T2 · Skip-lift trike
A hybrid drone-scooter for India’s kachcha roads — ride like an electric auto, hop like a ducted-fan craft when the tarmac disappears.
Studio
Ride it like an electric auto. When the road opens a crater, the ducts spool, the chassis lifts one metre, and the wheels miss the hole.
Kachcha road
A laterite feeder in monsoon season. Auto-skip arms the ducts when a crater is twelve metres out — or hold Space / the road to hop by hand.
Space or hold the road to skip-lift. Detection looks 12 m ahead.
Systems
Chassis
India already runs on three wheels. TRIYAN keeps the reverse-trike footprint of a Bajaj RE so it threads PMGSY lanes, village bazaars, and 2.2 m culverts — then adds a tubular roll cage and 220 mm ground clearance for rutted laterite.
Ducts
Four ducted fans live in folding outriggers. They do not cruise in the air. They spool for six to ten seconds, lift the 498 kg all-up mass one metre, and put the wheels down past the crater. Ground effect at 0.4–0.8 m cuts the power bill enough to make the hop real.
Sense
A stereo pair in the nose and ultrasonic pucks under the belly watch the next twelve metres. Depth over 80 mm or a lip over 400 mm wide arms skip-lift. The rider can always hold the bar trigger and hop by hand.
Power
A 14.4 kWh lithium-iron pack sits between the rear wheels, low and protected. Charge from any 15 A 230 V socket — the same plug as a water heater. Fourteen hops and a 60 km mandi run still leave a reserve.
Missions
Taluka PHC, 14 km
Two-up, one medical kit. Six monsoon craters on the approach road. Auto-skip keeps the stretcher-flat ride instead of a 20-minute crawl around each hole.
14 km · 6 hops
Village to APMC
Crates on the rear rack, two people, packed earth that turns to soup after rain. Ground mode for the 3.75 m PMGSY stretch, skip-lift for the 800 m kachcha feeder.
22 km · 4 hops
Two children, one adult
Payload stays at two persons plus bags. The canopy and belts are the point — this is not a motorcycle in the rain. Skip the broken culvert, not the day.
8 km · 2 hops
India Post / CSC
Narrow enough for a village lane, tall enough to hop a washed-out shoulder. The same three-wheel service culture as the auto, with a fan pack you can rinse.
35 km · 8 hops
Energy
Ground cruise is cheap. Each 40 m skip-lift costs about 0.55 kWh — roughly five kilometres of laterite. Plan the feeder, not the highway.
14.4 kWh pack
0%
Short of the shop — drop hops or kilometres.
T2 specification
Skip-lift is a burst, not a flight rating. Thrust is sized for 498 kg all-up with a 1.3× margin, in ground effect, for eight seconds.
Reverse trike
One steer wheel, two driven rears — auto-rickshaw stance on a 3.0–3.75 m PMGSY carriageway.
2 adults
Side-by-side 920 mm bench, 180 kg combined with 20 kg of cargo.
498 kg
318 kg kerb + 180 kg two-up. Designed around a 1.3× hover thrust margin.
2 × 6 kW hubs
Rear in-hub motors, 55 km/h limited, 35 km/h rural cruise.
4 × 0.62 m ducts
360 kW peak for 6–10 s bursts. Ceiling 1.2 m AGL, ground-effect cushion.
14.4 kWh LFP
90% usable. 15 A 230 V kirana-shop charge, CCS2 optional.
95 km
Two-up, 35 km/h, 35 °C. About 0.11 kWh/km on laterite and broken blacktop.
14 skips
Each 40 m / 8 s hop uses ~0.55 kWh. Not a flying car — a pothole skipper.
Stereo + ultrasonic
Flags holes deeper than 80 mm or wider than 400 mm at 12 m.
IP67 / 50 °C
Monsoon wade 250 mm on wheels. Dust, laterite, and 45 °C soak tested.