Quoted: Saw both units at an exhibition in Tampa recently. Interesting concept, but where it's going is anyones guess. They have a video of the Springtail and it does hover nicely, but I'm not sure what the utility is for manned flight. Same goes for the Dragonfly.
Some navy aviators were discussing the merits of the Dragonfly while I was there. They seemed intrigued, but thats about as far as it got.
RJ
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I guess the DoD conceptual use is almost a next generation of Air Assault... In that capacity it sounds really cool. It would certainly take a lot of training to get soldiers to make the best use of it in coordinated "aerial" attacks... in a urban environment anyway.
The video I remember seeing was of a
very loud, wobbly Solo Trek that barely looked like it was getting of the ground.
When a company basically goes under after they have been contracted through DARPA and given money, what happens? Are they responsible to turn over all R&D and materials over to DARPA so they can give it to another company to continue the work?