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Boeing's Aurora-built PAV, which is still being reported as a "flying car" most places, has taken to the air for the first time.
IndeedMoose said:Boeing's Aurora-built PAV, which is still being reported as a "flying car" most places, has taken to the air for the first time.
A lot of these small-ish VTOLs that are being touted as "flying cars" would result in YouTube videos of "11ft8" entertainment levels if someone actually tried to drive them down the road. If it's not a "car," it can't be a "flying car."Sundog said:Flying car? Looks like an airplane to me. Apparently VTOL turns it into a car?![]()
Here you go...LowObservable said:I'm waiting for two things.
A marketing CGI of one of these systems working, when it's not daylight with zero precip, zero turbulence and unlimited visibility.
A video of a flight-test where we can hear the noise it makes, rather than some tinkly-tonk Muzak sound track.
I quite like it. Hasn't been this kind of energy and experimentation in manned civil aviation in a long time, certainly not in my lifetime.Archibald said:That E/VSTOL craze is... crazy !
So even in a rolling takeoff with no payload, I can hear it quite loudly from the interior of a relatively fast-moving car. The window of the car is likely to be down, but that means a lot of wind noise. VTOL will require more power, revs and tip speed.VTOLicious said:Here you go...LowObservable said:I'm waiting for two things.
A marketing CGI of one of these systems working, when it's not daylight with zero precip, zero turbulence and unlimited visibility.
A video of a flight-test where we can hear the noise it makes, rather than some tinkly-tonk Muzak sound track.
https://youtu.be/GBcLIr-pc4k
I think there was a Fana de l'Aviation article about the Belvedere (maybe May?) where one pilot flying it in the middle-east called it OWD (Old Woman's Delight) due to the vibrations.LowObservable said:The Westland Belvedere in RAF service in the Far East was nicknamed "Mixmaster bilong suicide". How's that sound for e-VTOLs?
Or delete the wapo cookie.Arjen said:Use a private session to read wpsite.
Orr just hit the "Esc" button *after* the page loads but *before* the paywall clamps down. Works great.sienar said:Or delete the wapo cookie.Arjen said:Use a private session to read wpsite.
Airbus’s Flying Taxi Is Poised for Takeoff Within Weeks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-23/airbus-s-flying-taxi-is-poised-for-takeoff-within-weeksArjen said:The latest news I have found is a tweet from Airbus Helicopter boss Bruno Evenmartinbayer said:So, this being January 18, 2019, how did the maiden flight go?
https://twitter.com/BrunoEven/status/1055749844810321920
Power up of demonstrator on 26 Oct 2018 - not the iron bird, as testing of that started in late 2017. Nothing about a first flight yet.
Quite hard without variable pitch rotorsLowObservable said:You can fly it inverted and mow your lawn.
He didn't say you could mow the entire lawn.VTOLicious said:Quite hard without variable pitch rotorsLowObservable said:You can fly it inverted and mow your lawn.
You could ask your fellas at AW for a sound fileLowObservable said:I'm waiting for two things.
A marketing CGI of one of these systems working, when it's not daylight with zero precip, zero turbulence and unlimited visibility.
A video of a flight-test where we can hear the noise it makes, rather than some tinkly-tonk Muzak sound track.
I suppose as long as they're not at Thunderscreech levels there will be backers.LowObservable said:I suspect they'd have used it if it had been supplied to them. My guess is somewhere between "enraged vacuum cleaner" and "Satan's leaf-blower".
"Satan's leaf-blower" - Ah... memories of T-Hawk....LowObservable said:I suspect they'd have used it if it had been supplied to them. My guess is somewhere between "enraged vacuum cleaner" and "Satan's leaf-blower".
Maiden flight of Lilium's 5 seater
https://lilium.com/newsroom-detail/lilium-reveals-new-air-taxi-as-it-celebrates-maiden-flight