But I believe we’re living in the second golden age of personal Aviation these days. I find Peters builds to be very inspirational □□ – and a bit scary at the same time. Posted in Transportation Hacks Tagged aviation, electric flight, peter sripol, ultralight Post navigation But we aren’t aviation experts, so we won’t pass final judgement. Although he does extensive weight-loading and thrust testing before taking to the air, adding tail weight to piloted aircraft by simply taping a water bottle to the tail just felt wrong. By moving to a three bladed propeller with a higher pitch angle, and increasing the length of the wings for more lift, was able to cruise comfortably at about 30 MPH or 48 km/h.Īlthough this aircraft definitely performed better than ’s previous ultralight builds, piloting something like this isn’t for the faint of heart. It can be compared to driving a car only in first gear. ![]() On the first test he used a two-bladed propeller, with a small pitch angle which required full throttle to keep flying. It is powered by a single large brushless electric motor borrowed from the OpenPPG project. Interestingly he kept the rudder controls on pedals instead of moving it to the stick, so the stick only controls the elevator. This gives the aircraft passive stability, because as it rolls to a side, the upper wing’s lift decreases and the lower wing’s lift increases, forcing the plane to correct itself. For roll stabilization he angled up the wings noticeably, adding dihedral. To keep the plane simple, he got rid of ailerons entirely. For a taste of what’s going on here, the wings have aluminum tube spars and are made of hot-wire-cut styrofoam sections. He recently flew the fourth ultralight, which he designed and built himself. In a behind-the-scenes look at the show in " Inside Family Guy", host James Woods leads the tour though the prop shop which features many unnamed vehicles, including a van, a rocket, a motorcycle with sidecar and a Segway.Peter Sripol really likes building gravity defying death traps. ![]() As they fly away, Peter observes Retep killing a lady. Peter becomes friends with Meg in " Meg Stinks!" and supplies her with her own "Megcopter" so they may hang out together. When the giant, piloted boomerang is launched from a catapult, he manages to briefly go to the hospital before being returned to the house. ![]() Peter tries to use the Peterang to rush Scotty to the hospital in " Livin' on a Prayer". In " Quagmire and Meg", Peter attempts to ride a pterodactyl in his likeness but he accidentally crashes it into live wires and it is electrocuted, so Peter has to take care of its babies. In the same episode, Peter used a blimp called the "Hindenpeter", which crashes in Joe's yard following the previous wreck of the Petercopter. In " Inside Family Guy", it is used by Seal Team 6 in the killing of Osama bin Laden.Ĭleveland reveals that he gets first dibs on the items that Peter looses interest in and acquires the Petercopter in " Nanny Goats", turning it into the "Clevelandcopter." Unfortunately, he crashes it into a house when he can't see through the mustache. In " The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire", Peter goes to Quagmire's house to warn him about Cleveland and uses the "Petercopter." It ends up crashing in Joe Swanson's yard.
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