Saturday, June 12, 2021

Home-Build Guide #28


What we have to remember however is that propeller disks are practically invisible and this is how the airframe would broadly look in operation, for which visualisation I have added a single propeller. The advantages of the airframe for transport is obvious from this, in that each of the propellers can be aligned with the frame when at rest. 

To complete a working prototype, the batteries would be suspended in a tray beneath the main deck, which itself would support the electronics associated with controlling drones. This would also support a plinth with which to accommodate a standing or seated operator, fixed at four corners using the hard-points previously incorporated.

As a practical flat-packed GEV or PAV I believe it passes muster, and as this is the blogs 300th post in pursuit of a practical 'flying carpet', frankly I don't care whether anyone likes it or not...