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Nige321 19th Nov 2018 14:36

Another VTOL ‘thing’
 

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?

[email protected] 19th Nov 2018 17:00

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


Originally Posted by Ascend Charlie (Post 10314938)
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....a8489ec940.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

Just a cheap copy of the Dornier 31

Nige321 19th Nov 2018 20:56

The press release has come from Discopters and is dated today.

More info here.

At least I found out what happens when the donks quit...

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....13836d4c23.png


This stuff even has it's own investors blog
Who knew!

mickjoebill 19th Nov 2018 21:18


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.

RVDT 20th Nov 2018 10:16

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


Originally Posted by PANews (Post 10315045)
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

JETcopter
 
Will it take off? How about engine/s out? Auto? Questions, questions.

https://helihub.com/2018/11/20/jetco...ng-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.


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