Transitioning VTOL for Efficient Flight
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1 fund applications · 1 season
A hybrid VTOL vehicle that transitions to horizontal flight for efficient, medium distanc…
AircraftElectricHybridMilitaryPackage DeliveryPlaneScienceTransportationVTOL open-infrastructurescience-research
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About
A prototype vehicle that will take off vertically and transition to fly like an airplane, promoting efficient flight and varied operational uses. The vehicle will be a hybrid to have increased efficiency and endurance, creating power onboard.
Impact
This vehicle will be capable of supporting multiple industries for medium distance travel with low infrastructure requirements, including military operations, personal transportation, and cargo/package delivery. Future versions could replace cars.
Progress
I am building and testing a scaled prototype, used to estimate efficiencies and refine the controls, structure, and power systems for a full vehicle. I am setting up tests for a variety of aerodynamic surfaces, electronic systems, and configurations.
Team
I have big ambitions, built upon an Aerospace Engineering background, with hundreds of ideas and tens of projects that have expanded my skills and knowledge. I've spent thousands of hours developing my engineering and entrepreneurship abilities.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
| Total | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | Reactor Fund for Hardcore Hackers | submitted | 2026-01-08 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/transitioning-vtol-for-personal-transportation
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Not recovered: creator, links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
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