I love to build flying things, it has been a passion for decades. No greater nerdjoy can be found than to see a pile of nicely refined junk launch itself into the sky, fly around, and land again. I say that as an RC hobbyist - real pilots know it from a different angle.
Personally, I think there is a big opportunity for inflatable/dynamic/pressurized airfoils. I'd love to have a blow-up glider that would stay aloft for days, just to have a way to communicate with the home base .. Until then, I remain convinced that the real shit is the Klein-Fogelmann realm, i.e. rigid planforms, adjustable.
Plus, gargantuan power systems of course .. which is something the Inflatoplane also exploited, it has to be said ..
Personally, I think there is a big opportunity for inflatable/dynamic/pressurized airfoils. I'd love to have a blow-up glider that would stay aloft for days, just to have a way to communicate with the home base .. Until then, I remain convinced that the real shit is the Klein-Fogelmann realm, i.e. rigid planforms, adjustable.
Plus, gargantuan power systems of course .. which is something the Inflatoplane also exploited, it has to be said ..