Personal Flyer - helicopter/meta

TL8 Personal Flier

The Personal flyer allows a single person to move about quickly and cheaply. The light weight engine uses normal gasoline, allowing simple maintenance and low fuel costs. The vehicle has the external seat with arm rests and the bulk is mounted in the back of the seat, with the two ducted fans mounted at shoulder height.

The personal filer is a commercialized version of the SoloTrek XFV prototype. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoloTrek_XFV

SoloTrek claims this vehicle will hover at up to 8,000 feet with a 120 hp gasoline engine, hover for 2.4 hours, fly at 69 mph and carry 110 pounds in addition to the pilot.

Crew: 0 total. 1 crew station covering vehicle maneuvering system, communicator, targeting system.

Subassemblies: Vehicle +0, Body +0, 2xRotor -3.

P&P: 37.6-kW HP ceramic engine (turbo/super charger, no access space), two 18.8-kW MMR drivetrains (no access space).

Fuel: 14.2 liter gasoline (fire 11), 14.2 liter ultralight fuel tank (fire modifier 0).

Occ: harness Cargo: 56.6-liter cargo hold

Armor F RL B T U Body 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2

Equipment Body: short range radio communicator (10-mile range; cellular); small computer (complexity 2; dedicated); HUDWAC; routine vehicle operation program (piloting-12, C2).

Statistics Size: [LxWxH] 0.229 m x0.61 m x1.07 m Payload: 119 kg Lwt.: 205 kg Volume: 132 liter Maint.: 125 hours (0.767 mh/day) Price: $25,516

HT: 12 HP: 24 [Body], 11 [Rotor].

Aerial Performance: Stall Speed 0 kph, Drag 23.5, Top Speed 225 kph, aAccel 4.83 kph/s, aMR 10, aSR 3, aDecel 64.4 kph/s.

Design Notes:

TL8 medium frame standard materials [Vehicle].

TL8 DR 2 expensive composite [Body].

Operating Duration: 2 H 30 M.

Payload Cost: $5.65

Vehicle Features: electronic controls, worn as a harness, no streamlining, 2x multiple main rotor.

Volume: 127 liter [Body], 2.53 liter [2xRotor].

Area: 1.51 m^2 [Body], 0.335 m^2 [2xRotor].

Aerial Performance: external item drag 0, payload 0, sweep none,;