What is the congtingency for power loss? Planes have a glide ratio, helicopters will autorotate. Parachutes need time to deploy, which you won't have only a few hundred feet off the ground.
@@PaxHeadroom the ballastic parachute works from 400ft and higher. You could even have lost both wings on a generic plane and it would still work. Given, the 400ft to ground, or ground to 400ft is the dangerous part. That said, flying near ground is always dangerous as it gives you no/less time to react.
I think the chute it is a necessity, in the slim chance of a catastrophic battery failure. But having said that, this design does have a significant amount of wing area. Does anyone know if there are flight controls on the wing surfaces? It seems if those were available they could be of some assistance below 400 feet, for a controlled crash. Probably the added complexity and weight would make this undesirable though.
heard the electric servos moving the flight controls. as someone who has lost a couple autopilot servos in flight I would want a redundant flight control system :)
There's already two different flight control systems. The flight surfaces and the motor controllers .It can fly like a plane and a drone. With some clever software you can have them act as backups for each other.
They are better off using Turbines. In the long run, the batteries will end up in a landfill and the turbines would be better for the environment. Plus they are efficient and much more powerful. They can build it with a bunch of turboprops.
It's vexing for sure! I think even current gen LiFiPo batteries might inch over that hurdle for a decent range of automotive applications.. That said, electric drivetrains in aviation will never replace jet engines. The best a motor can do is spin a propeller.
i was worry that Black Fly concept is dead, glad to see it is continued!!! thank you! it is the most interesting design out of other electric flying concepts
Pivotal sound so ominous like it’s coming to take our cars away… Quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen! The wings take so much of the load I was not expecting that.
wow as someone who has lived near (1/2 mile ) an Local airport for some 67 years never seen such an amazing air craft its totally amazing its capabilities
How much redundancy does it have in the power and control system? As I watch this I think of how many times my RC aircraft suffer an electronic glitch and simply stop functioning. At such low altitudes without forward speed or wings to glide even a ballistic parachute system would not help.
My reaction too, whether the software is open source as in our models or developed in-house there's no way I'm climbing into that thing! Everybody seems to ignore is that there have been small personal crafts available for well over a century now, from Santos-Dumont "Demoiselle" to ultra light Mosquito helicopter kits, and they have actual usable range. What these EVTOL's bring to the table seems to be fully automated flight e.g. no pilots licence required and all that's needed is for the authorities to allow it (never going to happen).
@@DJZLOY I would like to see documentation of that. It certainly is not quieter than conventional electric powered planes or gliders. Those 8 small props rotating at high speed, create a lot of higher pitched sounds, that are quite different from a conventional propeller. I am suggesting that it would be more noticeable/annoying than conventional aircraft. Also pointing out that, with the hover capability, you might have situations, where more of these would be occupying a smaller space, than conventional aircraft, thus creating a veritable beehive of loud noise. Still, I would be happy to be proved wrong. I think this thing is pretty cool idea, and would like to see it succeed.
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 Why? What's the difference in your opinion, between the two, used in this context? I am now your student, enlighten me 🙂
@@TheScreamingFrog916 Thank you for your kind inquisitive reply. Since i'm one who strives like Orwell did to communicate in accurate, correct, ordered, precise, proper, sound intelligent English hence a Right logophile and linguist in part, i will preface with this: *"Only God creates, the rest of us just copy."* ~ Michelangelo I hope you learn that even Galileo knew that only God creates, Galileo knew that only God is subject of the word "create" which he learned in the Bible, he knew it is only something God is able to do, not man or the Devil and Galileo knew the Bible well enough to know that the word "Creator" according to God Himself means there is only one who is able to be the Creator since there is the Creator and the creation/what He created. Even the laws of physics which God/Jesus created, prove only God/Jesus creates - energy emanates from Him thus not possible to create it or destroy etc _[God/Jesus is a consuming fire as Scripture teaches.]_ Let's give our Creator the eternal glory and praise and all that goes with it that only He deserves since it is only possible for Him to be the Creator, He is imitated but never duplicated.
@nathansmith7153 do you think it will glide like a fixed wing aircraft or autorotate like a helicopter? I think it wouldn't do either so I agree with the comment you replied to!
@@nathansmith7153 planes don't fall out of the sky... they glide and can usually get to a safe landing spot and helicopters can auto rotate to slow the landing down these are the only things that "fall out the sky"....
@@ditherjannev2590 you realise flying at the height it does a parachute wouldn't even have time to inflate never mind the fact it would take time for him to also deploy it so a parachute in this case would be useless unless it flew higher
You may call it innovative (why?), while it's certainly the oddest-looking and very noisy. This is the vehicle that was previously called "Black Fly" a year or two ago.
@@kenhoward3512 Knicknames aside, this is the most impressive demo of a Vtol I've seen in terms of altitude and performance. The inclusion of flaps + ailerons utilizing a staggered high ratio, lifting body wing, allows forward flight at a reduced power draw. Definitely can't wait to see what these guys come up with for Gen 2/3
@@nighthawk0077 What is a lifting body wing? A lifting body is a fuselage that generates lift like a wing. A wing is an airfoil specifically for generating lift. I can not think of what a lifting body wing would be?
@@kenhoward3512 I've been aware of the project for sometime (inc. when the prototype was called BlackFly) and now it's in production, I'm no less impressed. I consider it innovative because of its simplicity. To my knowledge no other E-VTOL has managed to achieve both VTOL and conventional aerodynamic flight solely through its geometric design and layout, without relying on complex thrust vectoring systems, dead-weight lift engines, or draggy semi-stowable components. Simplicity is an art in its own right, and in aviation, lower complexity translates to increased safety.
@LZEOpener had a winner design. However, the environment in which eVTOL can be operated does not yet exist. Perhaps, Opener could have succeeded with a more conventional approach to its flight profile, negating the real "V" and going for extreme (powered lift) STOL. One can literally hear that the power output must be increased significantly, the moment speed is reduced to zero. The very moment there is just marginal forward speed, motor noises go down quite a bit, that means that remaining in this slow-flight regime should simplify craft operation somewhat. Maybe there would be a compromise "sweet spot", which could produce a more budget-friendly version.
Stunning capture! May I feature this takeoff and landing in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. All the best to you!
Ain't it great? LOL🤣 Fly or die....hmmm....choices...I think I'll fly and leave the dying to the pessimist. Of course --> We are all dying soon anyway, humans don't live long....think about it, but not for too long because you'll be dead! Live life...live and let live or cry and die.
FIRST Real Air taxi to me! All others have cheated by staying within the "ground effect". If you trust it to fly for 10 mins, you can go up and look at the clouds, and come back - or more useful things. Its not a toy! Well Done!
With those stubby little wings and all those rotors catching air, assuming you were at cruise speed and your rotors went dead, probably like 4:1 or 5:1, something ridiculous like that I'm sure. Potentially survivable if you had all the right conditions and skill to pull it off. Going low and slow like in this video? You're toast, you wouldn't have time to transition to aerodynamic lift before you were a lipo fire.
Looks like it was built by Oceangate. Does it come with a playstation controller? I heard it has two controls just so they can sell you an expensive piece of equipment twice for no reason.
All those whirling blades . If this is to be mainstream, I’m wondering if screens or propeller guards will ever be incorporated into the designs. I have not seen any of these machines with them so far.
@@tundo1101these will not have guards. I see this type of comment all the time and people usually voice this fear out of lack of understanding. Except for the immediate take-off or landing phase, propellers alone pose a risk. as soon as the craft is flying, the wing behind the prop (or the guard itself, were one to be fitted) would constitute the far greater risk. All in all, guards are completely useless save for, perhaps, in devices designed to hover over prolonged periods of time in close proximity of people or structures. Anything, which will spend most of its operating time flying can do without guards.
As an electrical engineer I just don’t see battery technology advancing fast enough to make this any more than an engineering exercise. Same for EVs. I’ve been involved in drones since 2008 with the military and I don’t see anything advancing to make this go longer than 40 minutes in our lifetime
@@jimsteinway695 this one probably isnt. There are other design who fly, or better will fly longer distances and make more sense, like Lilium. Lilium is sadly a german company, here its regulations over regulations. On EV´s we now have the first 150kWh Solid State battery in the new NIO, and that can go 1000km (~620miles) and as a solidstate can charge really quick. In the US i see a problem with charging infrastructure still, in the european countries not so much. Norway sells under 2% ICE vehicles now every year, rest is all EV. They even have E-caterpillars and E-cranes now. But they are also only 5.5mio people.
@@jimsteinway695 agree. I don't understand why so many of these idea are strictly EV. I would think the logical evolution would be hybrid with a fuel cell.
@@smithnyiu Hybrid is the way. Look up the electric Grand Caravan. There are full electric, hybrid gas/electric and hybrid diesel (working like a generator to provide electric power) already flying. The manned quad/octo copter thing is a dead end, hybrid planes will be common in 10 years.
Pretty cool. Pretty noisy too. Not sure if it's neighborhood friendly because of that. I don't think it will be a good option for door dash delivery. 🙂 Pivotal should be talking to Amprius about their high performance batteries. They would make a great partner.
With a slightly different design, the craft could come in on wing-/thrustborne flight and transition to VTOL (only thrust) closer to the ground, almost like a bird.
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 from what I heard (motor rpm) the basics can be worked on with the existing hardware setup. It is more a matter of method than material.
Very interesting. Pushing the envelope. The technologies (batteries, motors, controls, safety systems) will only get better! What do you think of electric powered aircraft ? I hear a yardie accent! Blessup! Keep up the good work.....
I doubt it will go around the pattern more than twice. I'm also better there's not the standard 45 minute fuel reserve. It's a novelty not a useful vehicle
How does it handle in crosswind landings? What is it stall speed and would it recover from a spin? How would it do in turbulence or storms? How long a flight time with lights and radio and instruments?
This raises some questions: 1st of all, does this "?aircraft?" have any lind of glide ratio? Any aircraft, non are exempt, is subject catastrophic engine or total system failure. I noticed too, that it seemed to require a considerable amount of "cool down" time upon landing. Isvthere a lot of heat build up in the electric motors?
The days of Jetsons r here. I thought flying personal vehicles was a unrealistic dream, but after seeing this my thoughts have changed. This could change personal travel by leaps and bounds and it's so much simpler than anyone would've imagined. I'm scared of flying and heights (after a fall when I was younger), but I would def fly this. It seems reasonable that individuals could fly these as personal vehicles directly from homes as it doesn't seem like u need ALOT of landing space. I seen a pilot comment about being worried about backup power if a mother went out, but the simplicity of those motors allow them to operate without failure for long stretches if time and there r how many other propellers in case u would lose one. That's the simple part, at least from my untrained eye, the propello4s and each powered by individual motors is what makes it safer since they look to be individually powered. Anyway I'm probablly way off with what I think makes these fly, but they still see to offer a realistic chance that personal flying vehicles will in fact be a real thing someday. One other thing, wouldn't it be better to use stretched fabric like on the piper cub wings to lighten the Pivotal even more? Removing weight and m9re engine power (power not needed from what I seen) but being lighter would enhance it in many ways. Awesome creation that inspires creative minds. I don't know much about aeronautics, but I do draw comics and I think the Pivitol will inspire some type of vehicle in my art lol. I hope these continue to advance and I look forward to flying one someday.
Great video thank you. Also - thanks for NOT overlaying it with a music soundtrack. Too many good aviation videos wrecked with music these days!
Awww how cute, you think this video is real, AI wins again. 😂
Yes, especially the vtol crowd. They never want you to hear them.
Yeah, and the awesome VIOLENT zooming.
Awesome, sounds like we're in a foreign country
Yabba dabbaa doo
9:00 Ballistic Parachute, the best piece of equipment on that aircraft.
Not when you fly just 300 feet up! It has much usefulness as wearing a helmet!
@@larrybud as i pointed out in antoher comment already, you need 400ft for a plballistic parachute to function
What is the congtingency for power loss? Planes have a glide ratio, helicopters will autorotate. Parachutes need time to deploy, which you won't have only a few hundred feet off the ground.
@@PaxHeadroom the ballastic parachute works from 400ft and higher. You could even have lost both wings on a generic plane and it would still work.
Given, the 400ft to ground, or ground to 400ft is the dangerous part. That said, flying near ground is always dangerous as it gives you no/less time to react.
I think the chute it is a necessity, in the slim chance of a catastrophic battery failure. But having said that, this design does have a significant amount of wing area. Does anyone know if there are flight controls on the wing surfaces? It seems if those were available they could be of some assistance below 400 feet, for a controlled crash. Probably the added complexity and weight would make this undesirable though.
heard the electric servos moving the flight controls. as someone who has lost a couple autopilot servos in flight I would want a redundant flight control system :)
No you didn’t! 😂
Go away
There's already two different flight control systems.
The flight surfaces and the motor controllers .It can fly like a plane and a drone.
With some clever software you can have them act as backups for each other.
@@glennchartrand5411 Do you fly aircraft?
Each wing has two independent elevons, 8 in total. That plus motor power inputs, and there's control redundancy x3.
Mark this day! What a fantastic, brilliant concept. THIS is a WINNER!
FOR WHAT PURPOSE? I SEE NO PRACTICAL VALUE OTHER MACHINES CAN'T HANDLE OR DO.
They have the flying part figured out, now all that's needed is batteries with less weight and more capacity.
Dark energy
They are better off using Turbines. In the long run, the batteries will end up in a landfill and the turbines would be better for the environment. Plus they are efficient and much more powerful. They can build it with a bunch of turboprops.
that already exists... high capacity, low relative mass *and* high power output is the real kicker
Ya it’s called graphene batteries
It's vexing for sure!
I think even current gen LiFiPo batteries might inch over that hurdle for a decent range of automotive applications..
That said, electric drivetrains in aviation will never replace jet engines. The best a motor can do is spin a propeller.
i was worry that Black Fly concept is dead, glad to see it is continued!!! thank you! it is the most interesting design out of other electric flying concepts
Priced doubled, so just another plaything for the idol rich!
@@grahamkearnon6682 true.
@@grahamkearnon6682 let them test it!
Pivotal sound so ominous like it’s coming to take our cars away…
Quite possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen! The wings take so much of the load I was not expecting that.
You really want a Technocracy?
Imagine thousands of this thing flying over us. Headache must be epic.
Wow! The way that thing took off was wicked. Very impressed
I've watched this since conception years ago. Holy cow. Absolutely incredible and what balls to give it a try
wow as someone who has lived near (1/2 mile ) an Local airport for some 67 years never seen such an amazing air craft its totally amazing its capabilities
ahhhh never mind.
How much redundancy does it have in the power and control system? As I watch this I think of how many times my RC aircraft suffer an electronic glitch and simply stop functioning. At such low altitudes without forward speed or wings to glide even a ballistic parachute system would not help.
Funny you say such a thing, I fly rc also and my heart sunk on take off. Smoked to many esc's, battery's, and motor failures. Good luck to him.
@Nahngunnarson It has triple redundant fly by wire, though i can't find out how many motors it can lose before problems
Needs glider wings
My reaction too, whether the software is open source as in our models or developed in-house there's no way I'm climbing into that thing!
Everybody seems to ignore is that there have been small personal crafts available for well over a century now, from Santos-Dumont "Demoiselle" to ultra light Mosquito helicopter kits, and they have actual usable range.
What these EVTOL's bring to the table seems to be fully automated flight e.g. no pilots licence required and all that's needed is for the authorities to allow it (never going to happen).
Not to mention a Li-ion battery runaway and fire
Imagine the sound of 4 or 5 of these flying at once😮
Sound of this thing is much lower than usual aircrafts
@@DJZLOY I would like to see documentation of that.
It certainly is not quieter than conventional electric powered planes or gliders.
Those 8 small props rotating at high speed, create a lot of higher pitched sounds, that are quite different from a conventional propeller. I am suggesting that it would be more noticeable/annoying than conventional aircraft.
Also pointing out that, with the hover capability, you might have situations, where more of these would be occupying a smaller space, than conventional aircraft, thus creating a veritable beehive of loud noise.
Still, I would be happy to be proved wrong.
I think this thing is pretty cool idea, and would like to see it succeed.
@@TheScreamingFrog916 *generate* not create.
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 Why? What's the difference in your opinion, between the two, used in this context?
I am now your student, enlighten me 🙂
@@TheScreamingFrog916 Thank you for your kind inquisitive reply. Since i'm one who strives like Orwell did to communicate in accurate, correct, ordered, precise, proper, sound intelligent English hence a Right logophile and linguist in part, i will preface with this:
*"Only God creates, the rest of us just copy."* ~ Michelangelo
I hope you learn that even Galileo knew that only God creates, Galileo knew that only God is subject of the word "create" which he learned in the Bible, he knew it is only something God is able to do, not man or the Devil and Galileo knew the Bible well enough to know that the word "Creator" according to God Himself means there is only one who is able to be the Creator since there is the Creator and the creation/what He created. Even the laws of physics which God/Jesus created, prove only God/Jesus creates - energy emanates from Him thus not possible to create it or destroy etc _[God/Jesus is a consuming fire as Scripture teaches.]_ Let's give our Creator the eternal glory and praise and all that goes with it that only He deserves since it is only possible for Him to be the Creator, He is imitated but never duplicated.
I'm a pilot, but no way, no way would I take part in that! Kudos to the pilot though!!
Given the number of regular general aviation aircraft that fall out of the sky because their one engine fails - what's your point?
@nathansmith7153 do you think it will glide like a fixed wing aircraft or autorotate like a helicopter? I think it wouldn't do either so I agree with the comment you replied to!
@@nathansmith7153 planes don't fall out of the sky... they glide and can usually get to a safe landing spot and helicopters can auto rotate to slow the landing down these are the only things that "fall out the sky"....
This aerial vehicle may be equipped with a parachute...?
@@ditherjannev2590 you realise flying at the height it does a parachute wouldn't even have time to inflate never mind the fact it would take time for him to also deploy it so a parachute in this case would be useless unless it flew higher
I own a Pitts and used to fly competition aerobatics. This is, at this moment in time, riskier.
You're basing this on your experience in the aircraft?
He is basing it on aerodynamics, physics and experience flying.
@@grumman38 Correct.
What is riskier here ?
@@grumman38But it’s flying and is fully maneuverable. Were ist the Problem ?
You did a great job with the walk around! Thank You. Very Cool Rig.
That looked terrifying.
Only for the Brave
@@Flash-Strike Or rather foolish and rich.
By far the most innovative design I've seen in this category.
You may call it innovative (why?), while it's certainly the oddest-looking and very noisy. This is the vehicle that was previously called "Black Fly" a year or two ago.
@@kenhoward3512 Knicknames aside, this is the most impressive demo of a Vtol I've seen in terms of altitude and performance. The inclusion of flaps + ailerons utilizing a staggered high ratio, lifting body wing, allows forward flight at a reduced power draw. Definitely can't wait to see what these guys come up with for Gen 2/3
@@nighthawk0077 What is a lifting body wing? A lifting body is a fuselage that generates lift like a wing. A wing is an airfoil specifically for generating lift. I can not think of what a lifting body wing would be?
@@kenhoward3512 I've been aware of the project for sometime (inc. when the prototype was called BlackFly) and now it's in production, I'm no less impressed.
I consider it innovative because of its simplicity. To my knowledge no other E-VTOL has managed to achieve both VTOL and conventional aerodynamic flight solely through its geometric design and layout, without relying on complex thrust vectoring systems, dead-weight lift engines, or draggy semi-stowable components.
Simplicity is an art in its own right, and in aviation, lower complexity translates to increased safety.
@LZEOpener had a winner design. However, the environment in which eVTOL can be operated does not yet exist. Perhaps, Opener could have succeeded with a more conventional approach to its flight profile, negating the real "V" and going for extreme (powered lift) STOL. One can literally hear that the power output must be increased significantly, the moment speed is reduced to zero. The very moment there is just marginal forward speed, motor noises go down quite a bit, that means that remaining in this slow-flight regime should simplify craft operation somewhat. Maybe there would be a compromise "sweet spot", which could produce a more budget-friendly version.
Really neat in the air but the way you land….. no thanks. Keep at it though. And best of luck. I do love innovation like this.
Ive built a home built airplane experimental and this looks like a great start.
Another five years and this should be an established aircraft.
Needs a instant inflatable crash pad kinda like a airbag deployment if its above say 40 ft up to where a chute can open
I think a Piper cub has more instruments than this does. Bare bones. Interesting flight characteristics.
Stunning capture! May I feature this takeoff and landing in one of my next episodes? Of course with a link back to your original video. All the best to you!
How well does it glide? ;-) I'd probably want the BRS ballistic parachute option.
Same as a piano apparently….
Glides about the same a Republic Seabee seaplane, maybe.
It has a Balistic Chute.
It has a safe glide :)
@@xtraflyer As a sailplane and SEL pilot. My very serious bet is about 6:1 at about 50 knots. And that's being kind.
Far out!! That’s pretty cool!
Still badass that these are actually being flown around now.Id rather have one of these for the daily commute than my car.
Looks like a freaking nightmare in a wind. Yet another new way to die.
Ain't it great? LOL🤣
Fly or die....hmmm....choices...I think I'll fly and leave the dying to the pessimist.
Of course --> We are all dying soon anyway, humans don't live long....think about it, but not for too long because you'll be dead! Live life...live and let live or cry and die.
👍👍
We're all going to die so might as well have fun trying something new if it seems "safe enough" 😁
good technic may be do central wheel under seat? may be do float for water up and down and
exclude
parachute?
FIRST Real Air taxi to me! All others have cheated by staying within the "ground effect". If you trust it to fly for 10 mins, you can go up and look at the clouds, and come back - or more useful things. Its not a toy! Well Done!
Bom dia Mestre. Sou do Rio de Janeiro. Esse é sem sombra de dúvida o transporte do futuro. Parabéns !!! .
What is the glide ratio on that thing ? About like a frozen main rotor helicopter ?
The technique is called drop like a Stone.
With those stubby little wings and all those rotors catching air, assuming you were at cruise speed and your rotors went dead, probably like 4:1 or 5:1, something ridiculous like that I'm sure. Potentially survivable if you had all the right conditions and skill to pull it off. Going low and slow like in this video? You're toast, you wouldn't have time to transition to aerodynamic lift before you were a lipo fire.
Most important question: does it come with a parachute?
Needs an ejection seat.
somebody didn't watch the whole video
Yes, its on top of the fuselage, where it says "ballistic parachute".
Streamlined, so it can plummet to earth faster.
Makes so much more sense than a helicopter
Looks like it was built by Oceangate. Does it come with a playstation controller? I heard it has two controls just so they can sell you an expensive piece of equipment twice for no reason.
All those whirling blades . If this is to be mainstream, I’m wondering if screens or propeller guards will ever be incorporated into the designs. I have not seen any of these machines with them so far.
Airplanes don't have screens and the props are bigger, but people do walk in to those occasionally.
Do Cessnas have prop guards?
@@Mike_Regan
Cessnas have only one propeller where as these machines have Six or eight on many of them.
@@tundo1101 One prop will kill you just as quick.
@@tundo1101these will not have guards. I see this type of comment all the time and people usually voice this fear out of lack of understanding. Except for the immediate take-off or landing phase, propellers alone pose a risk. as soon as the craft is flying, the wing behind the prop (or the guard itself, were one to be fitted) would constitute the far greater risk.
All in all, guards are completely useless save for, perhaps, in devices designed to hover over prolonged periods of time in close proximity of people or structures. Anything, which will spend most of its operating time flying can do without guards.
20 min flight time. Can’t go too far. Nice idea.
As an electrical engineer I just don’t see battery technology advancing fast enough to make this any more than an engineering exercise. Same for EVs. I’ve been involved in drones since 2008 with the military and I don’t see anything advancing to make this go longer than 40 minutes in our lifetime
@@jimsteinway695 this one probably isnt. There are other design who fly, or better will fly longer distances and make more sense, like Lilium. Lilium is sadly a german company, here its regulations over regulations. On EV´s we now have the first 150kWh Solid State battery in the new NIO, and that can go 1000km (~620miles) and as a solidstate can charge really quick. In the US i see a problem with charging infrastructure still, in the european countries not so much. Norway sells under 2% ICE vehicles now every year, rest is all EV. They even have E-caterpillars and E-cranes now. But they are also only 5.5mio people.
@@jimsteinway695 agree. I don't understand why so many of these idea are strictly EV. I would think the logical evolution would be hybrid with a fuel cell.
@@smithnyiu A fuel cell would add more weight.
@@smithnyiu Hybrid is the way. Look up the electric Grand Caravan. There are full electric, hybrid gas/electric and hybrid diesel (working like a generator to provide electric power) already flying. The manned quad/octo copter thing is a dead end, hybrid planes will be common in 10 years.
Pretty cool. Pretty noisy too. Not sure if it's neighborhood friendly because of that. I don't think it will be a good option for door dash delivery. 🙂
Pivotal should be talking to Amprius about their high performance batteries. They would make a great partner.
Many small drone deliveries still use a string to lower a basket….
The finality of flight is that you will come down. The question is then statistically speaking, how many times can you come down safely?
So what “pilot rating” is required? Multi-multi, no wings, flying brick? Rating?
You just sign a waiver..
And a will.
I do love it, but just don't like the way you take off and land.....
Yeah, too reminiscent of the Convair Pogo to my taste too 😅
With a slightly different design, the craft could come in on wing-/thrustborne flight and transition to VTOL (only thrust) closer to the ground, almost like a bird.
@@daszieher Much more work to do that, and keep it light etc.
@@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217 from what I heard (motor rpm) the basics can be worked on with the existing hardware setup.
It is more a matter of method than material.
high speed pass would've been nice, or was that it?
Absolutely awesome! Very brave man!
I just wonder what would happen if this air craft encountered bird 🦜 strike. Will it still fly missing several propellers?
I cant find the sensation of this thing ! what kind of benefit it have?
How would someone land this after a bird-strike takes out some motors?
It's in the terms and conditions that you agree to unalive yourself in the case of a bird strike.
redundancy as you dont need all motors for flight. If that fails it has a ballastic parachute.
The only thing the parachute will do at this altitude is to cover the hole the plane made in the Earth.
@@larrybud well, it needs a minimal altitude, but again, its a ballastic parachute. These function above 400ft normally.
Thank you for the show without stupid music.
Very interesting. Pushing the envelope. The technologies (batteries, motors, controls, safety systems) will only get better! What do you think of electric powered aircraft ? I hear a yardie accent! Blessup! Keep up the good work.....
I'm curious about this flight. No minimum required instruments, no "experimental" marking, no registration.
It's a part 103 Ultralight.
I've seen this before, it's pretty cool and yes, it sure does pivot !
amazing! how well would this glide if all power is lost? what is top speed?
Very very informative, love the up close. Felt like an alien ship just landed 😮
So - when the skies are full on these buzzing monsters - who's gonna keep them from crashing into one another???
Probably self limiting. 😂
Rotor wash make it crab or was that to park it more out of the way?
I don’t like the exposed blades, what if you hit a bird? I like other designs where the blades are protected. Still pretty cool.
We always wondered how long before they turned toy drones in manned flight. This is AWESOME.
Brilliant design. I just like the old name of Black Fly better. Thanks for sharing this video.
I bet that thing would be all over the place in a high wind landing.
Okay, I'll bite. Where is Crow Island Airpark? Are these for sale? How much? When/
@richardsims $190,000 40 mile range.
Crow Island Airpark is West of Boston, MA, USA.
Where is this?
does the wing provide much life at that angle of attack?
Hey that’s a cool toy 🎉
flight time 20 minutes ?
Love it! Will it take me from Florida to the Bahamas?
I doubt it will go around the pattern more than twice. I'm also better there's not the standard 45 minute fuel reserve. It's a novelty not a useful vehicle
How is it with motor failure?
Now it needs starter whine, puffs of smoke and speakers with the sound of 8 radial engines firing up 😂
How does it handle in crosswind landings? What is it stall speed and would it recover from a spin? How would it do in turbulence or storms? How long a flight time with lights and radio and instruments?
How long does the battery last ? and how long to charge up ?
This raises some questions: 1st of all, does this "?aircraft?" have any lind of glide ratio? Any aircraft, non are exempt, is subject catastrophic engine or total system failure. I noticed too, that it seemed to require a considerable amount of "cool down" time upon landing. Isvthere a lot of heat build up in the electric motors?
Triple redundant fly by wire. No, it can't glide, but it can fly with some engines out. Air force has received 4 units for evaluation.
also ballaistic parachute.
Woooow this is great. How much for that plane sir?
Are both hands used at all times to keep this in the air?
How long will it stay in the air? What is the range?
how much lift is generated at this speeds from wings vs props ? Would this be able to glide if motors died ?
How is the power off landing characteristics!? Below ballistic parachute minimum?
Is the future going to have drag races in the sky?
Was that New Jersey
What’s the glide ratio on that thing?
How does this thing handle with a total power failure? Can it glide? Are the control surfaces still able to moved?
Can it glide to land when engines out?
Looking at the cockpit, htf do you even fly it?!!
Can that thing buzz along the water?
Pretty cool and one of the better designs IMO.
I was the with WingBug when we were both introduced at the Innovation Showcase at Oshkosh. Glad to see it flying.
What's the difference between these ans Blackfly?
Thats one nice death trap.
Reminds me of Boba Fett's Slave 1...Land on your back, but transitions during forward flight.
Did BlackFLy rebrand or is this just the same design?
That is awesome! Put me on the list for the two stroke version😂.
I wondered if it had a parachute! Makes sense it would have one and one that is released with a charge to get it out and inflated almost instantly.
Does this have a parachute?
The days of Jetsons r here. I thought flying personal vehicles was a unrealistic dream, but after seeing this my thoughts have changed. This could change personal travel by leaps and bounds and it's so much simpler than anyone would've imagined.
I'm scared of flying and heights (after a fall when I was younger), but I would def fly this. It seems reasonable that individuals could fly these as personal vehicles directly from homes as it doesn't seem like u need ALOT of landing space.
I seen a pilot comment about being worried about backup power if a mother went out, but the simplicity of those motors allow them to operate without failure for long stretches if time and there r how many other propellers in case u would lose one. That's the simple part, at least from my untrained eye, the propello4s and each powered by individual motors is what makes it safer since they look to be individually powered.
Anyway I'm probablly way off with what I think makes these fly, but they still see to offer a realistic chance that personal flying vehicles will in fact be a real thing someday. One other thing, wouldn't it be better to use stretched fabric like on the piper cub wings to lighten the Pivotal even more? Removing weight and m9re engine power (power not needed from what I seen) but being lighter would enhance it in many ways.
Awesome creation that inspires creative minds. I don't know much about aeronautics, but I do draw comics and I think the Pivitol will inspire some type of vehicle in my art lol. I hope these continue to advance and I look forward to flying one someday.
Gotta love my auto correct... mis spelled motor and it replaces it with mother, (worry about a "mother" going out) haha
What license is required to fly it.?
At those speeds, are the wings generating any lift at all, or is this flight just in copter mode?
What is the battery life?
Wonder if that aircraft is a experimental aircraft as.it didn't have any labeling on its fuselage saying if it was.
Very innovative design. What is the engine out/dead stick capability? Just straight BRS or can it glide?
Not with those tiny wings.
Is that a customer bought model?
What happens in the event of a total power failure? Surely tandem 'wing' area isn't sufficient to support a power-off glide? - ballistic parachute?
Is this the Black Fly
Very impressive ✨✨