This page was updated on the 28 September 2008.
This ornithopter has near VTOL. It opens its swing-pixiwing for flight mode. And closes them for take off and landing.
Ornithopter
Their are countless variations possible for the pixiwing. Make your type of wing unique. As far as copywrite goes, this principle of nature is a scientific discovery and is free to use. Once you have a particular unique design, that is generating you cash, then it can be marketed and patented. Don't even think about lawyers until you have sold a few toys at least. Keep it original to avoid conflicts.
Dragonfly II
This craft will have perfect VTOL, as the opposing pixiwings pull in opposing directions. They then rotate into flight mode, and can even swivel around to reverse mode.


The full implications of each variation have to be tested in a competition which I am planning, on the radio control aircraft scale. So get building in the meantime, and you may be the one to win the fat prize money which I am trying to obtain from the rich guys.
My advice is to keep your test design small. Test the wing on a cardboard model first, then build one with a fuselage, and wait for a gale force wind to check for stability. This way you can work through the basic design flaws at virtually no cost. Once you have a stable model, build a radio control model. I recommend using a lithium battery, but petrol is fine too. Keep the RC model as small as you can manage to keep your costs down. A one metre wingspan is probably fine.
Categories for the competition may include : Maximum lift, Maximum speed, Maximum stability, Fuel efficiency, Lowest aircraft cost, Most fuel efficient, Best rescue craft, Best all-round design. I have not worked out the exact details of the competition yet, but just bare this in mind.
Your design may go on to become the Model-T Ford! of the future. Good luck!


The rear v-wing provides stabilisation for the single spinning pixiwing axel. The single spinning axel is more STOL, than VTOL. That is, it requires a short take-off and landing. The double axel, previous page, provides a counter-movement from the second axel, to achieve exact vertical lift.

The glider actually seems to turn gravity into lift, although at less than 10 metres per second. This provides a descent of about 45 degrees, that a small amount of power can turn into a gentle landing. A powered axel can also therefore create counter-gravitational lift at the crucial rate of over 10 metres per second. The possiblity of turning gravity into lift, completely obeys Newtonian physics. Although some energy is lost to the surrounding air , this can be regained with a headwind, allowing for very little need for battery power. In certain conditions, no external power would be needed at all, except perhaps a bit of peddling of the nature of a bicycle.

Its all due to the magic of torque, the conservation of angular momentum in the axel, the aerodynamics of golf, the art of sailing, & the desperate need to avoid traffic jams on those horrible, horrible highways, at any cost.

Perhaps even put solar panels in the wings!