CINQUANTA: 50-Passenger Squircle Cabin Quadcopter
Today, 26 January 2019 (Malaysian time), I am 50, as I was born in Malaysia on 26 January 1969. However, I am in Italy tonight, which is still 25 January 2019, and to commemorate my 50th birthday, I have just completed drawing a concept of 50-passenger quadcopter, I called, " CINQUANTA " in Italian or "FIFTY" in English. It is the world's first conceptual design of large passenger quadcopter with squircle (square with rounded corners) cabin around 4 propellers. Unlike conventional designs of quadcopter where the cabin is located at the center between the 4 propellers, the cabin of CINQUANTA is outside of and around the 4 propellers. The unconventional design of CINQUANTA places the cabin outside, while the 4 propellers inside. This configuration enables smaller diameter of the quadcopter for accommodating 50 passengers. There are 4 curved seats for 13 adults each inside the squircle cabin of CINQUANTA, to accommodate a total of 50 pas...