Can a Vertical Jet Engine Replace Helicopter Blades for Hovering Crafts?

[Office_Shredder]

The highest voted answer here

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/...e-blades-on-the-bottom-fly-the-same-if-at-allActually says this would be a superior aviation design, except for all the obvious ways it's inferior (accidental blade damage from ground contact, cutting people in half by accident etc)

 

[phinds]

the reason that vehicles are more stable with the "foot" above the mass of the vehicle

@tsmspace, perhaps you should read a thread in its entirety before responding. You are promoting an idea that has already been debunked in the thread.

 

[DennisN]

Sounds more like a novel lawn mower.

Bring it up a bit and it becomes a haircutting machine that can service 2 to 3 persons at the same time. Bring it down a bit and it becomes a decapitator. A versatile tool for various types of occasions.

 

[anorlunda]

Bring it down a bit and it becomes a decapitator. A versatile tool for various types of occasions.

It would be marvelous for crowd control.

Snow blowing might be another great application.

 

[renormalize]

Bring it up a bit and it becomes a haircutting machine that can service 2 to 3 persons at the same time.

The US Army played with this concept in the 1950s. Maybe they gave up because of too many close shaves?

 

[Office_Shredder]

The VZ-1 easy target? Looks legit to me