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Al Gietzen wrote:
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: You want far out? AMV
A friend took these photos yesterday at Ramona airport. Web site is at http://amvaircraft.com/.
Turbo 13B intended to produce over 400hp. We know it can taxi. The plan is for hover testing today.
Thanks for passing this along. VERY cool if it works. I can sure think of some nasty engine failure scenarios though...
Rusty
According to the inventor, the wing loading of the “lifting” surfaces allows it to glide much like a Cessna in the event of an engine failure. It is pretty light.
The objective of the first hover testing is an altitude of 6”. Good plan.
Al
I hope it's tethered to prevent rotation as well as height. I wonder if they think they are the first folks to try to counter torque with vanes in the flow from the rotor....
Charlie
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