The development process.
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johnh wrote:
This must be Miyazaki…
Yes, indeed. See my post above with a link.
This must be Miyazaki…
“And what kind of engine is that?’
A piston engine (motorcycle?) driving a ducted fan?
how do they steer this thing? And what kind of engine is that?
Somehow I doubt he meant to land on the grass but rather missed the runway?
It kind of looks like a manta ray… impressive as they are I thought they belong under water?
It was at the Oshkosh EAA event. I’d never heard of anything like it.
DavidS wrote:
I love the fuselage sign at 0:33 in the first video which, I am told, means “Private use” :-)
More accurately, “Own-Use” or “Personal-Use”, referring to an in individual (such as the builder) rather than any general private individual.
The 自 means roughly ‘self’, but a specific self (someone, or a thing itself). Together with 家 (one’s own house/home), it means something like own, personal, or self, depending on context.
I love the fuselage sign at 0:33 in the first video which, I am told, means “Private use” :-)
I guess the negative dihedral is to cope with the lack of a tail, and the ‘variable’ Centre of Gravity? Putting it all at the wingtip means there is space for springy wing-wheels?
Test flying this thing in close proximity to high voltage power lines, an elevated freeway. Nuts!
