Jet-powered Nausicaa Glider Project

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday February 20, 2004 @04:13PM from the Darwin-award-nominee dept.

SuperElectric writes "As reported on slashdot.jp, Opensky is a project led by media artist Kazuhiko Hachiya to implement a working, jet-powered version of Moewe, the vehicle (pic) that the heroine rides on in "Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind". They've successfully test-flown (.mov, 8.6MB) a 1/2 scale model, and are moving into phase 2, which includes interviewing for test pilots (women only!). Can anybody knowledgeable in experimental aeronautics speculate on how doable this is? While it's not designed for general production (riders must be less than 50 kg/120 lbs), this would certainly beat Segway any day!"

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Re:doable by sublimusasterisk · 2004-02-20 16:42 · Score: 0, Troll

Well, all they really need to do now is find a midget to fly the thing and its done!

Um....you did notice the fact that this is a Japanese endeavor, right?

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