For Pilots: Archaeopteryx Glider

erco

Looks like an effortless takeoff with a gentle headwind. When is Parallax's man-carrying Quadrotor due out?

sylvie369

Oh, man, I want one. And it looks roomier than the typical airliner seat.

mindrobots

Sweet! The only thing that concerned me was that BIG strap between the legs.....not quite a seat, not quit where I want my, ahem "center of lift" focused......

PJAllen

I was expecting something like "QN"
I remember seeing it on CNN, a long, long time ago.
http://www.avinc.com/uas/adc/quetzalcoatlus/

xanadu

erco wrote: »

Looks like an effortless takeoff with a gentle headwind. When is Parallax's man-carrying Quadrotor due out?

That glider is sweeeeet.

Have you seen the man-carrying multi-copter?

erco

Wow, that looks real, as compared to the wing-flapping fake from last month.

Real, but not real smart...

Mark_T

sylvie369 wrote: »

Oh, man, I want one. And it looks roomier than the typical airliner seat.

The first aircraft that can dance(!). And an undercarriage that won't fail to deploy due to mechanical failure...

Spiral_72

List price excluding delivery and taxes for the base model $82,000
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.ruppert-composite.ch/flugzeug/portrait.html%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DAOR%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Dimvns&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&twu=1&u=http://ruppert-composite.ch/rokdownloads/public/archaeopteryx/preise/Pricelist_6.2011_eng.pdf&usg=ALkJrhhr8EM1jC5eQpCqI_mgJ9aFln0kXg

base model aircraft weight is about 110#
maximum pilot weight 220# (boy I'm awful close!)
min flight speed 18mph


and the website:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://ruppert-composite.ch/flugzeug/portrait.html&ei=S_mWT9OxO4-C8ATAjN3LDg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.ruppert-composite.ch/flugzeug/portrait.html%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3Dcr6%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Dimvns

oh man I don't think I'm capable of flying that thing. I'd be scared witless..... that said after being in an ultralight.