Carrying packages by drone has been a hot topic in the past few months. As companies like Amazon have already experimented with this type of delivery service, it could be another technology that replaces people. But one guy, Thorstin Crijns aims to transport people by multicopter, flying car style, and he actually built a brilliant/insane working prototype.
In many instances quacopters have been used for transport but in this case Crijns knew this wouldn’t cut it. Instead he used 16 separate motors and props. To power the machine? He used lithium-ion batteries. The resulting machine weighs in at 110 pounds, and the test pilot (Crijns himself) is 132 pounds, for a total of 242 pounds. With a total static thrust of 282 pounds versus 242 pounds of weight, his contraption should theoretically fly, and as you can see in the short video below, it did. Some even say it “worked like a charm.”
Well….”worked like a charm” might be putting it a little lightly. The thing looks awfully scary and make me question whether or not flying cars are even going to be a viable option. Then again, come on. This is a prototype and we may be flying all over the place sooner than we think. Plus Thorstin looks like he’s 12 years old. There’s gotta be some NASA geniuses out there who can one up this.
