{"id":17197,"date":"2018-12-04T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17197"},"modified":"2018-12-04T00:12:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T05:12:19","slug":"sci-tech-plimp-hybrid-airship-drone-with-ion-drive-propulsion-audis-2-part-flying-car-urbanaero-cormorant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17197","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Plimp hybrid airship, Drone with ion drive propulsion, Audi&#8217;s 2-part flying car, UrbanAero Cormorant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The VTOL <a title=\"Plimp | Revolutionizing Flight\" href=\"https:\/\/plimp.com\/\">Plimp Hybrid Airship<\/a> avoids two problems with airplanes and helicopters. If an airplane&#8217;s speed drops below a critical value in horizontal flight it will <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stall_(fluid_dynamics)\">stall<\/a> and fall quickly to earth.\u00a0 A helicopter plummets as well when there is a breakdown in its complex rotor system. The Plimp will take off vertically with the simplicity of an airship and fall slowly back to earth if the engine stops working or there is a leak in its balloon. So far. the design has been tested by <a href=\"https:\/\/plimp.com\/about-egan\/\">Egan Airships<\/a> with a scaled drone version:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TdUPSCWuxnw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Find <a href=\"https:\/\/plimp.com\/videos\/\">more videos here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>An MIT group has demonstrated an ionic drive that is powerful enough to propel a drone: <a title=\"MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts | MIT News\" href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2018\/first-ionic-wind-plane-no-moving-parts-1121\">MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts | MIT News<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Now MIT engineers have built and flown the first-ever plane with no moving parts. Instead of propellers or turbines, the light aircraft is powered by an \u201cionic wind\u201d \u2014 a silent but mighty flow of ions that is produced aboard the plane, and that generates enough thrust to propel the plane over a sustained, steady flight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Unlike turbine-powered planes, the aircraft does not depend on fossil fuels to fly. And unlike propeller-driven drones, the new design is completely silent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u201cThis is the first-ever sustained flight of a plane with no moving parts in the propulsion system,\u201d says Steven Barrett, associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. \u201cThis has potentially opened new and unexplored possibilities for aircraft which are quieter, mechanically simpler, and do not emit combustion emissions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/boB6qu5dcCw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More at<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"First ever plane with no moving parts takes flight | Science | The Guardian\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2018\/nov\/21\/first-ever-plane-with-no-moving-parts-takes-flight\">First ever plane with no moving parts takes flight &#8211; The Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"'Sci-fi' plane flies with no moving parts - BBC News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/technology-46310975\/sci-fi-plane-with-no-moving-parts-flies-successfully\">&#8216;Sci-fi&#8217; plane flies with no moving parts &#8211; BBC News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-018-0707-9.epdf?referrer_access_token=IJsrsTtujIIw49BGPugohNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0O8jeS1MYPanuSpZ5pCO_VtrinMAGlKpSsB-vKEDmhUSciWgtT6T9AbLNuFBvCG-EljxBxSXqg3EykIGLl46gMM5m_4V9gGMaVIlVkohZmXLERycyqfwu4yg6HnJdcAfNPLe7R0c209BBhzzAJbIjgtai0YnV7PsKaRMBMe2IaqVZsFT4Q43x7kbaRvpq8SKEc0kt_Ld9XnurR9PmqpH8o7fPpKR9oDINVRW7QWrtcueFBqd8QBBfs-KTQAXJEr36o%3D&amp;tracking_referrer=www.newsweek.com\">Flight of an aeroplane with solid-state propulsion, H Xu et al &#8211; Nature Magazine (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-018-0707-9\">Flight of an aeroplane with solid-state propulsion, H. Xu et al, &#8211; Nature Magazine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-test=\"article-title\">===<\/p>\n<p data-test=\"article-title\">Audi is developing a new approach to the age-old pursuit of a flying car. Here the electric car does not have built-in wings or rotors but instead docks to a drone-like flight module that carries the car to its destination. So far Audi engineers are testing the concept with 1:4 scale models: <a title=\"Audi is starting to test its 'all-electric flying and self-driving car' - Electrek\" href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2018\/11\/27\/audi-all-electric-flying-self-driving-car-test\/\">Audi is starting to test its &#8216;all-electric flying and self-driving car&#8217; &#8211; Electrek<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sTePEVCqcA0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-test=\"article-title\">===<\/p>\n<p data-test=\"article-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanaero.com\/\">Urban Aero<\/a> has posted a video of a flight of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tactical-robotics.com\/category\/cormorant\">Cormorant<\/a> from last spring. Looks similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tactical-robotics.com\/category\/downloads\">previous videos<\/a> (i.e. it flies around a field) but the full scale vehicle does seem more stable:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aU3BvEg0gNc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-test=\"article-title\">===<\/p>\n<p data-test=\"article-title\">Some interesting speculation on the impact that technologies such as electric VTOL vehicles, autopiloted cars, hyperloop, etc could have on rural life: <a title=\"Flying cars, robocars and more will rewrite the rural landscape, for good and ill | Brad Ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/ideas.4brad.com\/flying-cars-robocars-and-more-will-rewrite-rural-landscape-good-and-ill\">Flying cars, robocars and more will rewrite the rural landscape, for good and ill | Brad Ideas<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\" data-test=\"article-title\"><em>Just as these factors make rural life less of a compromise, they and other forces will make urban life better. Flying vehicles, robocars and many other factors here also make urban commuters shorter, and give even greater and faster access to things for urban dwellers. For those who value many urban things the city will not lose its advantage, though the balance shifts. The ability to have easily accessible vacation property may encourage people who crave both urban and rural living to have both, and to switch between them not just for the weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=9ad77237101a529e858b08c724b1d0e6&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;node=499320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telescopes and Binoculars at Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VTOL Plimp Hybrid Airship avoids two problems with airplanes and helicopters. If an airplane&#8217;s speed drops below a critical value in horizontal flight it will stall and fall quickly to earth.\u00a0 A helicopter plummets as well when there is a breakdown in its complex rotor system. The Plimp will take off vertically with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17197\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Plimp hybrid airship, Drone with ion drive propulsion, Audi&#8217;s 2-part flying car, UrbanAero Cormorant<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4tn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3208,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3208","url_meta":{"origin":17197,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Update on the SkyTug airship","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an update on the big SkyTug airship that Lockheed-Martin is developing for a Canadian venture that wants to use it to transport cargo to and from remote areas: Proposed Rules Provide Peek at Lockheed's Cargo Airship - Aviation Week Here are some earlier articles about the system: Alberta Private\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/isJRgEu7DQo\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7125,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7125","url_meta":{"origin":17197,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: The Airlander hybrid air vehicle","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Speaking of airships, a prototype\u00a0AirLander\u00a0airship\/airplane combo at\u00a0Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd\u00a0made its first flight a year ago:\u00a0\u201cAirlander\u201d Hybrid Air Vehicle \u2013 the dawning of a new age for airships! - global aviation report\u00a0- Hybrid Air Vehicles is the world\u2019s leading developer of the next generation of lighter-than-air craft. 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