Mini-Bee

We aim to develop through a Lesser Open Source License a hybrid Vertical and Take-Off Landing aircraft for medical purposes.
Project was launched in January 2015 to study individual air transportation but switched to medical transportation on 2016.
On Paris Air Show 2015 we presented a first mock-up and it was a success !

During 2015 and 2016 multiple universities studied concept and TRL1 closed in June 2016.
In summer 2017, project achieved TRL2 at Paris Air Show 2017 and is now entering TRL3 with more than 15 universities and 10 industrial interested !
Objective is now to produce a full-scale model for summer 2018 and have a display presentation at Paris Air Show 2019.

Challenge NAE Student challenge by NAE - Normandie AeroEspace - is on a second edition and gathers more than 15 engineering schools and universities ! Challenge presentation from 2017 edition : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgEbw49LUFk Challenge2017video Final Meeting is planned on Friday June 15, 2018 at Eurosatory ! Please confirm your coming to coordinators ! More information on the challenge here

Current Project TRL Mini-Bee project is actually in TRL3 maturity level ! Current Project Display: File:20180412 Mini-Bee HEMS v4-11.pdf File:20180412 Mini-Bee HEMS v4-11.pptx