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Le Colibri (concept design)
Thibault Chatillon (inventor)
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
www.tibo-cat-lion.tumblr.com
Since 2007, Thibault Chatillon has been working with, inventing, flying and designing drones, including designing passenger electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Chatillon is based in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France. In addition, he’s designed the first vertiport network in France for eVTOL aircraft and drones. Chatillon is also working on innovative eVTOL aircraft design concepts for advanced aerial mobility (AAM) and air racing. On several of Chatillon’s social media accounts, his handle is Tibo Cat Lion.
The Le Colibri is a three passenger long range hybrid-electric VTOL concept design aircraft that has one main high wing with winglets and a horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft can be piloted or flown autonomously. The propellers are stacked and are located inside the wings and tail which will rotate in all directions to have complete directional control of the aircraft. The Le Colibri has a cruise speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) and has a range of 300 km (186 miles). Le Colibri translates to English as The Hummingbird.
The aircraft is expected to be used for advanced air mobility within a city and between cities. The aircraft is foreseen to be used for many civilian and government advanced air mobility missions including air cargo service.
Specifications:
- Aircraft type: Hybrid-electric VTOL passenger concept aircraft
- Piloting: Piloted or autonomous
- Capacity: 3 persons or air cargo
- Cruise speed: 250 km/h (155 mph)
- Range: 300 km (186 miles)
- Cruise altitude: According to the rules of each country
- Propellers: 6 propellers
- Electric motors: 6 electric motors
- Power source: Hybrid-electric
- Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
- Windows: Large windows allowing forward, left, right visibility with a solid roof above the passenger compartment
- Wings: 1 main high wing with winglets
- Tail: 1 horizontal stabilizer
- Landing gear: Retractable tricycle wheeled landing gear
- Safety features: Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP), provides safety through redundancy for its passengers and/or cargo. DEP means having multiple propellers (or ducted fans) and motors on the aircraft so if one or more propellers (ducted fans) or motors fail, the other working propellers (or ducted fans) and motors can safely land the aircraft. There are also redundancies of critical components in the sub-systems of the aircraft.
Related Aircraft:
- Chatillon Buzzaxe H5 (concept design)
- Chatillon Ciconia (concept design)
- Chatillon Drone Air Cargo (concept design)
- Chatillon Gyrobulance (concept design)
- Chatillon H10 EMS (concept design)
- Chatillon Haut QuadrAxes (concept design)
- Chatillon HexaDeka (concept design)
- Chatillon Jet (concept design)
- Chatillon Le Frelon V01 (concept design)
- Chatillon Livraison Express (cargo drone concept design)
- Chatillon Mon Nouveau (concept design)
- Chatillon MotoFly (concept design)
- Chatillon NautiQuad (concept design)
- Chatillon Quadraxes Air Racer (concept design)
- Chatillon Rescq (concept design)
- Chatillon Skfly 8 (concept design)
- Chatillon TriAxes (concept design)
- Chatillon Tritan Jet T1 (concept design)
- Chatillon Tritan Jet TQ (concept design)
- Chatillon Triton (series of concept design aircraft)
- Chatillon Whisper (concept design)
Resources:
- Tibo Cat Lion (Thibault Chatillon) Tumblr
- Thibault Chatillon Facebook
- Tibo Cat Lion (Thibault Chatillon) Twitter
- Tibo Cat Lion (Thibault Chatillon) YouTube Channel
- Tibo Cat Lion (Thibault Chatillon) Instagram
- Thibault Chatillon LinkedIn
- Tibo Cat Lion (Thibault Chatillon) Pinterest (France)
- AirNova (vertiport network for France) website
- AirNova LinkedIn
- Article: Les drones du Thouarsais recherchent leur cible, Lanouveller Republique, Nov. 11, 2014
- Video: La Minute Éco – Laurent Mathiolon (AQPRIM), AQPRIM, June 23, 2021
