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Post subject: Jetson Posted: 22 Oct 2021, 13:03 |
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Joined: 11/30/17 Posts: 1289 Post Likes: +1460 Location: KARR
Aircraft: J3, Twin Commander
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CGI? If so they really spent some time on it. Easier to build the human occupied drone.
[youtube]https://youtu.be/FzhREYOK0oo[/youtube]
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Post subject: Re: Jetson Posted: 22 Oct 2021, 13:49 |
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Joined: 10/05/09 Posts: 1166 Post Likes: +421 Location: Charleston, SC (KJZI)
Aircraft: Phenom 300, R66
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Cool, but where are you going to put Jane, Elroy, Judy and of course the dog?!
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Post subject: Re: Jetson Posted: 22 Oct 2021, 14:06 |
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Joined: 08/28/11 Posts: 1730 Post Likes: +1737 Company: N/A - Retired Location: Southern AZ / South Carolina
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According to their website it gets about 15 min of flight on a charge @ 60 mph (kts.?can’t remember) Weighs 90lbs empty and eight electric motors. Where does that fit in the LSA spectrum? EDIT : https://www.jetsonaero.com/
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Post subject: Re: Jetson Posted: 22 Oct 2021, 16:55 |
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Joined: 12/08/12 Posts: 841 Post Likes: +1013 Location: Ukiah, California
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Username Protected wrote: I can see myself checking cows ...or chasing jack rabbits... Dan
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Post subject: Re: Jetson Posted: 22 Oct 2021, 17:24 |
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Joined: 09/11/09 Posts: 5301 Post Likes: +4213 Company: Looking Location: Tulsa, Ok
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Username Protected wrote: I can see myself checking cows ...or chasing jack rabbits... Dan
Or hogs! Oh man, can you imagine having a gun turret on the nose of this thing?? I'm having flashbacks to the Blue Thunder days........let's play Follow My Leader!
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Post subject: Re: Jetson Posted: 22 Oct 2021, 19:59 |
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Joined: 04/06/11 Posts: 7955 Post Likes: +3996
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Seems to be the real one flying. This video has some natural noise as it flys by in spots. [youtube]https://youtu.be/J-oQemKDGfY[/youtube]
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Post subject: Re: Jetson Posted: 22 Oct 2021, 20:11 |
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Joined: 04/06/11 Posts: 7955 Post Likes: +3996
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Username Protected wrote: I understand that this is a marketing video, but why no video of a takeoff and landing? Maybe it uses the Fred Flintstone method of acceleration?
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Post subject: Re: Jetson Posted: 22 Oct 2021, 20:12 |
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Joined: 12/17/13 Posts: 6359 Post Likes: +5543 Location: Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
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I get it.
Small footprint, urban transport, personal flying vehicle etc to entice the mind. I get excited, too. But ultimately, if they'd used the same motors to run one big rotor, like a helicopter, the endurance would have quadrupled. As long as we're hell-bent on having small co-ax rotors etc, we're gonna suffer greatly in efficiency.
There is no substitute for disc area.
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