FN_electric_proto_first_flight.avi

The first airborne test flights of the FlyNano electric proto.

Date and time: June 11, 2012 at 20:09
Location: Lake Hepari, Kirkkonummi Finland/ 60.24568, 24.39839
Pilot: Pekka Kauppinen

Electric powertrain by Grejo Oy and Palonen LABS

• Category

  Autos & Vehicles

[Chevy Chase]

fuck picture videos, stupid

[Jace Hoo]

To all idiots here, it is a PROTOTYPE. So why exactly are you expecting fireworks ?

[wingnutairhead]

If they pull the 9 volt battery powered motor out and put in a rotax 912, then we will see this bird really fly!!!!!!!!!

[errindon]

it has a similar wing configuration to the Ligeti Stratos

[Robert Veach]

Ground effect flying is still considered flying. All it means is a little more power to the propeller and you will get out of ground effect (about the wingspan above the water). Innovative/great design here and congrats to the team!

[Janne Kaikkonen]

I think it's above ground effect. Not completely but almost.

[Dmitrij Jukhimchuk]

ground effect in action. this is NOT the plane in normal sence. and lack of video footage is dissapointing too

[Justwantahover]

It obviously flew for more than two seconds, so why the lack of footage. Looks like it could be a great aircraft, but no footage of it flying, just flashes. It's not the plane that's diddapointing, it's the photography that's dissapointing.

[xxismaxxPT]

fantastic,but needs some guns! ;)

[xxismaxxPT]

its on a lake, so i presume there's no much space for big flights! still a prototype,and i do believe that they will do further testing in the sea! ;)

[yak55x]

We're expecting it to be "amazing" like the designers said it was. Another company that can't keep their mouths shut and let the airplane do the talking. They had to promote it like it was some huge breakthrough. When it actually is amazing, call it amazing.

[badw0lfvirus]

looks like bob carrs internal wing.  electric flight at all is epic. well done!