CycloRotor: Is this the future of eVTOL Electric Propulsion System?

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The efficiency of cyclorotors is much lower than propellers. Since the energy density of the battery is already a problem with propellers, I am sceptical about this concept. No gliding, too.

We just need stronger hamsters to run in there!

I see lots comments about how inefficient it is, and it has many moving parts. But that doesn’t mean that innovation has to stop. Kudos to the team for achieving this prototype.

Pilot student and this concept looked totally alien at first glance Really cool!!

This is as close as you can get to "reinventing the wheel"

Yaaaaay! more moving parts! this will never fail miserably!

Propeller is still more balanced though. The rotation X axis is always negative to gravity which creates a better balance. This cyclone rotor is balanced on the Y axis negative to gravity which is good, but if it gets windy or more importantly when it starts raining, that could throw off balance better than having the axis balance centered towards gravity.

The string suspending it from the ceiling is a revolutionary component

My father in law was shot down in a helicopter 4 times in Vietnam and had power losses in several commercial helicopters afterwards, but landed in a reasonably safe manor each time thanks to the autorotation that helicopter pilots are able to do after loosing power. I certainly wouldn't want to be riding this when something goes wrong...

Looks cool…. But the more moving parts you have the more likely to have a system failure. I’m curious to see how it turns out.

First time I see a concept that finally give me a real taste of flying cars (the cherish dream promised when we were kids). Good start!

Even if the shown rotors might be like inefficient variants of a regular propellers - I find it impressive just to see the underlying effect being employed to lift an aircraft. The greatest value of inventions realized in amazing machines like these, is Inspiration - keeping our fascination helps us finding new and original ideas for the future.

finally a drone, that does a proper job in mowing my lawn.... those propeller ones totally ruin the tips!

I'm looking forward to dying on one of these.

I am much concerned about following (1) Size of cyclocopters when proto is scaled up (2) Power required (3) Noise level (4) Vibration and its effect on other structural components

Gives a new meaning to telling your kids not to stick their hand out of the vehicle.

as neat as it seems, I am skeptical on scaling a model like this. Seeing how large the "wings" already are and the speed they are rotating at, scaling them will make the forces on the wheel so much larger.

My biggest concern is redundancy. These things are built for compactness, so there's no way in hell it's going to glide in the event of an engine failure. How many engines can it run on safely and reliably? Planes can land with just one or sometimes even no engine pushing it.

Finally a flying car video that actually demonstrates how loud it is, though it's partly masked by unnecessary music. As a "taxi" that will never fly. The first time somebody loses an arm to the CycloRotor will kill this idea dead.