Icarus V VTOL Drone Drawing #1

Using R/C Technology at first for proof of concept.  First test flights will be at local AMA sanctioned model airplane field using RC propulsion system from a EFlite XVert VTOL electronics.

Electric motors with two large propellors wil be fixed on a one inch aluminum tube with wires going back to ESC, Reciever and LIPO bat(s) for propulsion.  It is very easy integrate and experiment.  The is no need for moving the motors to control Ultralight.  VTOLs ob youtube will rotate the motors from take off to flying for high speeds.  This aircraft only flys at 20MPH-25MPH and motors will only be used when I'm in it to gain altitude.  Then I will glide down to land and use Motors to slow to land vertically so I won't have to run 18 MPH to land.  I will land like a Helicopter or Quadcopter/Drone.


 I visited John Moody in Milwakee and copied ideas from his Powered Icarus II and created a motor mount for a MAC 101 GoCart engine with a straight drive 24" propeller making my Icarus V a foot launched hang glider or Foot Launched Ultralight,predacessor the the Vintage Ultralights and Modern Day Microlights.  Note: I started flying R/C models in 1964. 

Icarus V Foot Launched Hang Glider

HANG GLIDERS - 1974

First saw Icarus V hang glider in Popular Science 1974

Icarus II Designed by Taurus Kiceniuk

Icarus II migrated into the EasyRiser by Larry Mauro and John Moody made it famous at Oshkosh.

Below is a picture of my Icarus V in the early 1970s.  I pulled my 1946 Ercoupe out of the hangar to build the Icarus V by scratch from plans I bought from Tarus Kiceniuk.  I was interested in very low and slow flight to re-live some of the feelings I read about from the Wright Brothers.  I read and re-read an article in 1974 Popular Science Magazine on fixed wing hang gliders and decided to build Icarus V hang glider which at the time was state of the art.  It resembles its predecessor the Icarus II, what most people know as the Easy Riser.  Pilot controls pitch by shifting body weight on parallel bars. Lateral control is actuated by twist grips. 

Photo 1 Construction of airframe. Photo 2 is completed aircraft with original paint scheme at 1st Powered Hanglider Meet in Marilla, MI.. These powered hangliders were not yet called ultralights because anybody could fly them without a licence.  If you look very close I did have an FAA N number (N93675) on the wing tips and for the hell of it I put the word EXPERIMENTAL since I've been an EAA member since 1974.

Photo of my MAC 101 GoCart engine and 24" wooden propellor.  Notice  propulsion was full speed or no speed using a kill switch in my mouth.This photo was taken in the 1970s when very few of us had a motorized hangliders.  I remember Boris Popov who sold me my standard 18' rogallo hanglider had a hangar for ultralights with seats for comfort and and wheels for take off and landings, mostly Quick Silvres.a few miles from my airport in Lake Elmo which led to the dawn of the modern day Ultralight.

Dreaming About Flying

I grew up playing on swing sets and jumping off as far as I could at the playground.  Growing up as long as I remember I had a dreams of swinging on a swing set and jumping off a cliff hundreds of feet high.  I would jump off the swing and fly through the air and I always woke up before I hit the ground.  In 1972 I purchased a Standard Wing Jobe Hanglider and jumped off a Mississippi River Bluff across from the Schmidt Brewery in St. Paul, MN.   That ended my childhood flying dreams.  Here is a link to some of my flying interests.  http://scottolson.name/bio/flyi.html

Flying in a dream

Now I'm really flying the Icarus V

I'm really flying my home built Hang Glider

Almost flying in 1st Ercoupe 3469H

2nd Ercoupe 2701H ready to fly

Learn to fly in original 1946 Ercoupe 415C

I am EAA # 99884 and YE Pilot#04.  I was involved in EAA Chapter 54 in Lake Elmo 21D including starting a Private Pilots course and I started EAA Chapter 1452 years later in Ames, IA.  I have flown into Oshkosh over 30 times and camped under the wing of my Ercoupe wings or my Dads 1947 Classic Beechcraft Bonanza.  And I've stayed in the Oshkosh University Dorms.  I have won 3 awards at Oshkosh for Best-in-class aircraft and my Ercoupe won First Place & Peoples Choice at the National Ercoupe Convention in Ames, IA. Here is an Ercoupe Operators Manual and are photos of Ercoupes

Ercoupe 2701H and favorite Ercoupes

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Drones will cover Google Earth

Drones will cover Google Earth.  I created a blog for farmers in the Midwest and raised interest in drones for Agriculture.  I have been spending most of my time flying indoor Quadcopters and entertaining elderly and choreographing to patriotic music.  I have safety as first priority so when I loose control no one will get hurt.  It is what I call "Make America Great Again Airshow"  Entertainment include Gods Blessing, National Anthem, free give-aways. Typically last one hour and can be held in a dining room or theater.

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Drones with cameras will provide the BIG PICTURE

Indoor Aishow and Presentation

Indoor Nursing Home Airshows

Freedom Flight uses airplanetoybox.com

Airplane Toybox used at Freedom Flight event for Veterans to sign up for Washington, D.C. trip.

You can build any 'type' of airplane toy box by changing shape of tail and or wing. Toy box is recommended for children ages 1-7. You can paint your own plane or create a body wrap. We have several decals and body wraps including Christen Eagle, Nascar and Red Bull body wraps. Call us at 515-620-9585

Free Plans to build your own airplane toy box.

Entreprenuers look to the Wright Brothers for guidance to succeed.

The Wright Brothers were true Entreprenuers that reached for the sky from no fortune.  They worked in a bicycle shop and followed their dream.  There are many Wright Brother books and I have many but most are based upon the Original Papers of Orville and Wilbur Wright.  An Entrepreneur I like right now is Dale Kramer inventor of the Lazair Ultralight.  My VTOL Icarus V project will be based on much of the knowledge and technology of the newer eLazair found on RCGroups thread

Wright Brothers hang gliding on East Coust

Icarus Vs hang gliders on West Coast