Skyflash: Jetman-like wings designed to allow ground take off
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Wing assembly
The outer-wing segments
Main wing assembly
Main wing assembly
Start of assembly of outer and main wings
CNC machined parts for wing assembly
Mounting wing stringers
Wing assembly with covering
Mounting the GRP spars
Wing assembly
Testing flaps and center of gravity
Painted 2/3-scale prototype
Wing assembly
Unpainted 2/3-scale prototype
Framework undergoing painting
Outer wing assembly
Aluminum windtest model of Skyflash
Spars of the outer wing
Skyflash CAD model
1:4 scale model of inner structure of wing
Aluminum windtest model of Skyflash
First glide test
Skyflash interior design
Glide test
Skyflash awaiting tests
Interior of the wingbody
1:4 scale model completed
Beginning of main wing assembly
Beginning of assembly
Framework of the wingbody
Engine compartment plan
Forward left outerwing is under construction
Wingbody assembly
CAD model of Skyflash
CAD model of the Skyflash one-man, jet-propelled wing
Outer wing
Outer wing assembly
Skyflash pilot mount
Wing assembly
Wing assembly
Beginning of wing assembly
Skyflash interior
Wing assembly awaiting covering
Wing assembly
View from the wingbody on the right wing
The outer-wing segments
Wing section being processed
Frontplate of the wingbody
Wing assembly being covered
Wing assembly
The covering of the main wing
The covering of the main wing
Full-scale wing assembly
The change between outer wing and main wing section
Outer wing covering
The leading edge of the right wing
Taxi test of the Skyflash jet-propelled wing
Skyflash in maximum elevator positio
Photoshop version of Skyflash in flight
Full-scale wing assembly
Wing assembly
Wing assembly
Wing assembly
The wingbody
Side view of the Skyflash with mounted pilot d
Wing assembly
First walk and carry tests
Working on fillet
Skyflash dimensions
Engine test
Skyflash's wings are based on those of the condor (Image: Colegota/Wikipedia)
Taxi test of the Skyflash one-man, jet-propelled wing
The Skyflash one-man, jet-propelled wing undergoes testing
Article Summary
While most of us sit around grumbling and demanding to know, “where’s my jetpack?", German Fritz Unger and a group of friends have decided to do something about it. On a shoestring budget they are building their own one-man, jet-propelled wing. Dubbed “Skyflash,” it’s meant to not only emulate the jet wing made famous by Jetman Yves Rossy, but to go one better by taking off from the ground instead of having to be dropped from an aircraft.
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