Passenger Drone Flight

[Palumboism]

This is the most impressive passenger drone I've seen yet.




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https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/29/passenger-drone-manned-flight/

[Irongrip400]

Looks like a helicopter.  Is he not actually flying it?

[IRON CROSS]

Looks like a helicopter.  Is he not actually flying it?

8 electric motors would need tons of (heavy) batteries , fake image.

[Palumboism]

8 electric motors would need tons of (heavy) batteries , fake image.

It's actually 16 electric motors and 16 propellers.  You are correct, this thing is draining the batteries quick.  I think some kind of turbine power unit would be necessary to continually supply power to the motors. 

[Hypertrophy]

Cool stuff though. Here are a few more prototypes:

[Brian Poulos]

[Hypertrophy]

Funny stuff- but the first hovercraft prototype pretty much looked like the pic you posted!

[IRON CROSS]

Cool stuff though. Here are a few more prototypes:

Nothing cool, U still need 2 tons of batteries .....................

[Hypertrophy]

Nothing cool, U still need 2 tons of batteries .....................

All great inventions start out as a prototype or first generation. I've worked in R&D for years. The first flat panel TV came out of Xerox. It didn't look anything like the TV's of today. But that first effort led to a fantastic pace of development.

Let's just take a look at cell phones...

[Palumboism]

Nothing cool, U still need 2 tons of batteries .....................

Or a generator. 

[Mitch]

Hiller flying platforms were way better.

[IRON CROSS]

All great inventions start out as a prototype or first generation. I've worked in R&D for years. The first flat panel TV came out of Xerox. It didn't look anything like the TV's of today. But that first effort led to a fantastic pace of development.

Let's just take a look at cell phones...

TV is fat people gym.

[IRON CROSS]

Or a generator. 

 


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