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Created by stringer > 9 months ago, 23 Jun 2011
stringer
WA, 703 posts
23 Jun 2011 10:07AM
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Over the last 3 years, IAT21 (the Austrian Innovative Aeronautical Technology research company) has been working on the designs for a totally new form of airborne auto-motion, as revolutionary as were the jet engine and the hovercraft

http://start.d-dalus.at/

How D-DALUS works

At the heart of D-DALUS is a revolutionary propulsion system containing a number of patented inventions, including a friction free bearing at the points of high G force, and a system that keeps propulsion in dynamic equilibrium, thereby allowing the guidance system to quickly restore stability in flight.

The propulsion consists of 4 sets of contra-rotating disks, each set driven at the same rpm by a conventional aero-engine. The disks are surrounded by blades whose angle of attack can be altered by off-setting the axis of the rotating disks. As each blade can be given a different angle of attack, the resulting main thrust can be in any required direction in 360? around any axis. This allows the craft to launch vertically, remain in a fixed position in the air, travel in any direction, rotate in any direction, and thrust upwards thereby 'gluing down' on landing.



i always thought thats how UFO's would work.

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
23 Jun 2011 5:30PM
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So can I fit 4 to my ArduCopter?

Glitch
QLD, 292 posts
24 Jun 2011 12:00AM
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I want one of these

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
24 Jun 2011 12:10AM
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Glitch said...



I want one of these

Gona get boring pretty darn quick... FPV is more my scene.

FlySurfer
NSW, 4460 posts
24 Jun 2011 11:43AM
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bjw
QLD, 3691 posts
24 Jun 2011 6:59PM
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So, it's like a helicopter except useful for tennis playing.

Sounds great.



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