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One-man flying space hopper could become the 'air car' of the future

* 80kg machine can take off vertically like a jump jet
* Powered by Lithium Ion batteries
* Inventor claims the 16-rotor machine will make helicopters 'obsolete
* Could be used for 'air sports' - or even as a flying car

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It might look like as space hopper surrounded by model helicopters, but the 16-rotor E-Volo is an entirely new kind of helicopter - which can hover motionless in the air without input from the pilot Its bold engineer, Thomas Senkel, took the machine on its first manned flight this week - lasting 1 minute 30 seconds. It's not the first electric helicopter flight - but this is a new kind of machine, steered simply by joystick, with the pilot sitting above the rotors. Senkel says it could revolutionise transport. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk...

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reply to post by Vandalour

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using that technology - it will never achieve a practical application

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It's pretty cool however it looks to be a bunch of radio controlled helicopter engines all synced to one controller..is it that fantastic or would a guy in a lawn chair with a bunch of balloons appear to be just as creative..I'm sure there was some tinkering but when he held up the flight controller which was again to a remote controlled vehicle..kind of took away from the awesomeness of it unless you could find his same frequency while hiding in a tree..now that would be funny...I like the idea but as mentioned earlier no military applicationn..they have freakin remote controlled bird like machines..this thing is huge..

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Carbon Nanotubes skeleton and a dome to sit under on this concept, and we will have one nice sturdy flying machine.

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word is - you are full of bovine excremental bio-mass

Originally posted by ignorant_ape
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word is - you are full of bovine excremental bio-mass

edit on 6-11-2011 by ignorant_ape because: (no reason given)

Come on ape, you know they'd love it. And it is true that they are very keen on new technology like cancer-given screening devices and tazer-helicopter-drones and so forth.

Come on, I may be jumping ahead here, but you know they would love to have something better than just a Crown Victoria like the regular highway troopers. The TSA being super-super-troopers, need something bigger, better, and more frightening. This would be perfect! Okay a few of them may invert it and die stupidly, but for the sheer SS-type domination of the public, I could easily see them buying a few of these.

But yes, I made it up for a laugh. And did you experience that laugh?

Originally posted by smallpeeps

Originally posted by ignorant_ape
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word is - you are full of bovine excremental bio-mass

edit on 6-11-2011 by ignorant_ape because: (no reason given)

Come on ape, you know they'd love it. And it is true that they are very keen on new technology like cancer-given screening devices and tazer-helicopter-drones and so forth.

Come on, I may be jumping ahead here, but you know they would love to have something better than just a Crown Victoria like the regular highway troopers. The TSA being super-super-troopers, need something bigger, better, and more frightening. This would be perfect! Okay a few of them may invert it and die stupidly, but for the sheer SS-type domination of the public, I could easily see them buying a few of these.

But yes, I made it up for a laugh. And did you experience that laugh?

The laugh I had was at your expense. I did laugh though.

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