yallu Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 A new flying device (proto) has been introduced in AERO 2011: FlyNano. Apparently man was born to fly. - http://www.flynano.com/ - http://www.aero-expo.com/aero-wGlobal/modules/popup/popup-neuheiten.php?pic=/aero-wAssets/daten/neuheiten/fotos/75.jpg〈=en - http://www.hansto.fi/purjelentoforum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1501 Looks funky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolP Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Ok, I'll take one. Looks really nice and easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Scharnowski Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Would be nice if they had some images/footage of it actually flying instead of it just sitting on the ground or just skimming the water in a heavily photoshopped image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I'd like to see them pull off that wingtip-carving-the-water manoeuvre on the front page in real life without inducing a catastrophic ground (water?) loop... Seriously, don't think it has the wing area to support 200kg given what it takes to keep an average microlight (hell, even a hang-glider) airborne. Kinda reminds me of the Icon-A5 in concept - flying jetski - and probable target audience - think rich bogans, full sleeve tats and bearing spacers in their earlobes, who already have motocross bikes and jetskis... looking for the next "extreme" - sorry, that's X-trEme - toy to crash. Although I think the A5 is more likely to actually see production... [/skepticism] Cheers, Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yallu Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Would be nice if they had some images/footage of it actually flying instead of it just sitting on the ground or just skimming the water in a heavily photoshopped image. As soon as the lakes here unfreeze they say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I'd like to see them pull off that wingtip-carving-the-water manoeuvre on the front page in real life without inducing a catastrophic ground (water?) loop... Seriously, don't think it has the wing area to support 200kg given what it takes to keep an average microlight (hell, even a hang-glider) airborne. Kinda reminds me of the Icon-A5 in concept - flying jetski - and probable target audience - think rich bogans, full sleeve tats and bearing spacers in their earlobes, who already have motocross bikes and jetskis... looking for the next "extreme" - sorry, that's X-trEme - toy to crash. Although I think the A5 is more likely to actually see production... [/skepticism] Cheers, Derek OK guys, I'm with Derek, I would not normally be so controversial as this, but, are they bloody joking!! I spent many years flying hang gliders and was involved with friends at the peak of microlight development in the late seventies. Are they honestly suggesting a small composite aircraft with a such a small wing area, high wing loading and tiny engine can support flight ceiling up to 3Km and a cruising speed of 150Kmh? This has got to be an April fool's joke, surely?? Maybe my scepticism can be supported by the lack of Youtube footage. I mean, if you had developed such a fantastic small aircraft as this, absolutely groundbreaking technology, would not the first thing you do was to publish videos of the aircraft in flight? I mean, come on.... and if it is only at the developoment stage then I respectfully suggest the designers go back to college! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypilot Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 I too wonder about the water loop! Seems a bit fanciful. But hey, if you want to live dangerously you could always fly this thing? Hell, it is so safe they do not have seatbelts! http://www.youtube.c...h?v=I7GRQbvKZos (Edit: they have cut-out the bit where he nearly stalls a wing in a right turn) Here is one where they nearly come to grief. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28lss0Wjp7A&playnext=1&list=PL4F88BD4C7B399000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 And it is electric powered as well! I just might wait until one shows up on ripem, slipem and gipem's used vehicle lot before I buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypilot Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 And by my rough calculations has only about 2 hours endurance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 this reminds me of a post some months ago abut a fellow in Africa who loved aviation so much he built his own plane I wonder if he ever tried it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yallu Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Hah, even CNN noticed this: />http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TECH/innovation/04/22/flynano.aircraft.take.off/index.html?hpt=C2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 "Up to now we've had the scale model (1 to 3) in the air which showed very good flying abilities," Schmieden said. Yeah, sure, a scale model.... the emphasis being on the word 'scale.' I bet it didn't fly with the same suggested wing loading and weight to thrust ratio as the full sized version... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajc Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Reminds me of a thong! Don't think it will ever fly though! AJC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Nope, not a chance, but there are guys placing their orders, not sure whether this includes deposits, yet no one has ever seen the thing get off the ground??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Scale model oh boy! I remember flying Cedar roof shingles on U-control set ups as a kid. With a big enough engine you can make just about anything fly. Like a lawnmower! />http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=flying%20lawnmower&tnr=21&vid=569342755297&l=173&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fvideos%2Fthumbnail.aspx%3Fq%3D569342755297%26id%3Dc16b48350dab8e3c2db41c9d69a16e9b%26bid%3DDj0o%252fInvVblAkw%26bn%3DThumb%26url%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.youtube.com%252fwatch%253fv%253d0rJnXZsrMjU&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0rJnXZsrMjU&sigr=11aqq8v8m&newfp=1&tit=Flying+Lawn+Mower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockliffe Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Scale model oh boy! I remember flying Cedar roof shingles on U-control set ups as a kid. With a big enough engine you can make just about anything fly. Like a lawnmower! http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=flying%20lawnmower&tnr=21&vid=569342755297&l=173&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts2.mm.bing.net%2Fvideos%2Fthumbnail.aspx%3Fq%3D569342755297%26id%3Dc16b48350dab8e3c2db41c9d69a16e9b%26bid%3DDj0o%252fInvVblAkw%26bn%3DThumb%26url%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.youtube.com%252fwatch%253fv%253d0rJnXZsrMjU&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0rJnXZsrMjU&sigr=11aqq8v8m&newfp=1&tit=Flying+Lawn+Mower Ha, ha, that is awesome Spud. I like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skypilot Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Reminds me a bit of the Moller skycar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElS9BKSsezw) - a flying machine with 4 propeller driven thrusters - they were taking orders but it was a fanciful dream and it would never fly, hover yes but not fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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