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Old February 9th 18, 12:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default VTOL Electric Aircraft

On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 20:39:21 -0800, 2G wrote:

Dale Kramer proposed a kickstarter funder VTOL aircraft a couple of
years ago
(https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...vlazair-model-

of-230mph-3hr-flight-vertical-takeof)
that I had a number of serious concerns over. While the kickstarter was
unsuccessful, it is worth noting that such an aircraft has being
successfully developed in China:

https://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/new...TOL-Passenger-

Flights-230280-1.html

Their idea of "long range" is only 6 miles!

That thing scares me silly - not so much in the air, but the thought of
mixing people's legs with those knee-level, unguarded rotors just looks
like an accident waiting to happen.

At least with Dale Kramer's VTO thing you didn't have to walk through the
rotors to get into it.


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