ATI developed these experimental aircraft for a European customer to demonstrate the benefits of the novel hydrogen-peroxide powered tipjet rotor. Flight tests of a single-seat proof-of-concept aircraft were highly successful, and lead to the development of a two-seat model with an enclosed fuselage.
Video of rotor wake produced in hover by steam from H2O2 jet (0.7 meg)
ATI developed these experimental aircraft for a European customer to demonstrate the benefits of the novel hydrogen-peroxide powered tipjet rotor. Flight tests of a single-seat proof-of-concept aircraft were highly successful, and lead to the development of a two-seat model with an enclosed fuselage.
