idea: single occupant VTOLs.. (will it fly?)

[Eddie]

Hi Folks,

I recently had a vision - in fact, it was the week of the Wright
Brothers 100th anniversary - for what it's worth... single occupant
VTOLs...

Look at the quicktime video and tell me if my idea has merit.

http://www.worlddatabase.com/flyz.mov

It was a strange vision - and >I< think it will fly.

FYI - The pilot stands in the vehicle...

I'm not an engineer or a pilot, and would like to hear the thoughts of
others smarter than me.

Will it fly?

I need a job anyway, so if someone can hire me to build these things,
I'm ready to get to work. ;-)

[Kevin Horton]

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:22:10 -0700, Eddie wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I recently had a vision - in fact, it was the week of the Wright Brothers
> 100th anniversary - for what it's worth... single occupant VTOLs...
>
> Look at the quicktime video and tell me if my idea has merit.
>
> http://www.worlddatabase.com/flyz.mov
>
> It was a strange vision - and >I< think it will fly.
>
> FYI - The pilot stands in the vehicle...
>
> I'm not an engineer or a pilot, and would like to hear the thoughts of
> others smarter than me.
>
> Will it fly?
>
> I need a job anyway, so if someone can hire me to build these things, I'm
> ready to get to work. ;-)

Well, making the little animation was the easy part. :)

What produces the lift?

How much lift will it produce?

How much horsepower is predicted to be required?

How much will it weigh?

Why do you believe the answers to the above questions are correct?

How will it be controlled?

What are the failure modes, and what are the effects of those failures?

Let us know when you have a flying prototype and I'll get interested.

Good luck.
--
Kevin Horton RV-8 (finishing kit)
Ottawa, Canada
http://go.phpwebhosting.com/~khorton/rv8/
e-mail: khorton02(_at_)rogers(_dot_)com

[Richard Lamb]

Kevin Horton wrote:
>
> On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 13:22:10 -0700, Eddie wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I recently had a vision - in fact, it was the week of the Wright Brothers
> > 100th anniversary - for what it's worth... single occupant VTOLs...
> >
> > Look at the quicktime video and tell me if my idea has merit.
> >
> > http://www.worlddatabase.com/flyz.mov
> >
> > It was a strange vision - and >I< think it will fly.
> >
> > FYI - The pilot stands in the vehicle...
> >
> > I'm not an engineer or a pilot, and would like to hear the thoughts of
> > others smarter than me.
> >
> > Will it fly?
> >
> > I need a job anyway, so if someone can hire me to build these things, I'm
> > ready to get to work. ;-)
>
> Well, making the little animation was the easy part. :)
>
> What produces the lift?
>
> How much lift will it produce?
>
> How much horsepower is predicted to be required?
>
> How much will it weigh?
>
> Why do you believe the answers to the above questions are correct?
>
> How will it be controlled?
>
> What are the failure modes, and what are the effects of those failures?
>
> Let us know when you have a flying prototype and I'll get interested.
>
> Good luck.
> --
> Kevin Horton RV-8 (finishing kit)
> Ottawa, Canada
> http://go.phpwebhosting.com/~khorton/rv8/
> e-mail: khorton02(_at_)rogers(_dot_)com


You are a very kind man, Kevin.


Richard

[Kevin Horton]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:16:30 +0000, Richard Lamb wrote:
>
> You are a very kind man, Kevin.
>
> Richard

The original post brings to mind yesterday's Dilbert:

<http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20040417.html>

--
Kevin Horton RV-8 (finishing kit)
Ottawa, Canada
http://go.phpwebhosting.com/~khorton/rv8/
e-mail: khorton02(_at_)rogers(_dot_)com

[Eddie]

Kevin Horton > wrote in message >...
> On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:16:30 +0000, Richard Lamb wrote:
> >
> > You are a very kind man, Kevin.
> >
> > Richard
>
> The original post brings to mind yesterday's Dilbert:
>
> <http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20040417.html>

I don't know why I needed to bounce that off the WORLD to see the obvious.

It would just hover.. then crash....

*-\

[Toks Desalu]

It probably will fly but it will require some serious cash to build. You
will have to obtain some serious technology to keep it stable.