FlyNano - Fully-Electric Vehicle that Drives, Floats and Flies

[Deadstring67]

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A team of engineers in Finland managed to come up with a single-seater electric seaplane called FlyNano.

The vehicle can take you up into the sky, travel on water, or take you on a road trip. Initially the plane was designed in a way to receive power from two-stroke gas and electric powertrains. However, due to the advancements made recently in electric motors and lithium-ion batteries, the developers made the vehicle entirely electric.

The FlyNano is very compact, with a wingspan being just 5 meters, and a carbon fiber chassis weighting less than 70 kilograms (154 pounds) without a pilot.



he take off weight of the vehicle is just 200 kilograms (440 pounds) and it is able to reach 140kph (87mph) while in the sky, and fly at an altitude of 3 kilometers (9,820 feet).

Another impressive feature is the range of the vehicle. FlyNano is able to register 70 kilometers (43 miles) on a single charge. The main drawback of the vehicle is its current battery that can last for only about 30 minutes.

The FlyNano was presented at AERO-Expo in Friedrichshafen, where the developers described it as a leisure vehicle.

At the moment the vehicle wears a price tag of $33,750 and the storage trailer can be acquired for $6,625.



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[machinecult]

Nice but its still too big.

I just want something that'll send me home from wurk and vice-versa.

Like this...



Those 'dicey' parts are a No-Go though.

[Deadstring67]

hehe... kahinumdum ko sa austrian engineer

The Austrian engineer, Paul Baumgartl, concerned himself during the Second World War with the design of small single-seat helicopters, in the suburbs of Vienna. It is not certain whether his work was sponsored by the German Government, but his machines were in the same category as those of Nagler-Rolz. Baumgartl's first product was the Heliofly I of 1941, which was little more than a strap-on autogyro glider for sporting use.

[Deadstring67]

bilib sad jd pd ko aning mga german. la lang jd nila na mass produce.

Flettner Fl 282 "Kolibri"

[Deadstring67]

Nice but its still too big.

I just want something that'll send me home from wurk and vice-versa.

Like this...



Those 'dicey' parts are a No-Go though.

pang dagat man gud ni xa. cge pa man ni develop. bcn mas nindot ang sunod version.

mura ni exist naman ni bro pag world war 2. la lang jd na mass produce. 4 ra ka book nahimo.


Nagler-Rolz NR 54

The Austrian Bruno Nagler began work in the rotory-wing field in 1929 when, with Raoul Hafner, he built his RI Revoplane near Vienna. This was a single seat machine with a rotor driven by a 45 hp engine and had a vertical torque-balancing surface acting in the rotor downwash. This machine, and also similar RII machine of 1932, was successfully tested in Great Britain. in 1934, Nagler brought out his Heliogyro which had a 90hp Pobjoy radial air-cooled engine, a two-blade rotor and a pusher propeller. The engine could drive the rotor for hovering, when torque was balanced by a vertical surface, or the propeller could be driven for forward flight leaving the rotor to generate lift by autorotation. This single-seat aircraft was tested in Great Britain in 1937. With the outbreak of war, Nagler joined with Franz Rolz to form the Nagler-Rolz Flugzeugbau.

The new company built a helicopter similar in configuration to the RI and RII. This ship had an empty weight of 700 pounds and though it was flown in hover, it could not be lifted out of ground effect. With the coming of World War II, the company received contacts from the German Government for the development of small single-seat helicopters.

In 1940 the first machine from the new company appeared as the NR 55, which had the unusual feature of a single-blade rotor. This rotor blade was counterbalanced by a 40hp engine which applied to it a torqueless drive by means of two small airscrews which pulled it round at about 135rpm. Because of gyroscopic forces at the engine location, the carburetor was mounted on the centerline of the rotor hub and fuel-air mixture was piped out to the engine cylinders. The rotor diameter was 10.5m, and the machine weighed about 338kg loaded, but, although a cruising speed of 97km/h was thought feasible, only hovering and lift test were undertaken because the machine was built purely for testing the rotor system.

Development of the NR 55 concept continued in 1941 with the generally similar NR 54 V1, in which considerable reductions were made in size and weight. The engine power was reduced to 24hp and the rotor diameter to 7.8m with the engines mounted 1.2m from the centerline driving the propellers, which were 1.8m further out along rotor blade. The carburetor was never perfected to work satisfactorily and due to this no test flights were ever made. Performance with empty and loaded weights of 80 and 175kg respectively, was estimated to have a 55 mph cruising speed.

The NR 54 V2 produced in 1941 was the world's first portable helicopter. By development, the simplest possible single-seat helicopter had been produced, which flew on remarkably little power. The 6.9m rotor consisted of two single blades, each of which had an 8hp motor driving a small airscrew at 6000rpm to give a torqueless drive, and the pilot's controls consisted of two levers, one to alter rotor blade pitch and the other to control the engines. The entire airframe broke down for transporting and could carried by a single man. The little ship was said to cruise at 80km/h and climb at 140m/min, not bad for only a 16 horsepower.

Four of the NR 54V2 machines were built before the war ended, but it is not known how close the NR 54 was to being ready for production at that point. At least one of them was brought to the USA for evaluation and is now in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum. The NR 54V2 is projected to be put on permanent displayed in the New Dallas Airport exhibition hall when it opens in 2000.

[machinecult]

The closest thing I could find was this from Russian-American engineer again in the 1950's futurism trend. Murag katong sa Mad Max 2.







SPECIFICATIONS OF THE
B-8M GYROCOPTER

Height............................................ .............. 6½ ft
Length .................................................. ........ 11 ft
Empty Weight......................................... 250 lbs
Gross Weight ........................................ 550 lbs
Payload Weight ..................................... 300 lbs
Rotor Diameter ........................................ 20½ ft
Disc Loading (lbs/sq ft) ................................ 1.6
Engine (original) .................. McCulloch 4318
Horsepower Range................................ 65 to 90
Maximum Speed ..................................... 95 mph
Cruise Speed ........................................... 65 mph
Rate Of Climb .................................... 1,100 fpm
Maximum Altitude .............................. 15,000 ft

The gyroplane (or "gyrocopter" or simply "gyro") is essentially a helicopter-airplane hybrid, offering many of the benefits of both and several of its own. Many consider it among the safest aircraft you can fly. Unlike a helicopter, the gyro's rotor blades are unpowered, necessitating a short roll for take-off—unless the craft is fitted with a pre-rotator, which can greatly reduce or even eliminate the need for a runway. A major safety feature of the gyro is that if the engine fails, the craft can be easily glided to a safe landing. Also, the gyro is less affected by high wind than typical fixed-wing aircraft and is not subject to stall.

Dili ni mahimo ron panahona due to the obvious safety issues. And these things are like instant guillotines.

[mio]

Nice! Abi nakog sa movies ra ni.

[john_yo]

nice pod ni na invention dah. compact kaau. nindot unta og mas taas2 ang life sa battery... cguro sa next version ani dugay na ma hurot ang batt.

[Deadstring67]

nice pod ni na invention dah. compact kaau. nindot unta og mas taas2 ang life sa battery... cguro sa next version ani dugay na ma hurot ang batt.

bcn ila ni e solar.

[sierrachello]

mura dili pwede ma solar bro..pananglitan kon mo uwan ug kalit or mawala ang adlaw nya naa ka sa aire..tagak ka..
kon magbutang pod ug charger..mo dugan lang sa gibugaton sa FN..