Hi again,
Follow the link
http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans/siteindx.htm
for a great variety of transportaion forms. Some of them have even been made. For your browsing pleasure,
Oren
Friday, March 30, 2007
Helium
Hi guys,
this is an opportunity to put in a dream of mine which I've been fostering for over 25 years. Long story short: How do you feel about a vehicle which basically maneuvers like a helicopter, using four small rotors, and which is floated with helium tanks to a degree of about 80% - making it a heavier-than-air "mini-blimp", whose weight is reduced by the helium tanks to such an extent that four modest rotors, powered by only one, centrally mounted pressurized-air driven motor and a motorcycle chain, suffice to lift it.
It would be like the Jetsons, but come true with low-tech available even to the Victorian age - well, not quite, but make it Edwardian. So, this is not difficult to do. I'll try to add a pic to make it clear (may take a while, it's at home).
this is an opportunity to put in a dream of mine which I've been fostering for over 25 years. Long story short: How do you feel about a vehicle which basically maneuvers like a helicopter, using four small rotors, and which is floated with helium tanks to a degree of about 80% - making it a heavier-than-air "mini-blimp", whose weight is reduced by the helium tanks to such an extent that four modest rotors, powered by only one, centrally mounted pressurized-air driven motor and a motorcycle chain, suffice to lift it.
It would be like the Jetsons, but come true with low-tech available even to the Victorian age - well, not quite, but make it Edwardian. So, this is not difficult to do. I'll try to add a pic to make it clear (may take a while, it's at home).
Chris Ebbert
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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