The Springtail Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle or EFV for short, has a max speed of 113 mph, cruises at 94 mph and can fly a man over a distance of 184 miles. That’s good enough for a commute right? Although it might be a tad chilly up there at 11,000 feet. Still in testing at the moment it seems.
Trek Aerospace’s Springtail Exoskeleton Flying Vehicle is a single operator powered-lift vehicle that supports the operator/pilot in a standing position. There are a pair of ducts, approximately one meter in diameter, mounted on the upper end of the airframe above the operator. Each duct contains a fan consisting of five blades which produce thrust in the vertical direction. The fans are counter-rotating, eliminating the torque that is normally associated with a single rotor.
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