Aircraft
XTI Looks to 'Crowdfunding' for TriFan 600
The Denver-based company is designing a three-engine vertical-lift business aircraft to provide door-to-door travel.
Denver-based XTI is designing an aircraft that would be powered by three turboshafts, two on the wings and a third mounted aft.
Denver-based XTI is designing an aircraft that would be powered by three turboshafts, two on the wings and a third mounted aft.

XTI Aircraft Company is exploring the potential of a crowdfunding campaign to help bring its vision of a TriFan 600 six-seat fixed-wing vertical-takeoff business aircraft to reality. Founded in 2012, Denver-based XTI is designing an aircraft that would be powered by two turboshafts driving three ducted fans, two on the wings and a third mounted aft. The wing-mounted fans would rotate up for vertical lift and then rotate forward for flight. The aft fan would be engaged for vertical takeoff and landing, but would then be disengaged and retracted, covered by “clamshell”-like doors to provide a more aerodynamic contour during flight. 


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