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Beautiful design without the slicing and dicing of propellers

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posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 07:41 AM
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We have had a long running thread about flying cars and to be honest everything presented in that thread has not shown any type of breakthrough that peaked my interest.

I came across the following video about the Jetoptera's Bladeless Propulsion System and golly Gee I hope this gets off the ground at an affordable price tag . Once the batteries improve in density it can be fully electric if that is something desired...

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posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 09:21 AM
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So, someone invented an air plane that can be brought down by pollen, dust, frozen water clouds. spiders etc.
I thought we had enough problems with just birds.

I have worked with these but would never trust my life to one for propulsion. Very susceptible to dirt.
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posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 09:43 AM
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a reply to: 727Sky

The actual propulsion system is the turbine/compressor delivering the air to the induction system. All the induction system does is increasing thrust efficiency at low speed. So it will be more efficient than using the turbine directly. It adds extra weight and friction though. I am not sure it would be competitive against propellers either, except for being more compact and having less moving parts?



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 09:45 AM
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a reply to: 727Sky

I doubt you will ever see a battery capable of running an airplane.
At least not with current chemical batteries.



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 09:48 AM
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That's cool! I love the fact that there are no propellers...



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 10:01 AM
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We have one here and they say they want the whole fleet retrofitted in a couple of years.
Seems the rona has slowed the process a bit but as far as I understand the retrofit is going on.
nanaimonewsnow.com...



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posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 10:04 AM
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originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: 727Sky

I doubt you will ever see a battery capable of running an airplane.
At least not with current chemical batteries.

Here is a YouTube video of the e-Gull electric ultralight aircraft.
I saw a report from a guy that he went 99 miles on a charge.



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 11:04 AM
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Beautiful aircraft, I’m not sure that it will be stable in flight? I hope it works out.



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 12:10 PM
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originally posted by: abigredneck
We have one here and they say they want the whole fleet retrofitted in a couple of years.
Seems the rona has slowed the process a bit but as far as I understand the retrofit is going on.
nanaimonewsnow.com...



a reply to: Bluntone22



They sure don't give much technical info in the article. My guess would be that the entire cargo capacity was taken up with batteries.



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 01:25 PM
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a reply to: 727Sky

That's awesome.

I didn't see anything about current top speeds.

And I see the flaw involving carry rate.

But man I wish I could live for another 100 years just so I can see how different our means of travel will become.

Plus I have always wondered how those "bladeless" fans worked. So thanks for that.



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 01:26 PM
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a reply to: beyondknowledge

They were pretty clear in the video that right now it's in the research and development stage.
Who knows how powerful these systems can become.



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 01:29 PM
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a reply to: moebius

Right. Plus the amount of weight it can carry is unknown.

But I totally understand why people are putting money into research.
A battery powered compact super efficient and quit flying engine that can carry lots of weight would be a game changer.
And it has vertical lift.



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 01:39 PM
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a reply to: Bluntone22

Who knew long term power storage would be so damn hard.

If only we could utilize the power we natural store in ourselves.



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 02:19 PM
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a reply to: scraedtosleep

Yeah, the limits of physics can be a bitch.



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 03:13 PM
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Super dope!



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 03:47 PM
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a reply to: Bluntone22

But an ulrtalight with 40 minutes flight time is doable.

www.flyingmag.com... lane-electric/



posted on Mar, 1 2021 @ 06:21 PM
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a reply to: 727Sky

I had a similar idea for Space propulsion related to how this vehicle moves through the air.



posted on Mar, 2 2021 @ 06:03 AM
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a reply to: butcherguy

Modern gliders can easily fly over 100k in the right conditions, no power needed.



posted on Mar, 2 2021 @ 06:19 AM
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originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: butcherguy

Modern gliders can easily fly over 100k in the right conditions, no power needed.

Powered aircraft can take off using their own power from a level field.



posted on Mar, 2 2021 @ 08:19 AM
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I wonder if hydrogen fuel cells could work for aircraft




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