Posted on 03/28/2017 2:14:39 AM PDT by cba123
This strange vehicle might look like a flying saucer, but it's not for extraterrestrials.
Humans looking for a trip that's truly 'out of this world' can now fly in style with the I.F.O or 'Identified Flying Object', a proposed two-seater drone concept that looks like a UFO.
The I.F.O is powered by eight electric rotary engines that push the saucer to an estimated top speed of 120mph (190kph) and can lift it to the average helicopter altitude.
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I was thinking "oh well, this is interesting, but..."
But it was really interesting.
Each of the things I was thinking, had already been thought out. This runs for an hour, is rechargeable, and even has a small parachute, to emergency bail with, just in case it stops running somewhere at altitude.
Apparently, like a traditional helicopter, as long as you are (above) a certain flight level. Flying too low, appears to be more risky than flying higher.
There are something like 15 photos attached. Seems quite interesting.
It is not terribly fancy. Just the basics, but seems a very good concept.
The one thing it says is they are (still) looking for someone to boot the project up with an investment.
Maybe too much liability.
But I like it, very much in fact.
I will attach a clickable link below.
I would question the safety angle to this. While it’s nice to have the parachute.....if you don’t have at least a couple thousand feet....I don’t see the chute slowing you down enough to prevent serious injury.
Whatever it is, it isn’t a drone.
Unlike a helicopter this thing won’t auto rotate.
Well, it isn’t a UFO, either.
Well done, sir.
German volocopter is here(flying prototype ), has a parachute and a generator.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=OazFiIhwAEs
I think the chute is a great idea, but note the battery is I think, in the part of the cockpit which the chute is on.
That seems like a (very) heavy part, to have connected to the portion which has the chute.
(If I am correct in how I understand this).
I’m not sure this is completely survivable as it currently is designed. However this seems interesting to me.
I would want the electronics to be very, very bulletproof. You wouldn’t want some random electronic hiccup to bring you out of the sky, unexpectedly.
That would be bad.
Its a perfect vehhicle for do drop in jihadhi suicide bombers.
We could market a model called” 72 Virgins Sky Carpet.”
The unit would easily hold a jihadhi and 100 pounds of IED full of creative jihadhi shrapnel. Think of it, they could crash the thing right into any high rise apartment of office building!
They will sell like hot cakes!
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As I recall there is a parachute for light aircraft that deploys in emergencies.
http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/proficiency/brs-benefits-whole-airplane-parachute-systems
The again probably dependent on height
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I actually like it, although the silly lifting cable arrangement is a headache waiting to happen. The motors to wind the cables, keeping them in sync up and down, all extra weight and complexity.
This is a logical extension of load-carrying "quad-copters" that could deliver a living "load" from one GPS point to another quite well. Difficulties are the same as with drone vehicles on the ground - collision avoidance.
ADS-B could resolve that, with some additional electronics.
I’ll stick with Ducatis.
You could always attach a 1285cc desmo motor to each prop. You'll get wherever you're going quickly, but then again, you'll still have to do the valves every 6,000 miles.
Very Jetsons.
“but then again, you’ll still have to do the valves every 6,000 miles.”
Have you ever done that? I’ve never owned one (on my bucket list) but I used to crew for an EBC endurance team and we sometimes worked with MCC Ducati out of Chicago. I got to work on them some and they’re not as mysterious and exotic as their reputation. As for an aircraft conversion, I’d love to build an experimental around a BMW boxer.
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