> The project is getting kicked out of our current building in November. We are looking for a new home for a few months. Somewhere in the south bay. Light industrial facility would be great but some office space with some large open areas (former cube farm) would work too. An aircraft hanger would be awesome....but we are not holding our breath....any decent space will do. Please get in touch if you have such a space / know someone / can pull some strings :).
They are also having a 'Friends don't let friends build alone' day in Mountain View in early october. Email me (profile) and I'll forward it along if you're interested!
To win the prize, the craft had to fly for 60 seconds, achieve an altitude of 10 meters, and stay within a limited horizontal area.
No but seriously, I think most people will understand the function of the word dead in "dead simple".
Also the pilot in level flight would output 300 watts or so. The engineering values are vaguely similar to some bicycle calculations.
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"Or, to put it in perspective, about 19 minutes to raise a 250 pound bike+rider 1000 feet." and thats at an assumed 300 watts or so output. So your descent at zero power out will be similar, it'll take about fifteen minutes to drop 1000 feet.
http://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/13090/extra-powe...
Personally I wouldn't worry about gliding to a landing, I'd be terrified of a wing folding up or shearing off and THEN you drop like a rock. Or indirectly (control system fails in full dive, Vne is like 16 mph so the wings rip off, then you descend much faster....
http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/17/travel/airbus-saddle-seat-pate...
