Scout is a light experimental helicopter designed with Art.lebedevstudio for Horizont design bureau, a company famous for building aircraft with unique flying qualities. The Helicopter exterior, interior and air navigation display interface were all designed by the team at artlebedev and myself around the theme of "safe accessible flight".
Released: October 2015
Retail price: £140,000
Materials: Aluminium, Steel, Glass, GFRP
Process: GFRP layering, Blanking, Forging
Made for: Horizont Design Bureau, Art. lebedev Studio
Team: Artemy Lebedev, Timur Burbayev, Aleksey Sharshakov, Andrey Fabishevsky, Aleksey Ivashkevich, Anthony Malls, Michael Oxley, Stiven Skyrah
While having the footprint of a helecopter made for two, scout can comfortably seat three and additional luggage.
We considered every detail and built multiple full-size models to ensure getting in and out is as easy as possible.
We worked with Horizont to develop more than 20 combinations of exterior and interior colour schemes.