Kinaesthetically Controlled Personal Air Vehicle

1. Trek Aero and Kestrel Aerospace both have personal air vehicles (PAVs) based on counter rotating ducted fans.

2. They do not work. You could just as well buy a small helicopter, it is as difficult to fly, and cheaper. Since the fans are controlled electronically and mechanically, and not kinaesthetically, they encounter the same difficulties as the "tilt rotor" designs that never really flew safely.

3. Kinaesthetic control on the other hand has proved to be working very well; when man stands on a flying platform, he instinctively controls it by shifting the weight of his body. A bit like riding a motorcycle, but then smoother.

4. Combine ducted fans + kinaesthetic control, and you have something that works and that's fun to fly.

Please have a look at my picture.

You sit in the lightweight fuselage; you sit on the engine, so you can still easily shift your body forward and sidewards, as if you were driving a motorcycle or a bicycle.

5. The idea of having one or both ducted fans positioned slightly upwards is not new [see link].

6. Kinaesthetic control is much cheaper, more instinctive, much more easy to learn and much safer than any other type of control. The Kestrel and Trek Aero don't get off the ground because of the expensive, complex and fragile control systems.

What do you think?