emm Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 I was talking to my ex tonight, and he showed me this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...ticle_id=447317 I thought it was interesting so I'm sharing it. So what do you guys think of the potential of this thing? Quote
crashresidue Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 Cheers, OK, where do you sit and how do you imput flight control movements? As a remote survailance vehicle - where do you mount the camera/guns? Niced toy, but I think that's all this one is going to be. cr Quote
PhotoFlyer Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 Cheers, OK, where do you sit and how do you imput flight control movements? As a remote survailance vehicle - where do you mount the camera/guns? Niced toy, but I think that's all this one is going to be. cr It says in the article that it's remotely operated, not a manned aircraft, flight is controlled by flaps at the bottom of the skirt (the yellow thing). As for remote surveillance, mount the camera/guns below the skirt. A stable hovering platform that can't strike a rotor? How could that only be a toy, it would have dozens of applications. How about search and rescue: think you found the victim, hover under the trees for a better view. Found the victim: Include a microphone and speaker so that you can communicate with the victim. It would be a big seller as a toy. I would buy one for my kids, if I had kids. Quote
zcat Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 "Geoff's Flying Saucers - the original name for his GFS Projects company - are based on an aerodynamic principle that has been around for nearly 100 years. Known as the Coanda Effect, after a Romanian jet-engine pioneer, the principle is today used primarily in helicopters that have no tail rotors. "It's a little known fact that Coanda's drive to succeed was fueled by intense jealousy that Newton had already invented gravity. Quote
doanut99 Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 (edited) So Newton INVENTED gravity? Wow....... I saw a smaller, black version of this on Future Weapons that already had a gun and several tools on it, looked like something out of Star Wars. Edited April 10, 2007 by doanut99 Quote
zemogman Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 I use one as my "drone" in GRAW 2 (XBox360) (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter that is). It's awesome... All kidding aside...I think it has potential...however I wonder how it would perform in heavy and unstable winds. It seems like it would be easily fflipped upside down. I think "unmanned" would be the only way to go. Quote
67november Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 The 68-year-old has won a contract with the US government for his 3ft-wide contraption, a cross between a hovercraft and a helicopter. It is being considered for surveillance sorties. 3 feet wide! that's a fairly large contraption, I would think it would a realitively stable platform in some mildly ruff air. Quote
zcat Posted April 10, 2007 Posted April 10, 2007 (edited) So Newton INVENTED gravity? Wow.......The same way the Coanda effect has only been around for ~100 years. z Edited April 10, 2007 by zcat Quote
Scottie Posted April 11, 2007 Posted April 11, 2007 It looks pretty dang cool. I wonder how it will perform when you add the weight of a camera or guns though. Quote
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