In under a year, the team of flight enthusiasts at Bay Zoltan Nonprofit Ltd., a state-owned applied research institute in Hungary, has taken the concept of a personal flight tricopter from the drawing board to its first manned flight at Miskolc Airfield in northeast Hungary on March 7.
On the manned flight, the Flike (think fly-bike) concept demonstrator had a takeoff weight of 210 kg (463 lb) and only made it off the ground for a few seconds, but took off and landed safely. In a subsequent manned test flight, the Flike fly meters off the ground, and was able to demonstrate hovering and maneuvering capabilities while compensating for wind in a controlled flight lasting one and a half minutes.
Source: Gizmag
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Watch out for fly-aways!
Scary but awesome!
Looks like yes :)
Is that maned Y6 flight with ArduCopter !?
Hope that they never throw a prop !!
Impressive! Don't fall onto these props!!!
Great accomplishment.
Probably hard to find competent test pilots for what looks seriously like an industrial size Cuisinart though.
Seriously, great job.
Is it possible to stick enough battery on it for it to actually have a useful flight time?
Best Regards,
Gary
But um er um
If I had to fly a cheaper heli I would get one of these and take a friend.
Endurance, lift... indoors
I get it if a cargo multirotor is what you are really demoing though.
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