![]() June 22, 2011 - 7:49pm | No video of it flying yet, but check out the concept. http://www.gizmag.com/d-dalus-uav-design/18972/ The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of
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![]() June 23, 2011 - 5:13am | ![]() Oh humans!! ![]() ~ anymoose, somewhere on the net... so... if you square a square it becomes a cube... if you square a cube does it become an octoid? |
![]() June 23, 2011 - 6:47am | I would have liked to see video too. Still, the concept fits very well in the SF universe and is the first discription of a propulsion system that could theoretically fit in a car sized vehicle and enable flight without wings. Although I imagine that an aircar would have a lifting body design for improved forward moving efficiency. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of
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![]() June 23, 2011 - 7:50am | I like how the basic design seems to allow any body style to be supported on the frame, yes! definitely the closest thing to a real 'aircar' possibility... Oh humans!! ![]() ~ anymoose, somewhere on the net... so... if you square a square it becomes a cube... if you square a cube does it become an octoid? |
![]() June 23, 2011 - 6:16pm | The D-Dalaus is scalable and looks like a backpack. I think they could make a personal version of this. I wonder if they've considered it, or if it's possible. It would be a viable jetpack design if they could. View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
![]() July 8, 2011 - 2:10pm | and enable flight without wings. Possibly, but you'd really want some wings when the engines fail... |
![]() July 8, 2011 - 7:09pm | That's what parawings are for. ;) The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of
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![]() July 9, 2011 - 2:41am | ...which work pretty well as long as the spiraling out of control aircar isn't above you. You know...bail out upside down, pop the wings, and voila: the aircar plummets down on top of you and your parawing ![]() |