yes i mean straight up lift, like those return to the futur skate boards...
That's what i mean. yes. Straight and then forward :) Even with wings or anything. I want it to be able to move. Even if it has the size of a little car. With all the technology today, it is possible to do it.
Almost 20 years ago there was a guy who was working on an air car that had a turbine engine ducted to four jets. Each one had a louvered outlet that could be rotated to direct the jet anywhere from down to aft. The vehicle had short wings, and it would take off vertically and then gradually transition to forward flight.
I don't remember if it was just theoretical or if he had a working prototype.
you need to read-up on the moller "skycar". moller has invested several million dollars and several years in the project. He's been fined (more than once I believe) by the SEC for fraud, and the delivery date always moves out 1 year, every year.
btw: the skycar has never successfully flown off of it's tether, either.
In being accurate, you should point out that the contraption you cite has never flown without a tether, to hold it in the air, so if/when something fails, it does not hit the ground in a ball of flames.
So about it being possible, don't count on Moller being a pace setter.
The prototype model is/was supposed to be powered by Wankel engines. Turbines would have made more sense to me.
Now, if we could fit the fuselage with a lightweight turbine driven alternator and fit the thrust pods with electric motors, we might have a workable concept. But not at prices low enough to support it in the market, I'll bet.
Real Flight Version 3.5 has a similar type of aircraft that is a ball to fly.
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