Anyone type checked on one of these?

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Anyone type checked on one of these?

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There has to be an easier way to blow FOD off the ramp
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I can't believe he is not wearing a hat.
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This is not a new concept.

The US Military tried this many years back for soldiers to fly over rough ground in a standing position and fire a rifle. Didn't work out so well as control is by shifting body weight. The rifle fire recoil caused the unit to be unstable and it now sits in the Smithsonian at the Udvar-Hazy Centre at Dulles. It sits in the "Goofy Stuff Section".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYta-DQOINw
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Note the hat on this guy.
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I think this hat would be more stylish.

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Ha Ha Ha it's like a Baker scaffold that flies! Dee driewalllers are gowing to luv dis nes pas?
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Though a have to applaud his initiative, I'm leery of aircraft with a glide ratio of 1:0 and a height velocity curve which does not extend higher than a foot off the ground. When long grass has to be considered an obstacle in flight, the aircraft is of little use!
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PilotDAR wrote:Though a have to applaud his initiative, I'm leery of aircraft with a glide ratio of 1:0 and a height velocity curve which does not extend higher than a foot off the ground. When long grass has to be considered an obstacle in flight, the aircraft is of little use!
And that is what you have to remember, the initiative. The Wright Brothers did not start out with a perfect version of a 747 type aircraft. Their first flight was less than a few hundred feet. Yet look where we are today in the grand spectrum of aviation. I can see no practical reason why this machine would be needed other than having fun, but maybe they have a vision of what this could potentially become.
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I was impressed by how stable it is. He still should be wearing a helmet.
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