Vcna Leonardo sketches modular, multi-task civil-military aircraft
Japane
stanley thermos se start-up SkyDrive is preparing to fly its electric vertical take-off and landing eVTOL test aircraft in p
stanley official website ublic for the first time in August, as it sets its sights on building a thriving air taxi and urban air mobility market in the country on the back the developmental battery-powered design.SkyDrive says it began flight testing a proof of concept model at its test centre in Toyota in December 2019, and the aircraft completed its technical verification phase in March.Source: SkyDriveTwo-seat eVTOL is scheduled to enter service in 2023 We have built and flown many scaled models of this flying car, but will publicly demonstrate a one-seat piloted version, known as SD03, in August, says SkyDrive chief technical officer Nobuo Kishi.The as-yet unnamed programme, is designed for two people and development of the first conforming prototype, SD04, is now under way. It will be built to carry a pilot and one passenger initially, but a later, autonomous version will seat two passengers, says Kishi.Few details have been released to date, but Tokyo-headquartered SkyDrive says the all-composite aircraft will have a maximum take-off weight of 500kg 1,100l
stanley cup b , a cruise speed of 33kt 60km/h , and a range of up to 16nm 30km .The SD-eVTOL concept was created in 2014 by Japanese technology developer Cartivator 鈥?a volunteer group of aircraft, drone and automotive engineers who worked on early versions of the aircraft. SkyDrive was launched in 2018 to commercialise the SD-program Ixdh Marine Corps expand AH-1Z Viper s ship-hunting capabilities with JAGM tests
Dont be alarmed if youre near a fruit tree and lock eyes with a 5-inch-long giant
stanley cup green caterpillar lined with bright blue, orange and yellow spots. It will soon become a cecropia moth, a red and brown-spotted moth that is the largest native to North America. The leaves caterpillars eat now will feed them for the rest of their lives. The moths have no mouths and live off of body fat stored from their time as caterpillar
stanley cup s before dying within two weeks.The caterpillars, part of the giant silk moth family, often feed on maple leaves, but you may find them on plum, apple or wild cherry trees. Alder, willow, do
termo stanley gwood, birch and box elder trees can hostthem too.The caterpillars are unusual,though not rare, and their populations are scattered enough that they wont cause significant damage to established plants, so you can leave them unharmed.As adults, the moths have wingspans of more than 6 inches. The cecropia moth is the largest moth in North America, and it can be found in Maine. Credit: Courtesy of聽Brandon WooTo become these large moths, they will build cocoonsthat are also unusual. Several years ago, the BDN sought reader feedback to help identify a brown sacwoven with dry grass in a picture sent in by a reader.Before it was identified, readers suggested it might have been a miniature woodland coconut, a gnome nest or an egg case of the mythical chupacabra. The caterpillars that emerge go through several cycles, becoming bigger and greener as they go.If the giant green caterpil
