#vertical take-off

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Moller M400 Skycar, 2001. A project by Paul Moller (pictured) to market a  a flying car with VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) capability. Each of the four pivoting ducted fan pods is powered by a pair of Rotapower Wankel engines (making 8 rotary engines in total, each producing 102hp, so 816hp in combination). The Skycar demonstrated tethered hovering capability in 2003, being tethered for insurance reasons. The development of the M400 (and smaller M200) encountered a number of setbacks and, as of 2023, the M400 has never achieved free flight. The parent company, Moller International, has been dormant since 2015. Moller has made several unsuccessful attempts to sell the prototype on Ebay

#Moller #Moller M400 Skycar #2001 #prototype #flying car #VTOL #vertical take-off #experimental car #rotary engine #Wankel engine #2000s #Skycar #Moller International

[flyingprivate]

ARC Linx P9

The Linx has a far less complex drivetrain than a chopper, though, that will reportedly reduce the overall maintenance costs. The craft is equipped with a single rotor and twin turboprop engines that can run on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) or even hydrogen in the future.

#art #design #helicopter #ARC #linxP9 #vtol aircraft #vtol #flyingprivate #flyingpalace #sustainable aviation #safran #vertical take-off #vertical landing #luxurylifestyle #concept sketch #render #billionaire #billionairelife #travels

[daily-hanamura]

#persona 4 #p4 #persona 4 dancing all night #p4d #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #souyo #lmao i WISH i could make this up but even this shortened scene was exactly that #naoto and rise show up during the summer and yosuke's first comment to them isnt even hi its hey wheres yu #YOSUKE LISTEN BUDDY YOU ARE SO HEAD OVER THE HEELS LOVESTRUCK ALL YOUR EYES SEE IS YU #and thats so cute actually #also wait im sorry but i just realised yu is wearing a v neck tee in the summer scenes #as in yosuke's iconic tee shirt?? IS HE WEARING YOSUKE'S SHIRT?? DID HE TAKE ONE OF YOSUKE'S SHIRTS WITH HIM WHEN HE WENT BACK HOME??? #GUYS IM GOING INSANE #something something haha they look like theyre in couple's clothing except im not even sure its a joke #the sameish tone of pale pink and baby blue the vertical vs horizontal stripes like omfg i swear #i cant make this shit up yall im either so far down the delulu hole or #i actually opened up this game to grab another screen shot but i got distracted by this extra chapter that ive missed #also yosuke's hair here is cropped shorter than usual and he looks so cute and his neck looks so bare without the headphones wait yosuke #are you showing off your neck to someone somehow- #/is shot #wait this is ALSO one of those few times we get to see yu's neck so prominently hes always wearing high collars otherwise #the lgtv alarms are going off

[theworldatwar]

A German experimental vertical take off fighter, the Bachem Ba-349 Natter, captured by American forces - Austria 1945. The first and only manned vertical take-off flight, on 1st March 1945, ended in the death of the pilot, Lothar Sieber.

#world war two #1940s #worldwar2photos #history #ww2 #wwii #ww2 history #wwii era #world war 2 #ww2history #aviation #luftwaffe #bachem #matter #vertical take off #1945 #austria

[randomingoftherandomness]

Yuanzhi is covered in blood and Shangjue can smell it as soon as he enters the courtyard/grounds.

The tang in the air is almost immediate and assaults his senses with the full force of a hammer to his head.

“Shangjue gege?” Ziyu holds him firmly by the elbow. He shakes his head, looking back up at the empty courtyard in front of him.

Something is wrong.

He quickly unsheathes his sword and Ziyu wordlessly does the same. Heart pounding high in his throat, he rushes in, eyes frantically looking for signs of life.

His feet take him in the direction where the scent of blood is strongest — Yuanzhi’s laboratory.

Shangjue suppresses the panic that gnaws at his heels. Outpacing Ziyu, he doesn’t look back, sprinting to the door.

“Didi! Didi!”

“Ge? Zhiren?”

Yuanzhi peeks his head beyond a screen, looking startled at their entrance. His mouth is a mess of blood and spit that spills all the way down the front of his robes, and Shangjue drops his sword in his rush to pull Yuanzhi into his arms.

“What’s going on?” Yuanzhi coughs, patting at Shangjue’s back with complaint in the scrunch of his nose. “Ge… too tight…!”

“You tell us, Yuanzhi Didi,” Ziyu says, looking around the laboratory. “What’s all this?” Sheathing his sword, he gestures to the array of pots boiling on the multiple burners and the almost wicked way the steam casts the rest of the room.

“Ah.”

Shangjue lets him pull back far enough to frown at him.

“Ah? That’s all you have to say?” Shangjue chides. Lifting his sleeve, he wipes at the blood around Yuanzhi’s mouth, only for him to retch and scramble for a bucket to vomit into.

From behind him, Ziyu quickly goes to pour a fresh cup of tea, while he rubs Yuanzhi’s back.

“It’s just an experiment,” Yuanzhi explains, wheezing when he lifts his head. “Took it a bit too far, ‘s all.”

Shangjue clenches his jaw. Meeting Yuanzhi’s eyes he is only slightly mollified when his Didi looks appropriately cowed at his glare. Ziyu bustles forth with the cup of tea and Shangjue steps back to retrieve his sword.

Hiding his shaking his hands in his sleeves. He takes a moment to calm himself down before he does something stupid in front of their Zhiren like throw Yuanzhi over his knees and spank him for the foolishness.

They’ll have words about this later.

#my journey to you #my journey to you fic #云之羽 #gong shangjue x gong yuanzhi #gong shangjue #gong yuanzhi #gab writes stuff #hands up if you have ever vomited blood *hands up* #quick story time: I had a surgery when I was 12 to remove the polyps in my nose & the blood was the back flow from the surgery #me being the anxious hamster I was and am didn’t want to stay in the hospital and basically forced my parents to take me home #took me three tries to get up because every single time I was even remotely vertical I vomited blood #we had to throw my favourite shirt coz it got so much blood on it it couldn’t be washed off #I had a fun childhood lol #had blood in my mouth for a week after so yes. I know the taste of blood in my mouth

[flyin-shark]

*Carpet bombs your inbox with serotonin*

*Crackles into radio*

"We got him boss!"

*Crashes my jet nose first into the floor*

God dammit why is there some weird chemical on my carpet I thought i got it cleaned last week

Nooo not my toy jet I paid like 60 bucks for that thing. It even had vtol…

#196 #r196 #r/196 #shark sayin stuff #vtol stands for vertical take off and landing btw #at least I think that’s what it means

[atreldes]

“Forget a footnote or a chapter— I want the whole fucking history book!”

A moodboard for my @infamous-if mc Rorie Rose, she/her, lead singer of electronic/synth rock band rising//sinking.

#i need to make a playlist but the bands vibes are very much in line with infected mushroom's cover of black velvet #no but genuinely infamous is the funnest if demo i've read in a long time & i'm super excited for more #think i'm gonna go for seven's route first ft not realizing you're in love until it's too late #or maybe g... or august... idk yet actually i love every single ro so far *sobs* #misc facts abt rorie: Knows she's one of the best singers around you can't tell her otherwise. #says shit like 'oh come on i was /born/ to be a rock star it's basically written on my birth certificate' #but is actually really nice & polite lmao she's just very self assured #def told seven they'd be bigger than the beatles & was only half kidding #the r & s in the band name is the name is absolutely a reference to rorie & seven & she voted to keep it a duet #always ends up taking her shoes off on stage b/c she always wears heels & regrets it afterward b/c she's a jump all over the stage singer #loves to be a pest to orion but really respects him & his opinion deep down #low-key a flirt but doesn't really realize it + is very physically affectionate. Will sit on nearly anybody's lap if no chair is available #(she doesn't sit in chairs properly anyway lol. always wants to be on the counter or something) #(*kitty foreman voice* she likes to feel tall) #toes the fashion line between bohemian & whimsigoth- if it's got a skirt & looks like something a 70s era groupie would have worn? she's in #has multiple ear piercings mirrored nostrils a septum & a vertical labret. silver girlie. #idk just random little bits! slowly fleshing her out & obvi more will come as the story progresses ^^ #if: infamous

[hzdtrees]

Scattered

#horizon forbidden west #hfw #hfw photomode #not much to say about this one except yeah #it's another one of those verticals #i say 'those' because there's about three types of verticals that i take #not counting the portraits that is #and those are 1) aloy walking into the light #2) face-off shots #and 3) aloy walking over dunes #(also into the light)

[puppys-rhythm-heaven]

the fact that neurotypicals exist will always be baffling to me honestly like. they can just focus without struggling??? n don't think constantly??? n don't hyperfixate on things??? sounds fake-

#puppy rambles #imagine being able to focus on school. couldn't be me #i'm supposed to be doing school right now but here i am on tumblr sdkfljfskldsf- #why learn about calculating heat or whatever when i can make dumb posts about rhythm heaven #seriously tho why learn about this what am i going to use this for #is there ever going to be a point in my adult life where i'm like #''how much energy will it take to make this water into vapor'' #or whatever #science n math are especially stupid #i don't think i'm ever going to need to know what a vertical angle is- #everything past middle school should be optional. maybe even past elementary school tbh #once it gets into algebra idk why it's needed #science i can get still cuz it's good to know what weathering n erosion n shit are #... the more mathy parts are weird tho fskldjfkldsf- #wow this got off-topic. anyways i guess i should probably work on school sdfkjfkfsdjlsfd- #peak adhd over here

[mctreeleth]

I have a lot of other things that I need to spend money on first but the more I think about it the more I want to get an actual setup for digitising sewing patterns. My current setup is fine for doing it occasionally but a couple of hundred dollars of laser-engraved acrylic and a decent camera would really speed up the process, and my friends who actually did fashion design at uni have pointed out that there are drafting papers available with 1 inch grids already on them that would make it easy enough to copy off a pattern using the grid without anyone ever needing to print them out.

What’s more, original copies of a couple of patterns that are seemingly pretty big sellers as reproductions are currently on auction on ebay, and I would very much like to upload my own reproductions for free. I know that it is immensely petty, but I am dying to see what the reproduction seller’s response is.

#we devoted some time on Sunday to doing disparaging dramatic readings of their copyright notices #which they 100% cannot enforce and 200% cannot enforce if I start from an original anyway #a 1.2m sheet of clear acrylic with one inch lines and a matching white sheet for the back and some screws to hold the two together #with the pattern pieces sandwiched between #will mean I can photograph vertically which will make it much easier to reduce distortion #which is currently my big struggle #I take a photo and then need to spend 2 hours correcting the wonkyness and cleaning up the image to be printable #but if I can just get a good non-distorted image with nice clear lines #then I can just upload the image and people can copy it off by hand #if I can get it down to under half an hour per pattern I could get a decent chunk of my cooler vintage patterns online pretty quickly #theoretically people could lend me their patterns to digitise on the condition that we share them #maybe we could make that stupid post that claimed that the vintage pattern wiki had all the patterns a reality

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Xpeng AeroHT ‘Land Aircraft Carrier’, 2024. Presented at the CES, a prototype for a 6-wheeled vehicle capable of accommodating 4-5 passengers with an extended range electric powertrain capable of multiple charges for the air module. The air module itself is an electric piloted vertical take-off aircraft capable of low altitude flight with 2 seats. Xpeng plan to open orders in the 4th quarter of 2024

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#Xpeng #Xpeng AeroHT #Xpeng AeroHT ‘Land Aircraft Carrier’ #2024 #prototype #futuristic #CES #vertical take off #EV #6 wheeler #6 wheels

[shrimp-sprites]

I promise I'm trying to sprite him a wheelchair.

It's easy to edit him to be sitting (and I have done so), but I have to sprite the wheelchair from scratch due to the original chair used in MSPA being pretty much the same as the JPEG clutter stuff used to decorate characters' rooms.

I've been half tempted to just use a base but the urge to make my own is too strong. I have the chair part done and I'm currently working on the footrest.

#shrimp's off topic tag #the perspective is pretty awkward to work with but the sheet of lines and circles is very helpful #i havent worked on the lines and circles sheet in a bit #currently in the middle of the ovals/ellipses which will take a bit #maybe I should switch back to clip studio paint just for that feature #firealpaca add a ''flip vertical'' and ''rotate 90 degrees'' option

[lesbiten]

juniper has seemingly gained perfect flight ability overnight, not sure How but ill take it

#he can do short distance long distance he can do vertical horizontal #multiple times now hes done full loops around my room; staying suspended still in the air for several seconds without issue #ive peeked at his wings and like...the one that looked messed up definitely looks much better already #but i dont know how this happened so quickly LOL i expected it to take at least another week #although now hes trying to perch on my tv. no no #not on top of it. #no hes trying to perch on the like. the frame? that sticks out like less than a centimeter on the front #hes already tried it once and slipped off pretty quickly but its not stopping him from doing it again #oh. hes on top of my tv now. #what would happen if i turned it on rn. #simon says

[painted-bees]

A quick, sloppy little comic about Magritte

[Image Description: It's a vertical comic strip of 14 panels arranged one under the other. The style is realistic, done with sketchy lines in a dark burgundy. It is not colored or shaded and there is no background. The comic features the interactions of a couple, Magritte (also called Margie) and Rafael (also called Raf). Magritte is a young woman, she is wearing a baggy armhole tank top with a tight fitting black top underneath, shorts and boots. She has a messy bun and a small messenger bag slung over her left shoulder. Rafael is her partner, wearing baggy pants, sneakers, fingerless gloves, V-neck t-shirt and an open button-up jacket with a hoodie and the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. His hair has short side with long top bangs and a short goatee.

 (First panel): There's only Magritte visible from the waist up. Off screen, Raf says to someone else: “Magritte has our tickets.” Magritte is excited, looking straight forward. Her left hand in on her bag's strap, her right hand rummaging inside her bag. Magritte says: "Yeah! Even made sure to put them in my wallet so that I wouldn't- uh..."

 (Second panel): She is beginning to look concerned, now with her face turned to her back, both left hand holding the lip to open the bag wider and her right hand still rummaging inside. Magritte says: "wouldn't forget.... Hang on, it's not on it's usual pocket. Haha." The last is a nervous laughter.

 (Third panel): Magritte is kneeling on the ground. Rafael is standing to the side and behind her, only his feet visible. Magritte looks frantic, searching inside her bag. Her right arm is forearm deep digging in her bag. Magritte says: "It's definitely here-! It's the one thing I never forget 'cus I never take it out of my bag!" Rafael says, firmly: "Margie, when you took it out to put the tickets in, did you put the wallet back in the bag?" The letters are bolded, with the word "back" underlined for emphasis. Magritte says: "Give me some credit, there's no way I'm that stupid." The last three words are underlined for emphasis.

 (Fourth panel):  The scene has changed and now Magritte and Rafael are in a car. We see them from the passenger's side. Rafael is driving, looking straight ahead at the road. Magritte is hunched forward, hugging herself with the left hand. Her right hand is holding her head. She is looking out the passenger window, avoiding Raf.

 (Fifth panel):  Rafael turns slightly to look at Magritte.

 (Sixth panel):  The point of view is now a side profile view from the drivers side. Rafael has his left arm leaning on the open window, his right hand on the wheel. Magritte is hunched over facing the passenger window. Rafael says: "I'm not mad at you, if that's what you're worried about." Magritte says: "I can literally feel your disappointment."

 (Seventh panel): Back to the passengers side, Rafael is looking at the road. Magritte is frustrated, no longer leaning her head against her right hand and instead her hand is palm upwards. Rafael says: "Well, yes. It is a disappointing situation, but-" Magritte interrupts: "You'd think I'd be able to do the one thing I was asked to do-! That I'd at least learn from the last billion times I forgot shit. Rafael says, quieter: “that's not where I was going with this...”

(Eighth panel):  Magritte has her right hand holding her face with the palm on her cheek, left hand placing the tips of her fingers on her left temple and eye brows. She is frustrated and angry. Magritte says: "It's not like I've got anything more important rattling around in my brain.  But, for some reason, if it's not my music, or like.... food or something, then it's just not a priority. I can't make myself care enough to make it a priority!"

(Ninth panel): She now has both hands in front of her, elbows bent, finger extended in a vague hand gesture as if there was something in front of her. Magritte says: "I'm an adult in my 20s and I still manage my responsibilities like a child. I'd be more dependable if I could just stop and think for a second, but I'd probably forget to even breathe if it weren't for the..."

 (Tenth panel): Her frustrated expression turned to confusion. Her hands are still in the air in the same position as before. Magritte says:"... why are we parked?" Her noticing this stopped her rant.

(Eleventh panel): Magritte straightens up and faces the window entirely, left hand crossed over her body to lean on the car door. Rafael, off screen: "Margie." Magritte says: "Oh." Magritte's inner thoughts are written around her. "He stopped the car to scold me. No, not ‘scold’. Don't be a child about this. He's disappointed and just needs to make sure you understand so you can do better next ti-"

 (Twelfth panel): Magritte is still looking out the window, but now with a shocked expression. Rafael reached with his right hand, and its now resting gently on her upper back. Rafael interrupts her inner monologue with "I need you to stop repeating the shit your parents and teachers and such yelled at you growing up. They were wrong, and nothing you just said makes sense."

 (Thirteenth panel):  The perspective switches back to the driver's side profile. Rafael says: "A poor memory isn't synonymous with poor priorities. Nor does it speak to a lack of maturity. The priority was there, we just have to build a better habit of checking things before we leave the apartment. Both of us. It's gonna take time. You afford everyone else a ton of patience, all the time. Can you please afford some for yourself? The situation sucks, we were both looking forward to this. But it's not the end of the world. We didn't forget things on purpose. So let's take it easy and try to end the day on a good note. Alright?" Magritte says: "Okay... c-can we um...."

 (Fourteenth panel): Magritte has turned to face Rafael and her eyes are filled with tears and they're running down her cheeks.  Rafael looks startled, lifting his arm off Magritte's back. Magritte says: "Can we get some ice cream on the way back?" Rafael says: "O-of course!" End of description.]

This description was written and provided by Hiwi.

#sketch #comic #Hi-Note #magritte #rafael

[wovenstarlight]

i do have one gripe about the mr webtoon (well. besides presh.) and that's that they do NOT use the vertical format to their benefit nearly enough

#the bit where hajin pulls his loan shark moves in his first scene as jihan does not have nearly enough Looming Ominously #that panel after the guy is like PLEASE DON'T KILL ME and it's just a flat shot of him loosening his tie.... #ZERO flavor. can't we have something more. some visually enforced Hajin Is The Biggest Thing In The Shot #some long ass panels of Just Hajin taking up your whole screen. dominating the screen and the narrative. #that only eases off after the “spare me” but also not really because he's still terrifying because the cameras are still rolling #but no. it's just regular ass side shots or face closeups COME ONNNNN #hanheun i wish you were helping with the storyboarding for this..... #for all my issues with the scl4ss webtoon i love what you do with vertical formats..... #star.txt #mrlb

[xtruss]

Chinese Private Space Company Completes Vertical Takeoff, Landing Test For Reusable Rocket

— Fan Wei and Tao Mingyang | January 19, 2024

The VTVL-1 Test Rocket Photo: Courtesy of LandSpace

Chinese Private Aerospace Company LandSpace completed a vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) test on Friday, the Beijing-based firm told the Global Times, laying the foundations for its self-developed ZQ-3 reusable rocket.

The flight test was completed with the VTVL-1 test rocket at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu Province. The rocket landed at the scheduled landing point after staying in the air for approximately 60 seconds and reaching 320 meters high.

VTVL-1 is a liquid oxygen, methane-propelled single-stage test rocket designed to develop the vertical takeoff and landing technique for LandSpace's ZQ-3 reusable rocket. The VTVL-1 has a total length of 18.3 meters and a diameter of 3.35 meters, with a launch weight of 50.3 tons and 68 tons of take-off thrust.

VTVL-1 is equipped with three sets of two-stage buffering landing legs that are capable of handling 50 tons of landing weight. The test also proved the performance and stability of the landing system, which will facilitate ZQ-3's takeoff and landing from land and sea.

The ZQ-3 carrier rocket is China's first reusable steel rocket. It was unveiled in December 2023, and is scheduled to conduct its first commercial flight in 2025. The first stage of the rocket can be used at least 20 times, reducing the launch cost by 80 to 90 percent compared to regular carrier rockets, according to LandSpace.

A representative from LandSpace told the Global Times that the test proved the matching performance of the rocket's control system and throttle engine as well as the guidance algorithm. "The later tests will involve greater speed and height, and will further facilitate the maiden launch of ZQ-3 in 2025," said the representative.

Multiple Chinese private aerospace firms have conducted VTVL tests. The Hyperbola-2 rocket from Chinese private aerospace firm iSpace completed its reusable flight test on December 10 2023.

CAS Space, a commercial spaceflight firm that is partly owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed that it successfully carried out a launching-from-land and landing-at-sea trial in Haiyang, East China's Shandong Province, in April 2023.

#China 🇨🇳 #Private Space Company #Vertical | Take Off | Landing Test #The VTVL-1 Test Rocket 🚀 #Reusable Rocket 🚀 #Global Times #Chinese Private Aerospace Company LandSpace