2015_Lilium_Jet.md

Lililium Jet

Timeline

• Announced: 2015 (The company founded)
• Fully operational: 2025

Web site(s)

[https://lilium.com/the-jet]

Specifications

There's not much specifications.

• "Engines": 36 all-electric. (So, they should be called, MOTORS)
• "Only one moving part in the engine". (So impressive, but what non-moving part turns the "engines" pointing downward?)
• Range: 300km.
• Speed: 300km/h (What speed?)
• 1 pilot, 4 passengers.
• VTOL

The team

Most professional (who makes the thing fly) members

• 1 Aerospace Engineering degree holder, Daniel Wiegand, one of the bosses.
• 1 "Research Engineer" from NASA+Boeing+Airbus, Luca Benassi, but his field of research is not mentioned.
• 1 Car Designer, Frank Stephenson

Violation of basic engineering knowledge

1. 36 tiny fans (or engines whatever they call it). Extremely low static thrust (hovering) efficiency.
2. Configuration of 36 tiny fans, 6x2 front, 12x2 rear.

Let's

see how and when this project dies.