The Aircraft

CellCraft is an alternative concept of a new type of aircraft since the beginning of 1996 as a basic conceptual idea addressed to a new type of aircraft. The project in the basic concept is not very detached from what a helicopter or an airplane still represent today, since the aircraft is capable to fly in both way, however it is pretty much different from both aircraft's tipology, something rather unusual but at the same time it can maintain the properties of both helicopters and airplanes.
From my point of view I firmly believe that something is going to change the future; the way we move tomorrow will be very different and there are already some interesting signals in the aeronautical sector which follow many patterns although complex and very interesting.

Mr. MOLLER (Moller Skycar M 400), did already built a prototype of an aircraft rather interesting called "SKY CAR" while many others like him - including my self - are still experimenting comprable solutions. Time and technology are both working to improve the quality of materials in all aspect: durability, lightness, mechanical strength etc. Therefore no one can really know what it will bring to us though the future is always waiting around the corner to suddenly show up.

As former helicopter pilot, and historian of vertical flight I had the opportunity to study the problem of the vertical mobility very close, experiencing directly through hours of flight, allowing me to have a clear analysis of technical issues related to these type of aircraft. (Helicopter aerodynamics)

CellCraft projects in brief is an aircraft that could maintain the same property of the extraordinary helicopters, but combined with the typical speed of fixed-wing aircraft, and most important maintain a very high levels of security and flexibility as well. That means that a such type of machine should be capable to land and take off vertically, as well flying at high “appreciable” speed.

Since the beginning I started with the constant idea of designing an aircraft that summed up in the concept more or less of both helicopters and airplanes be capable of the same performance and I called this machine: CELL-CRAFT © or "G".

The CELL-CRAFT© today isn’t the sole project of this kind, as well as many other it is an alternative aviation idea, it rather represents a concentration of research in various fields of a futuristic scenario next too come. It is a type of aircrafts developed on different platforms. The concept of horizontal-vertical flight in few words means: new environment and architecture of the cockpit, and a new way of interaction between man and machine, that makes this project pretty much different from the classic idea of an aircraft as we know it today. The CellCraft came out while developing both the style and the architectural structure of a modular flying system.
The term CellCraft came out since it indicate the architecture of the aircraft itself, the structure remind that of a typical modular system. The aircraft also looks very compact, designed according with the idea of keeping together individual elements technologically autonomous, identified as main modules but assembled into a single harmonious system; in other words been a unique and integrated structure, having a main brain, a cell called AFC (Automatic Flight Control) discussed ahead in details.

There are several types of Gs (CellCraft) and many different versions for any appropriate roles. My attempt over here is to make a description of the most representative projects in a the most easy way, leaving the reader having a clear view of the entire matter. This site will also be updated with the latest design variations or versions of the related projects, finally a historical section shows the whole evolution process that took the long way over the course of the years since 1996.

Architecture of the Aircraft: G450-455

In 2003, contemporary with the development of the project G440, almost completed, I decided to revise the original concept once again, starting from the first project, making a review of that machine originally designed in 1996: the G150.
It was now the time since I could get the right technology to re-build it as a brand new aircraft, which until then I could only dreamed. In 2003, in fact, the technology related to induction-electric-motors with digital control for traction had begun its course and development providing a growing production of electric motors ever more efficient and reliable, perfectly adaptable to an aircraft which would fly with full electric propulsion; and that was exactly what was originally planned for the G150 project.
The following projects opened the second phase of the design process, and new projects were already describing the future CellCraft’s idea getting the right shape. All Those projects were provided with a serial hybrid system, in other words the transmission was connected to both a turbo-shaft turbine engine, as well to an electric motor inserted inside the transmission disc (G412-13-16-18-20). The transmission system was basically a very compact mechanism intended to distribute the power to the various axial compressors or multi-stage ducted-rotors.
Projects were very diversified among them and in some cases the electric motor was inserted inside the axis of the ducted-rotor (G440; G500). Furthermore these machines had the rotors lying on the horizontal axis and equipped with deflectors of various types designed to re-direct the air-stream thrust in a given direction. This was a feature of its own, technically conceived for the second project’s phase: the G412 (1996) up to the G440 (2003).

The G150’s project or a possible variation of the most recent (G450-455), was now perfectly feasible and more advanced than the original design exercise, and after all quite contemporary. I like to think about the future to something we alredy have but we should be patient while waiting for, whatever it is it will eventually become real soon or later.