Voith-Schneider and ABB Dynafin cycloidal propellers #flight #engineering #video #toread
on 02024-04-03#Nighthawk solar-powered noodles in #flight (#flying?) Mentions Bovine Aerospace’s painter’s-plastic balloon (plástico para pintores, 8μm), which he throws a handful of fine charcoal powder into to get sunlight absorption. Due to not having a giant sealing machine he lays a board across some sawhorses, masking-tapes the plastic to it, and tried sealing it with a clothes iron! Which didn’t work, so he used adhesives, specifically doublestick tape from a craft dispenser. He suggests soot from a fatwood fire might be a better alternative to the charcoal powder. He incorrectly states that water vapor is heavier than air. #video
on 02024-04-03#video of Gravity jetpack #flight test for paramedics
on 02022-01-11#video of paragliding #flight to McDonald’s
on 02022-01-11powered paragliding #flight #video
on 02022-01-11