The (current) future of GA...

[HRM]

Well guys, it had to happen eventually:

Engineer Builds Electric Flying Chair 

Engineer Alex Borg has designed his own vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, and it is loud, if not impressive.

According to an article from New Atlas, Borg's new project, which is chronicled on AmazingDIYProjects, is called the chAIR and it's propelled by 76 electric rotors. It takes 80 batteries to get this thing in the air for all of 12 minutes.

His first flight only lasted eight minutes, but landed much better than his eight-rotor version that he crashed last year. According to Borg, he was surprised by the amount of vibration he experienced in his seat, which was made out of Styrofoam and a piece of fishing pole. He also noted that he chose not to fly any higher because, "I do not believe in reincarnation."

[carusoam]

Speaking of Darwin awards...

Brian Loyd is flew past Darwin Australia this week...

I thought this video really showed the tech details...

 

 

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[FloridaMan]

[jkhirsch]

Pretty cool in my book.