Puffin?

[DG]

What is the real deal on the Puffin?

What in the world is NASA thinking?

[PHall]

What is the real deal on the Puffin?

What in the world is NASA thinking?

Okay, I must have missed the Staff Meeting.

What the heck are you talking about?

[CadetProgramGuy]

The Puffin is a personal V-22 Osprey lookalike that is all electric.  Click on the link to see the photo.

[davidsinn]

The Puffin is a personal V-22 Osprey lookalike that is all electric.  Click on the link to see the photo.

What link?

[CadetProgramGuy]

Crap, sorry  here it is.....

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/01/nasa-puffin/

[DG]

What is the real deal on the Puffin?

What in the world is NASA thinking?

I thought we would have many in a position to shed some light here and provide some background on this program.  After all, it is NASA.

But apparently everyone is just as much in the dark as I am.

Must be their skunk works.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nasa-one-man-stealth-plane

[Spike]

So in 50 years we will all be crashing into the sides of buildings trying to get to the McDonald's for lunch while "flying" these things!

[sparks]

And CAP will rpoduce another revision to 60-1 to either bless or [darn] their operation.

[RADIOMAN015]

Crap, sorry  here it is.....

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/01/nasa-puffin/

This is really a cool helo/aero hybrid.  I would assume that due to it's weight that actually NO license would be required for it (it would be considered an ultralight?).   HOWEVER, I doubt that you will see a cost of less than $50K on this initially, but who knows.  Perhaps it would be best to require a modern 406 mhz emergency beacon in this craft.  Also many states restrict where aircraft/helos can land on a regular basis, so there would be a lot of legal hurdles.
RM