Hi, all things are possible that we can dream up because we can only imagine what we have been exposed to . The rub comes when we must pay the price . Famous last words, "Watch This" , have been on the lips of many a fine showman. Happy Hunting ; 007 Wing Man.
I want to know how loud these things really are. 30 years age we field tested similar machines, and they were noisier than the rest of the airfield put together. We said they were the perfect observation platform for a country where everyone is deaf.
Saw on the web where this idea was to be scaled up to a larger machine that could carry "large sling loads". So the army could use "Goober Pyles" like me to move supplies from ship to shore, over swamps etc. with out having to be a trained chopper pilot. The cost savings just were not there.
@ConnecticutSavvy In this case either not enough power or there is an insurance problem about experimental craft of this type. In 1955 you built for the Army not for private usage. I have noticed a lot of the hover tech craft either had a cable to make sure it didn't crash or low hover to make sure damage or injury was as low as possible. However this particular design which looks exactly like the Hiller which had a service ceiling of 35 to 40 feet.
Have 2 parachutes .. one for you and one for your flying machine. Have a balloon take you to altitude .. release balloon and see how this behaves at altitude. Practice recovering from an inversion. Alternatively, have a cantilevered hook overhanging the Grand Canyon. Some such post-flight hook-up scenario. Save on a having to have to carry a big chute (added weight) for the machine. Don't forget yours tho!
No, it's real video, no dirt being kicked up because the ground is clean. Look at the shadow, moving with the vehicle. It's real. No big flipping deal, but it's real.
Oh I should have mentioned if the pilot was underneath to have long stilt like legs with landing pads or feet.Which would hold the Platform when it lands. I was mainly refering to the low center of gravity problem of having a pilot standing on top.With a height of 6 feet and 200 pounds making it wobble.If you look at the twin ducted fans that engineers are working on now.The fans are at neck level with the pilot dangling.This is the plume idea.
Look up "diy hovercraft" and you'll find that you can make a 1-inch-high hover with plywood and a leaf blower based on the same physics as this one. This is fully believable and actually quite unoriginal-- he basically has a nice, high-powered "fan" or other air-mover under there. The most challenging part would've been to balance it well enough to keep the whole thing from tipping over.
@Kenabis82 Exactly!!! My question has always been,....where is all the technology and all the equipment from all those many years of studies and research?????? That,...that is a very good question I feel!
This would be more stable if the pilot was underneath.Lower center of gravity etc.You could still have the pilot on top but you would need a larger diametre platform with co-axial blades spinning opposite directions.These go way back to the 50s.
Yup... just viewed the film of the 1955 Hiller flying platform. The test pilot was a little braver than this guy, but proved back then what this guy was doing now. Can fly for cheap. I would not want to take a bad step ... just like fiting with the business end of a food processor.
Interesting, will this possibly be offered to the public? Little really new about it though,it's just the Hiller flying platform from the mid 50's. The military has looked into many versions of these but from what I've seen and read, the limitations on them were too many in comparison to their capabilities. Still, to offer it to the public would be another thing.
This is nothing but a copy of the Hiller Flying platform built back in the mid 50's, but not a very good copy. The orginal had a ceiling of 5,000 feet and was very stable with a flight range of 50 miles. The two counter rotation props at the bottom made it stable that it could not flip much like a gyoscope. The army gave it a thumbs down because of noise, but at one time the forest service considered it for search and rescue as well as fire service.
im sure we would need to spend a few hours or days worth of practice hovering before we can be used to the controlling method! an un experienced person would sure flip over or lose balance! i would love the chance to fly that very high!
Also look up the 'fan-man' (the embarrassment to paragliding) who flew a PPG into a famous heavyweight championship boxing match & literally pissed off everyone, hurt some people, broke some lighting equipment, and all the bet-placers were beating him. he tried it again later but airforce kept an eye on him
I am pretty sure in the not to distant future with LiPo battery's and electric motors getting smaller and more powerful. Crafts like these will be common! I fly FPV and quads and some of the bigger quads has the power to pick a child up! So I am sure there will be a new class of flying crafts!
I had invented a motor:the Dyna flux (Dynamic Fluxtuation)once started would not stop?until stopped,and with this motor ?it can generate 24 volts upwards towards 110 to 220 voltages ,via an inverter,it does not need fuel or Batteries,and it would be a perfect match ?for a Hiller type Flying plat form.and can stay up in the air limitless time.or unlimited time ,cuz it is self generating,through high powered Nyudimium-Magnets,in a disk configuration,it is under patent pending in the United States.The Hiller type of flying plat form is best suited for wild beast hunting,imagine floating above the hunted animals,with a high powered rifle.or sfetly floating above a group od Crocodiles,the best thing of my flying plat form is?it is silent,unlike the Hiller plat form ,that makes a lot of noise,cuz my flying plat form is powered by Electric -motors.one above and one below,for the rotating proppeler and the counter rotating proppeller underneath the said Flying plat form.animals or enemies of the military would be surprise if one of those machine pop up suddentlywith Gatling guns blazing away.it can be weathe -proof with a egg-shaped cupola above the pilots head,but it would not impede the movement of the Craft.
But you gladly sit in a metal box on four wheels and let yourself be propelled to speeds that can make a pancake out of you. And they often do that to many people. Nice. Just keep following the herd...
in my town they ticket you 75 dollars for loud stereo and or no muffler, not sure you could hear an exploding freight train on this thing let alone cops trying to pull you over
@Oldbmwr100rs True, however the forest service was considering them back in the 60's and 70's. With a 50 mile range it was still reasonable for search and rescue. However the biggest problem the military had with them was, you couldhear them coming and they made wonderful targets LOL. But to tell the truth, I woudn't mind scareing the neighborhood kids with this, imagine threatening to land on that dog that uses your yard for a bathroom.
And that guy in the background could well have seen about 15 minutes worth of them futzing around with this thing before shooting this bit of video. You can tell from the design and performance that this is probably a very problematic and ungainly machine, and required a lot of setup and bad runs. Maybe they've been practicing in this lot for weeks-- just your common DIY hovercraft enthusiast you see on the way to work every morning.
It'd be nice to see all these flying devices make it more than a few feet off the ground. I've yet to see someone take one over a tree and out of sight.
Well it would have been nicer if there wasnt a big crane behind him carrying him. Seriously if this were true it would be defying all laws of physics...
Haha i like the name Doktor Ravi-Yoli. His daddy, the fat legume, his mama, wind sprints. OK. there there now. Hmmmm. I'd like to see Tommy Lee mount his drum kit onto this flying platform and buzz the concert crowd. Don't put Alex Van Halen on there. He's alREADY got neck problems. Affix a water tank to this contraption, and you can wash all the mud -n- stink off an entire Burning Man crowd.
Sorry... like so many great inventions, an even better version of this using a jet engine so its much faster has been snavelled up by the military. Search TH-cam for FLYING PLATFORM. But it was a good idea anyway :-(
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Landscaping is going to be such a fun job one day.
I appreciate the info and update. Yes, with redundant fly-by-wire computer controls it would be doable. I stand corrected.
I can't even begin to imagine how much power that thing needs to lift itself AND a human standing on top of it.
Hi, all things are possible that we can dream up because we can only imagine what we have been exposed to . The rub comes when we must pay the price . Famous last words, "Watch This" , have been on the lips of many a fine showman.
Happy Hunting ; 007 Wing Man.
looks like a giant pc fan:D
great work
It's still quieter than most leaf blowers, and does the job better.
I want to know how loud these things really are. 30 years age we field tested similar machines, and they were noisier than the rest of the airfield put together. We said they were the perfect observation platform for a country where everyone is deaf.
Saw on the web where this idea was to be scaled up to a larger machine that could carry "large sling loads".
So the army could use "Goober Pyles" like me to move supplies from ship to shore, over swamps etc. with out having to be a trained chopper pilot.
The cost savings just were not there.
I love how the dude in the back is so nonchalantly picking up wood or somethin in the background. I'd b like SUPERVILLIAN HOVER THINGY FTW
@ConnecticutSavvy In this case either not enough power or there is an insurance problem about experimental craft of this type. In 1955 you built for the Army not for private usage. I have noticed a lot of the hover tech craft either had a cable to make sure it didn't crash or low hover to make sure damage or injury was as low as possible. However this particular design which looks exactly like the Hiller which had a service ceiling of 35 to 40 feet.
Nice blower. The parking will be kept clean from now on.
it´s like riding a blender... these guys have balls...
Have 2 parachutes .. one for you and one for your flying machine. Have a balloon take you to altitude .. release balloon and see how this behaves at altitude. Practice recovering from an inversion. Alternatively, have a cantilevered hook overhanging the Grand Canyon. Some such post-flight hook-up scenario. Save on a having to have to carry a big chute (added weight) for the machine. Don't forget yours tho!
I think these big ride ventilator is very nice for cutting my house grass !!! ;)
No, it's real video, no dirt being kicked up because the ground is clean. Look at the shadow, moving with the vehicle. It's real. No big flipping deal, but it's real.
Oh I should have mentioned if the pilot was underneath to have long stilt like legs with landing pads or feet.Which would hold the Platform when it lands. I was mainly refering to the low center of gravity problem of having a pilot standing on top.With a height of 6 feet and 200 pounds making it wobble.If you look at the twin ducted fans that engineers are working on now.The fans are at neck level with the pilot dangling.This is the plume idea.
Look up "diy hovercraft" and you'll find that you can make a 1-inch-high hover with plywood and a leaf blower based on the same physics as this one. This is fully believable and actually quite unoriginal-- he basically has a nice, high-powered "fan" or other air-mover under there. The most challenging part would've been to balance it well enough to keep the whole thing from tipping over.
@Kenabis82 Exactly!!! My question has always been,....where is all the technology and all the equipment from all those many years of studies and research?????? That,...that is a very good question I feel!
How come this thing is so big and clumsy looking yet the Williams Arial Platform is much smaller but yet flies higher and faster?
This would be more stable if the pilot was underneath.Lower center of gravity etc.You could still have the pilot on top but you would need a larger diametre platform with co-axial blades spinning opposite directions.These go way back to the 50s.
i like the other one with the turbine built in the 70's....and actually flew through the woods...
Moller did. Google for the Moller skycar. It's beautiful.
Was originally built by Hiller aviation in the 50's.
wow, a flying bathtub!
its like standing on a giant fan
How did you stop the housing counter rotating?
looks more like a hovering platform. do they make one that goes places?
a janitor on top of a giant leaf blower..BOOYAH!
I hope his job and his house are across the street from each other lol
He's right. Google: 'Hiller Platform' for one of em. Yours looks the spitting image. Funny how you came up with the exact same design.
A lav bowl would look way more stunning than this flying bath tub! ))))
You couldn't pay me 1 million to test fly that..Imagine being 1,000ft up and having a failure..Uh ooh I think i'm dead.
It never occured to you that they might have fired it up prior this test? That should clear the dust up pretty good.
Yup... just viewed the film of the 1955 Hiller flying platform. The test pilot was a little braver than this guy, but proved back then what this guy was doing now. Can fly for cheap. I would not want to take a bad step ... just like fiting with the business end of a food processor.
looks like one of those big industrial fans on its side.....
@nonginger "i hate Santa he brought me coloring book this time "
Interesting, will this possibly be offered to the public? Little really new about it though,it's just the Hiller flying platform from the mid 50's. The military has looked into many versions of these but from what I've seen and read, the limitations on them were too many in comparison to their capabilities.
Still, to offer it to the public would be another thing.
Nice, you invented a way to fly a ventialation rotor. lol.
@ronburling Thats its main weapon, you land on your enemy, turning them into a smoothie.
Add some technological advancements, some cool electrical lighting and you have TRON come to life! :)
This is nothing but a copy of the Hiller Flying platform built back in the mid 50's, but not a very good copy. The orginal had a ceiling of 5,000 feet and was very stable with a flight range of 50 miles. The two counter rotation props at the bottom made it stable that it could not flip much like a gyoscope. The army gave it a thumbs down because of noise, but at one time the forest service considered it for search and rescue as well as fire service.
im sure we would need to spend a few hours or days worth of practice hovering before we can be used to the controlling method! an un experienced person would sure flip over or lose balance! i would love the chance to fly that very high!
i didnt realize this was a civilian design.yeah that kinda makes it a little cooler.lol
And 1 more thing dont you think that guy in the background would be more interested than just being a passer by.
Introducing the new Flying Toilet. Where you can whipe ur ass in mid air!
This is a Hiller platform, belive firt show's in the 50's
Can it like go forward?
Yes you just lean forward
forget being under that thing when its flying lol
Also look up the 'fan-man' (the embarrassment to paragliding) who flew a PPG into a famous heavyweight championship boxing match & literally pissed off everyone, hurt some people, broke some lighting equipment, and all the bet-placers were beating him. he tried it again later but airforce kept an eye on him
the cops are getting flying platforms that can hold a full size car
Copy of the Hiller flying platform of the 1950's that the army experiomented with. That I think had a much higher ceiling.
Now that looks very unstable. Pilot needs a very calm touch.
i am guessing its a double turbine rotating in different directions
It looks like this thing cannot get out of the the ground effect, so basically its a noisy hovercraft.
ONE step to recycle!Good advise,stay put!
In windy weather will be much more funny.
I am pretty sure in the not to distant future with LiPo battery's and electric motors getting smaller and more powerful. Crafts like these will be common! I fly FPV and quads and some of the bigger quads has the power to pick a child up! So I am sure there will be a new class of flying crafts!
It is time to ressurrect the hiller flying platform! Go to google and search for 'kickstarter skyfly'.
I had invented a motor:the Dyna flux (Dynamic Fluxtuation)once started would not stop?until stopped,and with this motor ?it can generate 24 volts upwards towards 110 to 220 voltages ,via an inverter,it does not need fuel or Batteries,and it would be a perfect match ?for a Hiller type Flying plat form.and can stay up in the air limitless time.or unlimited time ,cuz it is self generating,through high powered Nyudimium-Magnets,in a disk configuration,it is under patent pending in the United States.The Hiller type of flying plat form is best suited for wild beast hunting,imagine floating above the hunted animals,with a high powered rifle.or sfetly floating above a group od Crocodiles,the best thing of my flying plat form is?it is silent,unlike the Hiller plat form ,that makes a lot of noise,cuz my flying plat form is powered by Electric -motors.one above and one below,for the rotating proppeler and the counter rotating proppeller underneath the said Flying plat form.animals or enemies of the military would be surprise if one of those machine pop up suddentlywith Gatling guns blazing away.it can be weathe -proof with a egg-shaped cupola above the pilots head,but it would not impede the movement of the Craft.
The Soviet Union used jet engines in those flying platforms.
But you gladly sit in a metal box on four wheels and let yourself be propelled to speeds that can make a pancake out of you. And they often do that to many people. Nice. Just keep following the herd...
"Be careful stepping off"..."What!?"..."BE CAREFUL STEPPING OFF"..."I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" *bzzzzzzzz*
in my town they ticket you 75 dollars for loud stereo and or no muffler, not sure you could hear an exploding freight train on this thing let alone cops trying to pull you over
fly and do your laundry at the same time.
the behind the scenes footage of "Mexicans from space"
So what happened? Why aren't we all flying around in these things?
" if normal everyday people can build these".... normal everyday people can't parallel park any more....
@Mr41432 WHAT DID YOU SAY???
That's what I'm saying, Hiller Platform.
@44skins "Its dissenters are silenced not praised"
Sounds like a Bumblebee on steroids!
I want one.
that's a hiller flying platform built in the fifty's
Lunar lander from Black Ops!!
grazy stuff :)
Copy of the Hiller Flying Platform VZ-1 Pawnee built and flown in 1955. Except this one does not seem to be as well made.
I'll blow all my leaves into my neighbors yards. Problem solved...lol
@Oldbmwr100rs True, however the forest service was considering them back in the 60's and 70's. With a 50 mile range it was still reasonable for search and rescue. However the biggest problem the military had with them was, you couldhear them coming and they made wonderful targets LOL. But to tell the truth, I woudn't mind scareing the neighborhood kids with this, imagine threatening to land on that dog that uses your yard for a bathroom.
Sounds like a pissed off lawn mower.
I bet they got this from flying saucers or something
And that guy in the background could well have seen about 15 minutes worth of them futzing around with this thing before shooting this bit of video. You can tell from the design and performance that this is probably a very problematic and ungainly machine, and required a lot of setup and bad runs. Maybe they've been practicing in this lot for weeks-- just your common DIY hovercraft enthusiast you see on the way to work every morning.
can you make a looping ? ^^
Thats a "Hiller flying platform" been around 50 years...
It'd be nice to see all these flying devices make it more than a few feet off the ground. I've yet to see someone take one over a tree and out of sight.
yup you stand above the thousands of rpm rotors...
Ye old Flying Saucer! Great = 5*!
weight balance do not have a problem
It has its uses I see the bloke in background 1.14-1.25 picking up the trash blown to the gutters. mmm might just have invented new stadium cleaner!!!
I WANT ONE! THIS I COMMAND!!
Eso me encanta la creatividad lastima q allá mas embidia y desánimo q personas q lo apoyen a uno
Well it would have been nicer if there wasnt a big crane behind him carrying him. Seriously if this were true it would be defying all laws of physics...
Haha i like the name Doktor Ravi-Yoli. His daddy, the fat legume, his mama, wind sprints. OK. there there now. Hmmmm.
I'd like to see Tommy Lee mount his drum kit onto this flying platform and buzz the concert crowd. Don't put Alex Van Halen on there. He's alREADY got neck problems.
Affix a water tank to this contraption, and you can wash all the mud -n- stink off an entire Burning Man crowd.
Sorry... like so many great inventions, an even better version of this using a jet engine so its much faster has been snavelled up by the military. Search TH-cam for FLYING PLATFORM. But it was a good idea anyway :-(
After WW2 America 'enlisted' the brains of captured German scientists (Opperatio nPaperclip) developing much better models more than 50 years ago..
looks scary
ahahaha you killed me ahahahahaha
@dvh065 I agree, this is dangerous way to die.
LOOK in the middle on the left at 1:16 there is a guy who beats and kidnaps a little kid child
Copy of the Hiller Platform built in the mid 1950's.
Now that's just a disaster waiting to happen!