| As we look back at mankind's attempts to create | | | | previous tried or for which we have plans for and |
| the perfect Vertical Take Off and Landing aircraft, | | | | spend 2 Billion Dollars in building one-third and one-fight |
| we see almost an unlimited number of radical | | | | scaled models using the latest advanced materials of |
| concepts, designs and departures from the typical | | | | each and every one of these concepts. I propose |
| aircraft models we are use to. It has been a goal of | | | | this money be spent in Universities where aerospace |
| aerospace engineers through the ages to develop | | | | design is taught and that prizes be given out for |
| the ideal compromise design which can go from | | | | those who can produce and fly models from the long |
| vertical take off with a heavy load and then proceed | | | | list of past period designs or those who come up |
| to forward high rates of speed and/or performance. | | | | with entirely new concepts. |
| Many of these designs go back prior to World War | | | | Although this may seem like a lot of money, I believe |
| II. During World War II in Germany and the United | | | | it will accomplish many things. First it will help the |
| States and after the war in he US, several hundreds | | | | military in the future of their Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| of designs were looked at and at least 100 legitimate | | | | roadmap planning. Second it will help the Air Force |
| attempts. Some were X-planes, some were | | | | Research Lab in keeping us bleeding edge. Third I feel |
| helicopter hybrids and others were like nothing you | | | | NASA can use this knowledge to develop better |
| have ever seen before; are you sure that thing will | | | | robotic assistants for exploration and space colony |
| fly? Then innovators, scientists and even the fringe | | | | uses, not mention Earth Sciences. Forth it will usher in |
| began to dream of flying cars and to this day the | | | | a new level of robotics for those High School |
| race is on to produce one which is cheap enough to | | | | students now graduating who are moving into the |
| build and safe enough for your family. | | | | field of robotics due to the push for contests at that |
| Recently as material sciences hyperspace the past | | | | level. Fifth if will help DARPA, DHS and FEMA with |
| period technological advances we see hope that we | | | | their efforts to keep us ahead of the pack, protect |
| will be able to build VTOL aircraft using some of | | | | our security and help us deal with Mother Nature. |
| these new materials, which are 10 times as strong | | | | Any smart businessperson will tell you that the |
| and a fifth of the weight. For instance consider Nano | | | | money you spend in Research and Development is |
| Tube Sheets, which will be 50 times stronger than | | | | money in the bank for the future. And since so much |
| steel and an unbelievable savings in weight. Even with | | | | has already been done in the past and so many |
| the newest composites some of which are one-third | | | | designs, which might have failed but did not have the |
| the weight of aluminum and three times the strength, | | | | use of proper power plants or modern materials, we |
| there is great potential. | | | | need to be looking both forward and backwards and |
| I propose that we take all the archives of designs | | | | delete the barrier of time. Think on this. |