Personal air vehicles

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Welcome to the PAV Research Project

Contents 1 Goal 2 Initial ideas 3 External links 3.1 Electric motors 3.2 Batteries 3.3 Aeronautical consultant services 3.4 Miscallneous 4 Resources

[edit] Goal

The goal of this project is to openly design a functional personal air vehicle in accordance with the specifications declared in NASA's PAV contest.

[edit] Initial ideas

Electric and clean is probably preferable.

Maybe LiPo...

Maybe fuel cells...

Maybe standard jet fuel...

[edit] External links

• PAV Challenge @ Cafe Foundation

[edit] Electric motors

• 20 HP
• eTorq Customs[1]

[edit] Batteries

• Customs
• Cylindrical about 180 Watt/Hr per Kg batteries

[edit] Aeronautical consultant services

• CH2M
• Another one...
• Dar Corp.
• Mistral
• Urban Aero

• DC Motors with integrated gearing

[edit] Miscallneous

• Crestwood Technology Group

[edit] Resources

• Intute
• EE Product Center
• Globalspec
• ISA
• Machine design