Gnarly Gnu Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 "While the flying car may never get off the ground, XTI Aircraft is hoping to bridge the gap with its new take on a light jet that will transport you door-to-door. The TriFan 600 is the brainchild of David Brody, who in 2012 began dreaming of true long-distance point-to-point air travel. He has since gathered an elite team of aviation experts—including Jeff Pino, former president of Sikorsky, and Charlie Johnson, former president of Cessna—to plan the first commercially certified, high-speed, long-range airplane capable of vertical takeoff and landing. The TriFan 600 uses three ducted fans powered by two gas-turbine engines. Once the craft is airborne, the two wing-mounted fans rotate to provide forward thrust. (The center fan, only used for vertical lift, is covered and not used during high-speed flight.) The two jet engines will reach a combined 2,600 horsepower, XTI claims. All that power will lift six occupants straight up into the air and then blast them forward at a top speed of 400 mph and an altitude of 30,000 feet." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howard Hughes Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I love the concept, but I'll believe it when it's strapped to my back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGL Fox Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 It would be great to own one but I think you would, as usual, need to be a millionaire to own one...maybe if I will the lotto one day... David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnarly Gnu Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Well the idea these days is you come up with an impressive concept, do a video clip and a few neat computer generated images then ask for donations. When the donations arrive you retire, or perhaps even try to sell the concept. Rotating thrust is neat though, for aero's you won't bottom out at the bottom of a loop for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Did anyone read the Simon Black books as a child. His aircraft was just like this and in one of the stories he was able to fly it into space! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Wow, what a concept!. Just as soon as the $10M I'm getting from the Nigerian Prince I've helped to get his diamond mine money out of the country arrives, I'm putting it ALL into the project. These scams are almost as prevalent as cheap viagra... I was actually chased down in the local Supermarket carpark by one of the Directors of http://www.coaxe.com.au/ asking me to join their endeavour.... it's another complete Furphy, and the bloke in question has a dubious history of failed enterprises around my neck of the woods.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litespeed Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 A grade Bullsh@t covered in Vapourware 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Some times it works!, Until the overlords kill it: Fairy Rotodyne . spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff13 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Once someone comes up with the concept, it is only matter of time until we see the reality. Except maybe Warp drive, I do not think I will live long enough to see warp drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Once someone comes up with the concept, it is only matter of time until we see the reality.Except maybe Warp drive, I do not think I will live long enough to see warp drive. I thought they made propellers already! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff13 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I thought they made propellers already! Yes but theirs do not go at 9.9 times the speed of light. As we all know even Star Trek could not achieve Warp 10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi303 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 no, warp is not linear arithmetic progression, it is logarithmic progression... warp 9.9 is just under infinite speed :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 The Tesla sports car model now has Ludicrous Drive, as endorsed by the American Chiropractic Association AND the USA Crash Repair Conglomerate....if it were Tesla and Lockheed behind this piece of nonsense, I'd start to believe it might just happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I read somewhere that the Tesla sports broke some rating system, somehow managed to get 103 points out of a possible 100. Something to do with the acceleration being 3.3 seconds to 100kmh, while fuel economy "cost" around $2 per 100km. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I believe Italy is close to making a "Fairy Rotodyne" type aircraft at the moment, using LPG fuel. spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 This is the latest from Terrafugia even though the first has not yet eventuated. It is the TF-X, a VTOL computer controlled flying car that is supposedly 8 to 10 years away from reality. See http://www.terrafugia.com/tf-x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 why are we constantly trying to re-invent the helicopter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 why are we constantly trying to re-invent the helicopter? Because we can't park the current offerings in a suburban garage & they are not easy to fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 people cant handle the noise of a sparrow farting in suburbia these days, could you imagine the noise at 8;30 am in suburbia with these departing for the city...... and i dont see it ever happening, people can barely drive in 2 dimensions safely, let alone 3, then throw in a southerly change and a storm or to at peak hour... it will be carnage... ill stick to helicopters not to mention the unfounded fear of tiny drones already near hi rise buildings.. image commuters in flying cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGL Fox Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I guess if we had flying cars it would cut down on road rage.. bit hard to step out of your car and clonk someone on the head with your concealed baseball bat... David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Remove the "P" reaction from helicopters rotors and more people will be able to fly safely' spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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