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