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All Things Fiero => General Fiero Discussion => Topic started by: GTRS Fiero on February 08, 2018, 07:21:37 pm

Title: Flying Fiero?
Post by: GTRS Fiero on February 08, 2018, 07:21:37 pm

What would it take to make a Fiero "fly"?  I got to thinking about this.  Thrusters, lift, a bit of navigation control?

The problem is accomplishing this while retaining the stock look.  I believe that the stock controls could be used.

Title: Re: Flying Fiero?
Post by: Fierofool on February 08, 2018, 07:28:01 pm

Probably the first step would be to make it nose heavy instead of tail heavy. 

Title: Re: Flying Fiero?
Post by: GTRS Fiero on February 08, 2018, 08:09:41 pm

Yeah, LOL, because it wants to go backward, and steering into any kind of wind is not possible.  Heck, keeping course in a wind is not really possible.  I'm not really sure how to deal with that.

Title: Re: Flying Fiero?
Post by: TopNotch on February 08, 2018, 10:12:35 pm

If you could get Elon Musk to put one on top of one of his rockets, you could send it to Mars. ;)

Title: Re: Flying Fiero?
Post by: GTXVette on February 09, 2018, 08:01:44 am

Quote from: GTRS Fiero on February 08, 2018, 08:09:41 pm

Yeah, LOL, because it wants to go backward, and steering into any kind of wind is not possible.  Heck, keeping course in a wind is not really possible.  I'm not really sure how to deal with that.

The easy Button is a Canard wing design !

Title: Re: Flying Fiero?
Post by: Raydar on February 09, 2018, 01:12:47 pm

Mythbusters has already done it. Sort of.

Title: Re: Flying Fiero?
Post by: TopNotch on February 09, 2018, 03:22:43 pm

Here is is...

Title: Re: Flying Fiero?
Post by: GTRS Fiero on February 09, 2018, 05:55:10 pm

I meant like the DeLorean in Back to the Future 2 or whichever.

Title: Re: Flying Fiero?
Post by: GTRS Fiero on February 11, 2018, 09:33:08 pm

Something like this: