For a half-century, aircraft advances have been incremental on decades-old approaches. 

The following slides describe aerospace transformations that break the paradigms.
​Transformer Drone, a VTOL with 300% increase in efficiency over a helicopter.
 How is this possible?
  1. Poor performance of Competition - Helicopters and other contemporary aircraft have poor efficiency (low hurdle).
  2. Fundamentally different approach - a front or rear tiltwing aligns with the fuselage to form a highly effective lifting body aircraft, forming cruising configurations similar to the Best Contemplated next-generation airliners.
  3. LEAPFROG - Correction!  The transformations will be to cruising configurations that EXCEED the performances of the Best Contemplated next-generation airliners, as is possible with thinner more-streamlined drone aircraft.
SP-Drone, a 24/7 solar aircraft platform that enables 100% solar power for essentially all air transit.
How is this possible?
  • Poor performance of competition - The competition are using light-weight wings that are weak and slow.
  • Fundamentally different approach - Aerial Towed Platforms are lifting body approaches that are robust and fast, but they must be used under very specific conditions to achieve these high performances.
  • Higher Velocity - The Towed Platform's drag actually decreases with increasing velocity, which is an unusual and enabling characteristic.
Summary of Slides
Three aircraft platform innovations have significantly advanced what is possible in air transit.

​Transformer Drone is a simple approach to transition from Vertical Takeoff and Landing ("VTOL") to the best known cruising configurations, it offers a >300% increase in efficiency for VTOL aircraft.

Towed Platform  technology can be used for parcel and freight transit for a >100 increase in efficiency versus jet airliners. 

SP-Drone is a solar platform aircraft that uses thin Towed Platforms to achieve >500% increases in L:D versus contemporary aircraft.  Applications include 24/7 solar-powered flight that sets new standards in what is possible with faster and more-robust solar aircraft.

Transformer drone technology, see Transformer.
SP-Drone is redefining what is possible in your lifetime, see SP-Drone.
Read up on the details in the patent portfolio.
Immerse yourself in the proof of concept papers.
Study the prototypes and proofs.

Path of Innovation

Transformer Drone, Towed Aerial Platforms, and SP-Drone are products of an innovation path that includes a starting point in the innovation and additional patent-pending products to expand the capabilities of Transformer Drone, Towed Aerial Platforms, and SP-Drone.

​See Innovation Path for details on the path of innovation.