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To: Immerito
from the "video" section of his website:

Videos coming soon

•We have seen a lot of visits recently and realize that some of you have come back to see if we have updated the videos page. We did hope to film the last test flight un-tethered, but unfortunately we needed to rebuild the propeller gearboxes due to unforeseen localized stress on a section of the mounting points. A quick design fix – but one that takes time and money to be re-manufactured and re-assembled.

•After the re-build we will conduct one more tethered test before we release the bike from the ground. We will have a new control system to test then, and we also need to learn to fly the bike (one way to look at this, is trying to fly a helicopter for the first time without an instructor)

that's the video I want to see...

3 posted on 06/16/2011 12:19:39 AM PDT by Abundy
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To: Abundy
"After the re-build we will conduct one more tethered test before we release the bike from the ground. We will have a new control system to test then, and we also need to learn to fly the bike..."

Oh boy....I laughed hard enough to wake the family when I read that.

This ought to be real good entertainment, don'tcha think? Can't wait ;-)

4 posted on 06/16/2011 12:23:25 AM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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