple localised destinations. Military utility, 300 knots high-speed
cruise from battlefield to rear echelons. Military or civil surgical
air-ambulance (run-straight-in stretcher). Military 4-man special forces team
expediter - rapid ingress/egress. Onboard Aircraft Carrier operations without
the need for catapult or arrester-gear. Day, plus very late/early hours city
courier. Quiet night surveillance operations, Customs and Coast Guard.
Free-roaming homeland security over major cities at 45 kts loiter, 300 kts
chase. UAV search and actual one person in-hover recovery into payload bay. UAV
light construction and engineering repair tasks, oilrigs, ships, tall buildings.
UAV all weather low-level tasking, desert, arctic, mountain, over-sea, fire
patrol.
We believe that the Jetpod represents one of the greatest
advancements in aircraft design and related technologies since the Learjet in
the 1960`s. The Jetpod is completely out on its own when it comes to reducing
aircraft noise and take-off distance. The Jetpod truly has a number of
sustainable competitive advantages.
Potential buyers of the Jetpod can
email Avcen with their level of interest, without obligation, or the requirement
to place a deposit until six months prior to delivery.
Avcen is currently
seeking a private investor to help it accelerate the aircraft into production.
"Here is an excellent opportunity for a single investor to take as much as 50%
of the Company for a relatively small amount of money. Not only is the financial
return potentially huge but there is the added satisfaction of participating in
bringing a superb aircraft into production" says Dacre the Managing Director.
Afterwhich, the Company will go Public via a London AIM Stock Market Listing.
See: www.avcen.com
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