Only UK entrant in the Boeing-sponsored GoFly Challenge at NASA Ames.
Envisioned as a ‘teleportation’ booth inspired by Star Trek and Dr Who.
Originally framed as a flight compartment fixed between drones above and below.
Since developed as an entry-level surface-skimming type for general use.
Flat-pack methodology, fabrication, distribution and assembly.
Lowest feasible part-count, COTS and DIY build philosophy.
IKEA-style assembly for home-storage and recreation.
Combines conventional open propellers with proximity-shutdown safety system.
“A design achieves perfection… when there’s nothing left to take away.” Saint Exupery.
The first mass-produced motor-car in the United States was Olds’ Mobile, lightest and smallest of the eleven prototypes he had developed. Will eVTOL remain the preserve of the well-off, as were motor-cars and airplanes in their infancy, or can we do what Olds did and develop a car that flies, and which can be developed to fly higher and further? Will post-pandemic mobility be dominated ~ in unit sales at least ~ by electrical airliners, air taxis, airborne elevators or personal air vehicles? As the helicopter was a machine in search of an application, is it reasonable to assume that the ‘flying automobile’ is too?
