The logistical part of the project would have been much easier if he had built a helicopter instead 
What a story! Amazing. Pity he keeps getting thwarted by bureaucracy.
Pity he keeps getting thwarted by bureaucracy.
… or it saved his life…
mh wrote:
… or it saved his life…
I agree. The fuselage blocks 80% of the prop disc or is it more?
It’s not so difficult to fool the media and public and present yourself as a genius inventor. Assemble something that looks like an airplane and complain about bureaucracy and then immediately build a factory for a 19 seat commuter plane as the next step?
achimha wrote:
It’s not so difficult to fool the media and public and present yourself as a genius inventor.
That is one of the reasons why Hugo Junkers always rejected the term “inventor” as an insult to every engineer and scientist. It takes more than some aircraft-shaped sheet metal to make an aircraft.
Besides being incredible ugly, this aircraft would never take off safely 
Here is some footage of the interior:
I tend to agree, that its basically just a mock-up that will never, ever fly.
Amazing how the engine can do without any sort of cooling. That might be the true innovation behind this design!
The contrast to the sleek B777 in the background could only be topped by a supersonic jet
