Electrified wingsuit from BMW reaches 186MPH on first flight

Post by CrazyCatDog » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 12:53 PM UTC

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CrazyCatDog wrote: post #26

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Haven’t bothered :) Only “toy” EDF models, performance from an 8KW system revving at 60K rpm at 10S (10 lipo cells in series) swinging a 19” folding prop is on par with a mini turbine in terms of performance (0-> 180mph+ in under 2 seconds). Granted this is for 2 meter gliders, but I would expect similar efficiencies in larger scale applications (the bmw EDF is not that much larger than RC).

That's crazy. For a non-RC dude, how much thrust does that produce, and how much did it cost?

Post by marvin » Wed, Nov 18, 2020, 11:07 PM UTC

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It seems to me like there's a good future for electric VTOL. Whether for package delivery or for carrying people, you can take off vertically, and then transition to a horizontal flight regime using wings that's more energy efficient, so you can get more range.

This feels like the golden path to me, too. Lilium is claiming 300km range at 300km/hour, and appears to transition nicely to horizontal flight. Maybe not a great glide ratio on those stubby little wings, but it looks safer than quadcopters. They don't need all 36 ducted fans for normal flight, so eating a bird shouldn't spell death. Has anybody else shown off similar craft? Uber Air's eVTOL looks about 50% CGI/50% h…