Graviman,
Your comments about the flying ducted platform and an electric drive suggest the possibility of a viable rescue platform. A flying platform where it's genset plus 'pilot' are ground based, and the two pieces of equipment are linked by a power/control umbilical cord.
Perhaps Sikorsky would be an ideal manufacturer of such a vehicle. They have experience with the
Cypher and one of the three authors of the book
'Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Brushless Machines' works for United Technologies Research Center.
Dave