thats why DARPA is so great - they use off the shelf parts as much as possible and can do it on the cheap yet high-tech

peter from flite test wouldnt have any problem building this lol

Incredible. 3 day design, 10 day build time shows that they have a great team. Doing stuff like this is an engineers dream job. I hope the professional managers at Boeing give these people enough freedom to explore/create, 'cause that's where "Holy Sh*t!!" tech comes from.

3 Day design 10 Day build 6 months to learn how to fly it. Yep that's a bunch of engineers alright.

@mubbletraker4593

10 жыл бұрын

reminds me of a Gub'mint web site that was recently unveiled, sure looks purdy but try using it...

@likersgonnalike2167

10 жыл бұрын

That's crazy that they only used 3 days to design. I can't even finish a game in 3 days.

@LifeofBud

10 жыл бұрын

i don't see you working for boeing frogsoda

I love to have the one assault chopper that has two propellers and looks like is smiling goes perfect with "The last smile you will see"

Terminator wow! I totally get that. Awesome technology. I would love to have that job.

This is what you call the future of aviation. :)

@battelxray

8 жыл бұрын

yeah this can be turned into a full size plane this would be crazy no runways take off .this could go far .

I can see 2 drawbacks of this design: 1) two center rotors are dead weight in air plane mode. 2) odd shape fuselage will limit the payload capacity.

@RhythmBoy

10 жыл бұрын

I think Boeing knows a little bit about airplanes. This is only the beginning prototype.

I've been doing these kind of experiments in my garage, I wish I could have the opportunities these lads have and do the real things!

Awesome! You guys rock!

Question for you guys, why aren't you using counter rotating props in the body and at the wing tips? It would cancel out the torque on the aircraft. I don't know if you have experimented with multirotors, but they typically control the yaw of the aircraft in hover by shifting the power of the clockwise vs. counter clockwise motors. I like the shape and idea. I'd love to see it transition to forward flight. If you need an experienced R/C pilot, I volunteer.

THAT is elegance and strategic efficiency.

@adrianocavalcante4887

9 жыл бұрын

Uygg

@chientang3223

9 жыл бұрын

／／＿

My left ear enjoyed this

@nickynguyen6709

8 жыл бұрын

Do you mean that your headphones broke like mine and you can only hear out of the left ear? :^)

question is..can i ride the plane like a hoverboard?

What about using in body fans for hover cars?

Gosh I wish when I was younger I could have realized the possibilities.

The first thing i thought was Terminator 3

Does it go forwards?

If not installed already,try individually rotating propellers on the wings

Might be a great design for futurecombat helicopter or a coast guard utility helicopter with great capacity

The stability is due to right yaw. Boeing knows this but with the short build cycle they had you don't always have time to trim an aircraft before the camera crew shows up.

Would the payload bay be in between the fuselage mounted fans or maybe within side mounted pods? That's a lot of dead room inside the fuselage section. Great Prototype though! I can't wait to see a full scale prototype :)

Hey Boeing, I'm a big fan.. When you guys set out to start these projects do you, particularly scale models, do you consider a base platform of avionics electronics for stability? For example one or more 6 axis gyros, motion sensors and cameras facing the ground that provide navigational data? Similar to that of hobby remote controlled planes and helicopters. It would be great to have a division who work in parallel with the air frame design teams yeah?

This is how they fool you. How much money did it cost these guys to build this? Hobbyists from the RC world have done this again and again for more then 10 years. I even recognize the tune the ESC (electric speed controller) play when he plugged it in.

Kid: daddy, i want one in my bedroom! Dad: buys it and stuffs it in bedroom.

So, it's a +quad with no flight controller. Hobbyists can do better.

Looks good. Interested in seeing where this goes.

I'd bet the smaller tip props are rotating opposite the direction of the main props. But, since the main props provide most of the thrust, there is still a net torque. It looks like they rely purely on differential duct tilt to control yaw, but it doesn't seem to be very easy to fly. You won't be able to fly this like a normal quad with 4 identical props because the thrust-torque relationship will never be equal between the prop pairs (yaw moments are not decoupled from pitch and roll).

Needs more CowBell...!! And a few more FANS...!!

@yonastucho5114

8 жыл бұрын

11Q0q

Why does this remind me of Terminator?

@JBorko6887

7 жыл бұрын

Edsternoble

@ghostman5896

7 жыл бұрын

Edsternoble Quantum Computers"...now go look that up an there is your SkyNet...your welcome....

What would it be used for?

@hitssquad

10 жыл бұрын

Skynet.

sounds like DARPA is looking to replace the Apache.

Quadcopter derived quadplane may be a neat idea to get best of both technologies. But highly impractical for carrying any personnel, cargo or unmanned UAF electronics! Those massive center props bog down all the precious space that may be utilized otherwise in more classic designs. Prototypes are only good for fun!

good prototype :D

I kinda want one of those, you guys should market that

Anyone getting terminator flashbacks

Nice idea, but the energy to lift ratio might be to much for sustainable long flight. I would go with the gravity plane idea... ya build a gravity plane prototype, a large plane.

Commenting on previous comments...removing the wing ducts would be foolish on this prototype; they'd be replacing props every 30 mins. while they're learning to fly it. Given that this model was rapidly prototyped with some of the best aerodynamic simulation software in the business, I suspect most of the other criticisms regarding its design are also pointless. What IS important is not the design itself, but the rapd turn around time. This used to take 3 years MINIMUM. Just imagine if this technology had been used in the early development of the Joint Strike Fighter? The damn thing might actually on time and on budget. In short: this is AMAZING!

my stomach feel werid.. everytime i swe it land like that!! nicely done guys.. keep the good work and hold your eggs upp!

dx 8? id expect a dx 18.

@dominik2824

9 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought. This doesn't seem as professional as I'd have thought. I've seen better VTOLs made by individuals that seem to work better (tom Stanton's in particular). I particularly liked how his used differential thrust instead of just using torque like a standard quad. However, I may be like ignoring the fact that this must be scaled up.

@markhondaturbo

8 жыл бұрын

right? he even used cheap electrifly ESC's. it seems he could've used a better flight controller, too.

@homestyle2000

8 жыл бұрын

+RC BOSS it may have a cheap transmitter but the flight controller that changed from multirotor flight to fixed wing is pretty damn decent. would not be surprised if its custom made.

@markhondaturbo

8 жыл бұрын

Check out Flite Test Chimera. It uses a custom kk2 board.

Where can i get mine?? Prolly a 100k model!

I'm a 15 yr/ol not an engineer for aircraft mechanics but this is great I know it's a scale prototype and all but for a rotor propulsion system seems a bit primitive ther are a couple of vertical takeoff aircraft that are jet propulesed and you had said your intentions are to make capable of carrying a max of 1200 pounds is there going to be a cargo hatch for this is it going to be an unmanned aircraft there are plenty of questions to be awnsered but other than that I hope to see this in action soon

nice work

I also had this imagination design, I thought it was impossible to make it but boeing did make it possible by making a prototype. My prototype design is called the boeing 898. The only thing my design is different from this phantom swift is that the rotor blades is placed at the center of the wing.

dude that looks like an rc plane

@lxAIRBORNExl

9 жыл бұрын

It is a RC plane!

@Raelynpayton3

8 жыл бұрын

+Hsar La May au tl NM m

@clarapope8552

8 жыл бұрын

+lxAIRBORNExl sex xx

Looks like a TERMINATOR-Hunter/Killer :-)

three days wow!! hope i can get my flying car soon..

id like to see the full scale drone its going to be

We can see that these young guys need a lot to learn!!!!!!!!!! but good start keep trying that is most important :)

That's what i like, we need new thinkers to push new designs we need that sort of things!

that think is awesome looking

you can get the same thing at the RC shop in white ! same thing !

Drone+V-22=This

Gotta love VTOLs

i think i seen some one flying some thing that look like this last week ,i think he was 16 or 17 year old

This reminded me of the vtol from bo2 anyone else?

@arson6804

8 жыл бұрын

bo2 is bad becuz it's a killing people game

looks neat but I think it needs a new design with bench marked goals . like that it can hover and fly straight and looks neat. 1) if we think it we can build it set goals then design to it . 1)first plane with a led surface that is like a chemleon (invisible ) 2)plane that can hover for four days 3 ) crash proof plane that can withstand a full on crash with no damage . 3) first Solar plane that can run 24 /7 for one year. 4) decoy planes make a shell of a craft that acts as a decoy destraction 5) FIRST PLANE THAT HAS ON BOARD COMPUTER THAT TALKS TO YOU IN A HUMAN VOICE . example It will tell you your eta, weather ,possible threats tech etc( siri for a plane but with real Ai) I built many Submarines and see that the if we can think it we can build it works with any concept or idea

Any of this reminds you guys of terminator?

Wow so many negative comments.

I too had designs of my own for a VTOL I planned to make . built and flew my own custom Quad , and when thought to make a VTOL for my Colleges project , being a student of Mechanical Engg. they said that I needed to make a more ' Mechanical ' like project , thus ruining my dreams ... Wish I had people who encouraged me in what I was doing ...

Look to the RC World for idea's...it's already being done. Slap a 6-Axis gyro in that sucker and there'll be a huge improvement in flyability and stability.

This thing looks awfully similiar to the HK (Hunter Killer) from the Terminator movies

Cool, I live near Philadelphia.

neat!

I want one. Now.

I feel like I saw something like this flying around New York.

I all see is a quick assembly of a quad. What's the fuss all about?

Excelent :-!

cod black ups 4 I think will have it as a uav I think

Amazing Boeing

Hey attach a camera/mount and ill buy it

Cool.

should have thrown an APM 2.x in there for stability and then a really stable show-off flight. but i guess they wouldn't know what it is that could make their project look 1000 times better when flown.

Looks like the TERMINATOR HUNTER KILLER

Let's pursue your technology see where it goes

Hunter killer from Terminator.....

This would be good for apocalypse situation because it can carry 10 thousand pound if I heard him right.

And for all the others complaining about how it's a simple rc plane they said clearly in the video it is a scale prototype this takes time and money it most likely wont be usable fully until 2016 or later it will be larger it will be more inovative they may have used a rotor propelled system or rc as u call it to get a more complex design they said a swift prototype so don't hate on a billion dollar company for trying to think and help improve future combat

Looks like the planes on Terminator

Those wings look clippable, it seems to be kinda of wobbley, I would thicken the span out a good ten degrees and give it a 15 percent added length index, if it became too heavy to ride, then i'd increase the radius cuff for the propellers.

can it lift a cat?

im sorry, but did they say that thing can carry 10,000 - 12,000 pounds?

@Homemadetinycoffe

9 жыл бұрын

Idk but you can replay tHe episode and see for yourself I can't find the weight

@Homemadetinycoffe

9 жыл бұрын

Nvm I saw it rit after I posted the coment

@sphinkturd4024

9 жыл бұрын

XGamingPro Carry 10,000 - 12,000 pounds where..? Fans fans everywhere. A C17 can carry more and does not have as many moving parts/ transmission etc. This plane is like Taylor Swift, sexy with red lipstick but you know shes not blowing you anytime soon. Its a fail in my book.

@kingsef465

9 жыл бұрын

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@AndyTrampke

9 жыл бұрын

Homemadetinycoffee its only 17 percent scale.... But still

This product has blockbuster coolness over it.

i can build this in my garage in a week!!

Cool

The future... :D

VTOL projects like that are generally multiple systems, requiring elements of aero engineering, electrical engineering, and, depending on the scope of the project, systems engineering. Unless you had significant mechanical complexity in your VTOL system, a VTOL project would be more often seen in an Aero or systems curriculum. Profs are looking for new things, not things everyone's already done. Think outside the box.

sweet

Word of the day "controllability"!

Can find one at a local Hobbie shop?

grate,,

Ahhhhhh. The Terminators are coming!

Did you hear the Pixhawk flight controller startup tones? It's a big Quadrotor with a body made by Boeing and a wee bit of a yaw problem. Hey, I can fix that problem for you for far less than you'd charge Boeing.

Unstable, wings are almost unless, main body is dead weight, cowlings not only adds weight but loses power .... Apart from that, great design :P

They built a quadrotor and are talking about it like it's revolutionary.

Wouldn't there be a lot of drag across the body since the main rotors ducting is just wide open. Just seems a little oversimplified like More Weight = More Rotors A Triangular setup would be better. With rotating wings and the two front rotors set integrally within the wings, (which actuate horizontal shift) rotors also being more central to the load it could be carrying allowing for lighter wing materials and the aerodynamics of the nose and wings would envelope the cargo and rotors without catching much air in the rotor housings. Also the third rotor ( With vertical and main-thrust being the most powerful of the three) could be placed at the rear. If this comment got me a job that would be a great way to start out when coming from Itt tech.

Boeing team discovers rc models,!

@SomeDudeInBaltimore

9 жыл бұрын

Seriously. I heard the all to familiar startup chime of the speed controllers. I wonder how much money they threw at something I can make in my shed.

rise of the machines?

This is just incredible technology, I'm so proud to be an American. USA is the greatest nation in the world, Brilliant!!

Those are the same parts I use in my RC aircraft. I can identify the motors as NTM Aerodrive and the ESC's as Turnigy plush from HobbyKing.com. Also a Spektrum DX8 for control. I was wondering why Boeing is using those parts instead of E-Flite or GreatPlanes parts. Much better quality (as any RC enthusiast would know) just my 2c. Nice prototype, though :D

@ulaB

10 жыл бұрын

They were quite lucky that the HK ESCs were delivered in time ;-)

@reubenginsburg2012

10 жыл бұрын

I know...average of a week to NY from WA?! Luckily they worked also. I just pulled a Turnigy 100amp ESC from my 72" MX2 that crashed---due to a burned out ESC. Figures, the nice planes always crash before their time. :(

@mboiko

10 жыл бұрын

Yup..many of us are sitting here watching the video counting all the HK parts. Notice the XT60 connects..Wouldn't be surprised if at least some of that money, is an example of our tax dollars...at work. Wonder which flight controller they are using..?