this is how how our flying machine takes off vertically without giant propellers:
edfs blow high-speed air directly over a curved surface, the flow hugs the surface and deflects downward, creating vertical lift. COANDA EFFECT!
From wingless testing to the full X-wing design.
Turns out the X-wing layout gives us insane self-correction physics.
Form follows fiction sometimes.
See you in December, in the physical world.
starting to feel like a real spaceship
how it works:
- flies like a plane without wings
- electric fans blow high-speed air over a curved body for coanda lift
- perfectly locked in hover with zero forward speed
- thrust vectoring across the edfs for omnidirectional control
all running on just 3 batteries
next version gets the full-scale wings
Introducing @trepoai (F26)
We built hardware that lives in your kitchen, understands your household, and enables agents the to shop for you in the background.
Starting with groceries 🥕
v4 is flying!
ground-up redesign, 6 kg lighter, new propulsion system, stiffer structure, and rewritten firmware modules.
hover stability is solid and control authority is significantly better.
team’s been cooking
The second flying car of the week.
This one is also in early stages: @UtopiaLabs which is in the @fdotinc San Francisco startup factory.
I share these because I just love people who are building things and companies.
And because the FAA has started allowing autonomous flying vehicles so entrepreneurs see a new market coming.
What you building?
officially retiring the crash mattresses
drastically reduced our control parameters and built a much simpler flight controller
much better stability and actual controlled landings with zero broken parts