okikuma
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New Roadable Rotorcraft
For a long time I've been secretly been working on a roadable rotorcraft and my prototype is finally completed. This is the first time anyone has seen this project in public. Unfortunately, I'm unable to bring it to Mentone this year. The aircraft was designed and built at an undisclosed location in California affectionately known as the "Pole Cat Works."
The fuselage was pattern closely after a common economy car by creating a large female mold over the entire car body, and laying up a carbon fiber replica body that is light and strong and presently painted over with Rustoleum Rusty Metal Flat Primer. In keeping with "lightness is good" policy, all four tires are bald (less rubber - less weight) and no padding on the carbon fiber seats.
Power in road mode is provided by a Kutoba D722 Diesel engine. In flight mode, power is provided by two highly modified unnamed turboprop engines. This way, one fuel can be used in both modes. The craft can operate on either Jet A, JP-5, #2 Diesel, Bio-Fuel, and Kerosene. In an emergency, Camel Urine can be used as an alternate fuel, but at much lower power settings.
The small diameter of the 3 bladed ridge rotor system is made from a special three fiber blended epoxy. Blade pitch and control is obtain by the special piezoelectric properties built into the rotor blades. The reason for a small diameter rotor is so that in road mode, the vehicle can pass under bridges, through tunnels, underground parking garages, and be street legal without a wide load permit, all without removing the rotor. In flight, the rotor will operate just above 2,000 RPM producing ample thrust well above the gross weight of the vehicle.
This roadable rotorcraft is one off experimental prototype, and no kit or plans will be made available only because there are those who will take a perfect flyable and safe proven design and change it with unproven and without sound engineering methods, and then blame me for their failures.
Besides, no one will believe that this roadable rotorcraft will fly anyway.
Wayne
For a long time I've been secretly been working on a roadable rotorcraft and my prototype is finally completed. This is the first time anyone has seen this project in public. Unfortunately, I'm unable to bring it to Mentone this year. The aircraft was designed and built at an undisclosed location in California affectionately known as the "Pole Cat Works."
The fuselage was pattern closely after a common economy car by creating a large female mold over the entire car body, and laying up a carbon fiber replica body that is light and strong and presently painted over with Rustoleum Rusty Metal Flat Primer. In keeping with "lightness is good" policy, all four tires are bald (less rubber - less weight) and no padding on the carbon fiber seats.
Power in road mode is provided by a Kutoba D722 Diesel engine. In flight mode, power is provided by two highly modified unnamed turboprop engines. This way, one fuel can be used in both modes. The craft can operate on either Jet A, JP-5, #2 Diesel, Bio-Fuel, and Kerosene. In an emergency, Camel Urine can be used as an alternate fuel, but at much lower power settings.
The small diameter of the 3 bladed ridge rotor system is made from a special three fiber blended epoxy. Blade pitch and control is obtain by the special piezoelectric properties built into the rotor blades. The reason for a small diameter rotor is so that in road mode, the vehicle can pass under bridges, through tunnels, underground parking garages, and be street legal without a wide load permit, all without removing the rotor. In flight, the rotor will operate just above 2,000 RPM producing ample thrust well above the gross weight of the vehicle.
This roadable rotorcraft is one off experimental prototype, and no kit or plans will be made available only because there are those who will take a perfect flyable and safe proven design and change it with unproven and without sound engineering methods, and then blame me for their failures.
Besides, no one will believe that this roadable rotorcraft will fly anyway.
Wayne