I'd be happy to see any new and innovative helicopter, or any good engineering project/product that fulfilled all hopes and promises.
However, despite my initial enthusiasm, old age and guile coupled with a basic understanding of engineering made me hold back on placing a deposit for another, far less ambitious crowdfunded project, about ten years ago. I can't help but see the many similarities to this project. They never ended up with a factory and the only salaries paid were to the immediate production team.
https://www.eliomotors.com/
I'm glad I didn't part with any cash. I received a lot of unwarranted criticism for saying that I couldn't believe the company hype on the sadly mis-named "Owners" forum. Many folk on low incomes who thought they were buying into something really good ended up with a $1,000 T shirt and a bumper sticker, but no car. The projected retail price was going to be $6800 for a new vehicle that was going to do 84 mpg (US). They wasted loads of money on a brand new engine of their own design, when there were suitable, tried and tested engines already on the market. They should really have made it an EV from the start, but that's a different topic.
https://www.elioowners.com/threads/w...ion-date.7865/