I am a fan of nearly every kind of small aircraft, but I might draw the line here:
It's a personal helicopter, really two rotors on a hat. Action video
here, from
Makezine (thanks to Dave Proffer). As it happens, one of my upcoming New Year's resolutions is to get back into aviation actively. But avoiding this hat-helo would be consistent with two of my rules for a happy flying career: Don't fly anything that's not factory-built (sorry,
home-crafters); and fly only airplanes, not helicopters. More on all of this another time.
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Posted
1 Dec 2009 2:38
by
James Fallows