View Full Version : Another VTOL ‘thing’
Nige321
19th Nov 2018, 14:36
This one is bizzare... (https://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/jetcopter-finalizes-7-seat-flying-car-design)
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x360/9649f55d_ac9c_4ffa_8601_e5a47789108e_cdf28b0cc142b3ba15c82e7 ccaf87d2556ac47a7.jpeg
hoodie
19th Nov 2018, 14:51
For potential investors to note:
If one has a deep understanding of PowerPoint and rendering software, an equally deep understanding of physics is entirely unnecessary. :)
JBL99
19th Nov 2018, 15:26
How has that got stability in forward flight? Or any flight for that matter!
Nige321
19th Nov 2018, 15:50
It’ll be nice and quiet with this above your head...
two 400 horsepower automotive motors powering two counter-rotating fans,
What happens when one, or both, stop...
ShyTorque
19th Nov 2018, 16:19
When are they going to design the rest of it?
I think they saw their investors coming..............
Ascend Charlie
19th Nov 2018, 17:46
The press release is dated April 1...
EESDL
19th Nov 2018, 18:32
good spot AC!
Voodoo Magic VTOL?
Planet Basher
19th Nov 2018, 18:39
What is it using for lift surfaces in forward flight?
JBL99
19th Nov 2018, 19:29
The press release is dated April 1...
Ah, therein lies the answer! Didn't spot that! Well done AC!
VintageEngineer
19th Nov 2018, 19:53
Back in April 2014 I was working with the Met when they tweeted their new helicopter. . .
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/599x422/mpsg_april1_b17261b50deb4fdc7591fbd94d032ba8489ec940.jpg
A lot of people fell for it..
PANews
19th Nov 2018, 20:36
Sort of a bit like an upside down Harrier..... good job they are not using a couple of Pegasus.... mind you I guess that a couple of automotives roaring flat-out above your head may be distracting. Seems to be in need of constant noisy engines to stay up in the air.
Worth having a look at their web site..... the design seems to change every month so this may well just be a picture story project....
Flying Bull
19th Nov 2018, 20:41
This one is bizzare... (https://www.verticalmag.com/press-releases/jetcopter-finalizes-7-seat-flying-car-design)
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x360/9649f55d_ac9c_4ffa_8601_e5a47789108e_cdf28b0cc142b3ba15c82e7 ccaf87d2556ac47a7.jpeg
Just a cheap copy of the Dornier 31
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x3YueCf1JeI
Nige321
19th Nov 2018, 20:56
The press release has come from Discopters (http://discopters.com/press-releases) and is dated today.
More info here (http://discopters.com/home).
At least I found out what happens when the donks quit...
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1153x509/0830_c98ff507d35e1b58f45daaabd8704513836d4c23.png
This stuff even has it's own investors blog (https://www.vtol-investor.com/)
Who knew!
mickjoebill
19th Nov 2018, 21:18
https://youtu.be/QQh56geU0X8
Mjb
Ascend Charlie
19th Nov 2018, 23:05
That parachute is smaller than that used for ONE person, not 7 people, 2 V8 engines, a fuselage and some fuel.
But if "investors" are stupid enough to put their money into a CGI exercise, then they deserve to lose it.
If a pegasus jet engine was barely able to support the Harrier, I somehow doubt that 2 car engines can support this figment of somebody's jerkoff project.
Easy peasy - just after you have reduced the earths gravity and increased the air density - or even easier just make it out of unobtanium?
Carbon Bootprint
20th Nov 2018, 14:08
Sort of a bit like an upside down Harrier..... good job they are not using a couple of Pegasus.... mind you I guess that a couple of automotives roaring flat-out above your head may be distracting. Seems to be in need of constant noisy engines to stay up in the air.I thought it was a given in the non-FW world that noise creates lift... :)
megan
21st Nov 2018, 23:50
Will it take off? How about engine/s out? Auto? Questions, questions.
https://helihub.com/2018/11/20/jetcopter-finalizes-7-seat-flying-car-design/
Ascend Charlie
22nd Nov 2018, 04:21
Even as a massive joke, they couldn't propose to drive it on a road with:
a. Piddly little wheels that will trip over a snail;
b. Using airblast to push it up a hill or get away from a traffic light;
c. Relying totally on brakes to turn or stop;
d. That amount of weight on the roof and a Reliant-Robin-type nosewheel to turn a corner;
e. No front-end crash attenuation or airbags; and most of all
f. No windscreen wipers. Geez.
Pure cgi dreaming.