How much fun would it be to fly a Kestrel.

[Ansia]

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[macoman]

That looks more towards businesses or organizations. This does not look like it's going to be for the regular consumer.

 

[UnRanged]

And for some strange reason I'm thinking that if one were so inclined, they could hand launch it... But not the EVO. lol

 

[Goober]

Wondering about wind limits on the VTOL. Would be a bear in gusts with fuselage.
Can it launch and land "conventionally"?

@ 0:11 looks like single wheel at bottom
@ 1:22 seems to be tricycle type gear (tail-dragger)
Optional gear? Retractable?

 

[Ansia]

Just think of the acrobats you can do with that thing.

 

[HiloHawaiian]

Wondering about wind limits on the VTOL. Would be a bear in gusts with fuselage.
Can it launch and land "conventionally"?

@ 0:11 looks like single wheel at bottom
@ 1:22 seems to be tricycle type gear (tail-dragger)
Optional gear? Retractable?

I’ve always been intrigued by this beast. Yea, I’m puzzled about landing too, they don’t show much... It doesn’t look like it can land conventionally. It looks so different than the model in the old video on the site for a long time. I wonder how the camera/payload is protected now that’s it’s moved from the nose cone to the belly. It looks like it lands directly on it?
Adding any weight into the front would change the center of gravity pretty significantly, so wt limits must be very restricted.

 

[Ansia]

This is how it looked on CES 2019. Unless it's a different bird? This one has a prop on the front and back.

 

[HiloHawaiian]

This is how it looked at CES 2017

 

[HiloHawaiian]

This is how it looked on CES 2019. Unless it's a different bird? This one has a prop on the front andView attachment 3313 back.
View attachment 3312

Yea, and props on the wing tips too. A whole new bird that is very different than the 2017 model.....

 

[Hawkeye Alaska]

Pretty amazing range!

 

[HiloHawaiian]

Pretty amazing range!

Yea, how do they handle that? Line of sight can’t do 60+ miles, lol.

 

[Ansia]

Yea, how do they handle that? Line of sight can’t do 60+ miles, lol.

I'm sure the plane flies with a predetermined path shared with the FAA and/or other aivation agencies. You can also get a waiver to fly beyond VLOS. I have in the past.

 

[Hawkeye Alaska]

If you look at all of its capabilities, there's really not much it can't do. I wonder what kind of price tag it will have?

 

[UnRanged]

The other one is called the Dragon Fish.

 

[Ansia]

The other one is called the Dragon Fish.

Which one?

 

[macoman]

If you look at all of its capabilities, there's really not much it can't do. I wonder what kind of price tag it will have?

A price tag inaccessible to folks like us... Most likely in the $20k+

 

[Hawkeye Alaska]

A price tag inaccessible to folks like us... Most likely in the $20k+

Chump Change Lol

 

[Ansia]

If you sell your soul...among other things...he he he.... you may be able to afford it.

 

[HiloHawaiian]

$20k? Wow.....I’d sure hate to have a critical battery failure 30 miles out, then try and find it...

 

[Ansia]

$20k? Wow.....I’d sure hate to have a critical battery failure 30 miles out, then try and find it...

For that price, I would hope it has a self powered GPS transponder that tells you exactly where it is.