University of Kansas Mamba
Mamba
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
The Mamba is a hexcopter emphasizing safety, certifiability, and performance. Shrouded rotors and a tilting empennage are incorporated. On June 14, 2018, it was selected as a Phase 1 winner of the GoFly competition.
Resources:
- News Release: GoFly Winners, GoFly, June 14, 2018
- Article: Boeing’s $2 Million Challenge to Make the Sky Fun Again—With ‘Flying Motorbikes’, Wired, June 14, 2018
- Article: Boeing Asked for Quiet Jetpacks and Got a Bunch of Air Motorcycles, Bloomberg, June 14, 2018
- Article: Contest Aims to Lift Personal Flying Machines Off the Page, The New York Times, June 14, 2018
- Article: Here are the Finalists for Boeing’s $2 million ‘Personal Flying Device’ Contest, The Verge, June 14, 2018
- Article: Meet the Mad Geniuses Building Personal Flying Machines, Fast Company, June 14, 2018
- Article: Team KU Advances in Boeing's Global Personal Aircraft Design Contest, Kansas Public Radio, June 14, 2018
Recent Pages
- Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) AR-E3000 (prototype)
- Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) AR-E300 (prototype)
- Xunfei Aviation Wenyu (mock-up)
- Southeast University Dongda Kunpeng 1 (technology demonstrator)
- Wanfeng Auto Holding Group Wanfeng Diamond (concept design)
- Blue Space Aircraft Company Yunfan-2 (prototype)
- Winged Tiger Aviation Tianyi-Ti (prototype)
- Xiamen Tengxi Aviation Dragonfly-EV2000 (concept design)
- Seaplane Hong Kong Group SeaplaneX (concept design)
- Banlan Aviation Technology Company ET-C22 (prototype)
