socalboomer
LOVE the exercise ball landing gear! That\'s awesome - find the simplest solution and run with it!
That thing is great - SO want!
Randolph Directo
Looks like one of those murderous contraptions from \"Saw.\"
Harpal Sahota
That seems like a fun way to enjoy a lazy sunday afternoon...as long as one does not go to heavy on the roast!
Mr Stiffy
I think this is brilliant - but I can\'t help thinking that taking a few feet of metal pole up the arse - as a way to die in a hard landing - would make that my first choice in aerial transport.
MQ
Congrats with the great new toy...
Murderous maybe (Im sure that they will put the rotor axis up \'out-of-the-way\' for a retail version), but, who ever said that RC flying has no relevance to the real world...
This is part of the future...
Blurring of the lines between Radio control and piloted..
Also a blurring of Autopilot and Manual control..... With stability controlled at all times by the computer. (much better than the dumb ass at the stick...
Imaging using similar as a skydiving launch vehicle, fly it up, jump out, and have it return to base... great fun.... (just have to avoid the sharp blades in this model)
(Note all mechanicals and electricals here appear to be exactly the same as used in Electric RC planes....outrunner brushless motors, composite props, SS gyros etc.)
yrag
Funny, only a few days ago I was wondering what would happen is someone created a manned quadracopters and now I see the manned multicopter!
It currently looks like those wacky experimental flying machine from photos at the first years of the 20th century - but hey - it flew!
Congrats Mr. Senkel and team e-volo!
Beau Hughes
Best not fall out of the seat in this one...
Facebook User
Why not carry the rider under the propellers and carriage? The arms could be shorter, and the rider would not be near the blades. It should improve wind drag figures when the craft is moving forward.
Chanoch Prati
That thing looks like it\'s a ground effect machine - I suspect it hasn\'t solved the issue of what happens when the ground stops offering it resistance via \'reflected\' air - that probably means that it wouldn\'t work with the passenger suspended.
And with those figures, I guess we\'re all still waiting for 1000x lectric storage improvements (Watts per kg, cubic inch and $) - could take some time.
A lot of fun though.
Stephane Arsonneau
Looks like an early 1958 Curtiss Wright VZ-7 flying platform, from which it shares the same design flaws, that is being unable to autorotate in case of TOTAL power failure (all propellers are fix pitch). Motor redundancy does not cover all failure scenarios (eg: lightning strike), and is not necessarily a practical solution. As it stands, this concept cannot be certified as per FAR part 27. Helicopter is not dead yet