Work / ecofire-helicopter
Helioss
Helicopter Ionized Suppression System: ionized delivery of Ecofire.
Patent WO2024/261364 A1
- Role
- Founder & CTO
- Timeframe
- July 2023 - Present
- Stack
- Electrostatic nozzles, embedded, Bluetooth, mechanical design
- Status
- Prototype · patent filed
Problem
Aerial firefighting still depends on how suppressant leaves the aircraft. This attachment is a helicopter-mounted system: electrostatic nozzles so the fluid charges and wets fuel, and a Bluetooth control path so the operator is not wired into the payload. Fire prevention is the physical problem. The hardware is the job.
What I Built
Full mechanical, electrical, and firmware design of the attachment: nozzle system, power and control electronics, and the Bluetooth interface. Patent WO2024/261364 A1.
Hard Part
The constraints that actually mattered were mechanical (vibration, weight, hardpoint), electrical (high-voltage electrostatics next to avionics-adjacent electronics), and a control link that has to stay reliable.
Result
Prototype hardware. Patent WO2024/261364 A1 (PCT). No public drop-rate or coverage figures on this page.
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