PW_Plack
Active Member
Anybody here heard of Heliplane LLC?
I don't see even a website for these guys, but they've convinced the City of Minot, ND to loan them a half-million dollars to set up production of big gyroglider trailers which would be pulled behind airplanes to dramatically increase cargo capacity.
At the destination, the trailers are released to land autonomously using UAV-like control technology, while the fixed-wing tow plane lands normally.
Here's a brief video of the news story.
I don't see even a website for these guys, but they've convinced the City of Minot, ND to loan them a half-million dollars to set up production of big gyroglider trailers which would be pulled behind airplanes to dramatically increase cargo capacity.
At the destination, the trailers are released to land autonomously using UAV-like control technology, while the fixed-wing tow plane lands normally.
Here's a brief video of the news story.