{"id":10608,"date":"2015-12-07T16:59:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T23:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=10608"},"modified":"2015-12-13T22:19:48","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T05:19:48","slug":"hybrid-happening-follow-up-followed-by-not-so-wild-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/hybrid-happening-follow-up-followed-by-not-so-wild-speculation\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid Happening Follow-up, Followed by Not-So-Wild Speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Glassock, the blog\u2019s unofficial hybrid power reporter, sent the link to this video about the NASA GL-10 Greased Lightning test vehicle \u2013 which combines hybrid power with vertical take-off and landing abilities.\u00a0 It\u2019s a more detailed look at the power system and flight characteristics of this aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NASA&#039;s Greased Lightning 10-Engine Hybrid Electric VTOL Drone\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wm1nfKk4WHg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Graupner model airplane people obviously know a good thing when they see it, as reported here by the TestFlite gang \u2013 a group of enthusiastic model builders and flyers with a try it on and see if it fits attitude.\u00a0 They excel in action-packed aerial photography that would make Michael Bay jealous.\u00a0 Their test subject flies like a GL-10 or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jobyaviation.com\/S2\/\">Joe Ben Bevirt\u2019s S2s<\/a>, and looks a great deal like an <a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/elytron-shows-poc-demonstrator-heli-expo-2015\/\">Oliver Garrow design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Graupner X44 VTOL | Flite Test\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pmHdDsQuMZg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Graupner\u2019s price seems reasonable for a <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.graupner.de\/webuerp\/AI?ARTN=9944.RTF\">model craft <\/a>that emulates what NASA doubtless spent much more on perfecting. \u00a0It manages to perform the same kind of VTOL performance with very smooth transitions to forward flight. \u00a0The software, like that of many\u00a0multi-rotor drones, seems able to prevent pilot-induced disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Your editor speculated with Richard Glassock about the possibility of a $50 or less \u201cfoamie\u201d type VTOL with similar capabilities.\u00a0 Of course, they\u2019re already out there. \u00a0Well, probably not this one, but think of a smaller version with pager motors and RC gear pulled from one of your kid&#8217;s toys (he or she will notice right away, of course &#8211; so maybe not a great idea).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Greased lightning 10 VTOL foamy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qFcoMB9I4K0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What we see are the rather incredible leaps made in electronics and electric motors in the last decade coming together in ways that would have been impossible even a few years ago.\u00a0 Now, if we only had batteries to match!<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fhybrid-happening-follow-up-followed-by-not-so-wild-speculation%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Glassock, the blog\u2019s unofficial hybrid power reporter, sent the link to this video about the NASA GL-10 Greased Lightning test vehicle \u2013 which combines hybrid power with vertical take-off and landing abilities.\u00a0 It\u2019s a more detailed look at the power system and flight characteristics of this aircraft. 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