How does it work though? I'm guessing there are some directional nozzles that can redirect jet thrust to each side, but given that lift is generated from the bottom of the device, it is surprisingly stable indeed.
Beautiful device. Don't know why it never seemed to go anywhere. The Wasp seems like it would be a must-have vehicle if you own large tracts of land and need to inspect or otherwise get from one parcel of land to the other. The Wasp seems to be THE vehicle to have to enable a person to quickly get around one's property(s). This thing was cool as hell way back then and even cooler NOW...
I saw this on Xwings around 1993 or so. The show I think made a claim that the US Gov though these air veichles would be dangerous in the public's hands. If I recall correctly, the narrator said something about imagine how easy it would be to rob a bank and disappear. See if you can find the episode...I tried after I saw it because I explained it to my co-workers and at the time no one believed me. Thanks to the internet we can now put that to rest.
What can I say, it's sci-fi come true, at one point the landing WASP looked like some anti-gravity pod flown by a droid. Scott, thank you for this mindblowing footage, to think that such awesome, and at the same time rather simple technology was brushed away is a mystery. The only downside I can see, or rather hear, is that it's darn noisy: your neighbours wouldn't be happy if you used it for your daily commuter trips.
Почему вы не верите, что генератор для подавления гравитации нельзя сделать? Оживи магнитное поле и летай! Только скорость бегущего магнит ного поля должна быть не менее 10 км/ сек
this is way better than the flyboard that exists now - all fuel and controls are contained in the "pulpit" freeing the pilot from carrying any weight on his back. truly a marvel that should be brought back!
Update: September 23, 2014. The engine schematic has been finalized, all the fans (4) are available off the shelf in China, The intake fan costs $700.00 and all the rest costs less, the bearings cost $150.00 and machine shop time is $75.00 per hour, so far $4,600. has been spent developing the various frames,custom parts and education courses relating to manufacturing jet engines. We had to upgrade the 50 year old design due to the advances over the last 5 decades, right now we are considering electric fuel pumps and oil pumps VS. using a gearbox. A couple different designs have been considered, such as adding wheels so the design can taxi prior to VTOL operations. Due to advances in technology the fuel consumption has been reduced by 66% and the 98 decibels of noise is now around 62 Decibels; A helicopter main rotor break the speed of sound that is why you can hear it coming for miles and miles. Now you would be lucky to hear the WASP at 500 feet.
beaggyboy China purchased the Moller M400 Skycar, it's the red one with all the engines, so they have all the tech they will ever need to produce any VTOL design. China produces the parts we use, which are used by several different engine companies, it's how the parts are arranged which provides a good small VTOL engine, that is common knowledge since the Rolls Royce 108.
MrRedsjack see new posting: oil consumption is one quart per 1,500 gallons of fuel and 75 pounds of fuel allows for 45 minutes of flight with a pilot weight at 185.
I saw this marvel on tv in the 80s. I was around 12 and got amazed! In those day we expected to see theses machines flying around everywhere in shortly.
My Father Raymond Jones, was one of about six men that built the first protype of the engine in the 50's. They had to build the workshp, tools, equipment and the prototype in a small space in the back of a large building.
Funny story about the wasp, they did scenarios of combat and one of the reasons for use was to be able to fly treetop for enemy positions and so on, however as it was flying and of course “loud” as they are the enemy would be able to fixate on its position and as it popped up over the tree line it would expose the pilot and an easy shot, Good luck on your endeavors.
The project pace has slowed to that of machine shop time, so I will be more attentive to answering questions, Please look up the WASP/xjet online wikipedia has many answers already. Plus there is the US Patent on file which is available through Google Patents. I will do my best to answer your questions. Scott Watson, Project Manager.
Around 1978 I watched a video of the Wasp flying, that was the coolest thing I ever seen! I'm sure they said it has an emergency parachute built in. It still looks like the one from Johnny Quest.
Similar to those vehicles the bad guys use in the intro to *Jonny Quest* when they're always trying to capture Dr. Quest, Race, Jonny, Hadji and their dog Bandit.
search and rescue comes to mind. the reason these are not being made even by a private company is that the us military has a patent on them, and they use cruise missle engines for propulsion wich are allegedly still classified.
@@TH-xo4zx I know some civilians have purchased the core engine, minus the gearbox and accessories. The only thing that I remember being classified is fuel and oil consumption data, which I don’t even remember anymore. I worked on the cruise program at Williams in the 70s and 80s. Fascinating little engine.
I worked on this ( the WR19 version) 40 years ago. The military was interested but they never bought it. It is expensive and its potential uses are overcome by newer products. Specifically drones. You guys are wasting your time and money, but it's your time and money. Keep at it if you think it is worth while.
Hi Bob, The goal is to use the old obsolete technology and have fun, I restore vintage motorcycles-for fun. We bought a F112 so we could take it apart and learn, then using modern tech, design a higher by-pass engine, I assume you have read the book WASP by Terry L. Metzgar, full of useful information, straight from Sam WIlliams
I'd never have believed this thing was real if I hadn't been reading about it 2min prior. The videos make it look even more unbelievable, but there it is... working and looking like SO much fun. I gotta say, 45min flight time aside, I'd think the "shock an awe" value of these things would have made them well worth it. I love that in reality the tech is pretty simple, it's just a turbo-fan and a counter-rotation fan set-up, but that's part of it's brilliance. Sadly I think its above the skill level of the average jelly sack these days to fly it and it'd be a personal injury attorney's wet-dream... Too bad, cause it's pretty awesome in an Orson Wells, space invaders kinda way. I gotta drive up to Seattle and see this thing now...
Your correct, the engine is so simple it is not even used in the schools anymore to teach jet engine maintenance, too small and underpowered for anything other than VTOL, but then it was designed from a VTOL engine produced in the Bell Aero systems Jet pack program.
Scott Watson cetrifugal turbine isnt it ? thats very interesting, its used for heavier loads and thrust than the forward turbines in aircraft. the compression happens faster too between the stages with huge efficientcy. i loved during the third flight, the pilot turns off the engine while still a few feet above the ground and the craft still has the thrust to get to the ground comfortably lol....u have any of the school demo info.
@@frickandfracksicem those engines are really awesome but correct me if I'm wrong but they are something expensive as hell also? I saw that install on a Bede micro Jet, but maybe 3 and that was called a Tri Jet I'm not sure because I saw that only once and never saw that again since. (Sorry I'm french) Thank you mr. Watson
@@patb686 All the moving parts are already made and or stored in a computer in China, 40 years of turbine development pretty much has done the engineering for any turbine application, the only parts that need to be made is the housing, really, just watch a V-8 engine block being machined by a 5 axis mill, look at the hourly rate and it is not that expensive, what is? the programming, which is done once and then refinements or updates, since the creation of computers, what was possible only for governments, is now possible for anyone, look at all the VTOL applications that are happening, it used to take 15 years and now you can check out if your design will work in a 3-D environment before anything is manufactured, look at how Keanu Reeves builds his line of motorcycles. Augmented realty is imagination brought out of your head and into VR goggles, Now go imagine something into existence, serious make a different paper airplane, one that has never existed before, I wrote paper airplane and the image of it instantly popped into your mind. You were just programed by your own imagination. Did this help? I know Bicycle- image programed into your mind, no need to explain how to balance a bike? so it is for me with turbines. FYI, I also purchased the XJET trademark.
Where in Seattle is this machine? We live local, and the only one we've heard of is the German Hitler version that used magnets and anti gravity frequency generators. Thanks
Thank you for sharing this footage of the WASP! I saw it on That's Incredible and figured in 20 years we'd all have one - hey, I was 10 and naive enough to think we get all the technology our military develops...eventually. Many thought I was making this up. Glad to be vindicated!!
Paul Stevenson can there be any doubt? If we had this equipment in the 70s (it was briefly shown to the public in the 80s), it stands to reason that what we have now is probably 100 years in advance of the WASP. At least that's the impression my Dad, who worked for North American Aviation, claimed. I believe Corey Goode of Cosmic Disclosure fame has seen just how advanced our tech really is.
@Roborav D never say never! I totally understand your skepticism, but back when smart phones were being developed and snippets about it would come out, people said the same thing. GPS...same. We may not get the best version, but that doesn't mean we won't get something like it.
@Roborav D yeah....it's frustrating when our freedom is restricted and restrained by ever larger government oversight and regulations. They can't wait to get us into autonomous vehicles....they think it's the only way to keep us meatbags alive. I guess that's part of why I have such passion for motorcycles. It's one of the few vehicles where with a little training any adult can jump on a 160 hp, 420 lb machine. That and some of the sport plane regulations that have been worked on, give me hope that it is possible. I'm still shocked ultralights, and home built airplanes and helicopters are legal. Start seeing these things and perhaps you understand my optimistic outlook in the face of a really screwy government.
The basic safety issue with the wasp is and always has been the possibility of a single point of failure - namely the single-shaft gas turbine power plant. That said, a multiplicity of these units in a 4/6/8 platform design would virtually eliminate such concerns, as well as increase the load carrying capacity of the platform. Next up: fuel consumption. The Williams engines are about as good as they can get, what is needed is full thermal recuperation to better the BSFC overall. My suggestion would be to look at using a hi-bypass design and incorporating a water bi-fuel system to increase the exhaust stream mass loading.. I have some experience in these Brayton-Cycle Systems..get in touch if you want to know more.
Thank you Scott... Yes, CORRECT - but, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT! - the shaft system was termed "Duel-Handed", with the inner shaft connected to the actual axial compressor section, and the outer operating the FAN in the BYPASS DUCT. The system worked well to cancel the "gyroscopic couple", and kept the device from "corkscrewing-off" into the sky... Further - and most do not know this - the front fairing on W.A.S.P. was designed to be equipped with a BALLISTIC PARACHUTE, that would be fired UP for rapid deployment, in case of engine failure, but there was a "shade-of-gray operational zone" where pilots had to be careful - in about the 30 to 50 foot altitude, if something went wrong, the pilot could still be in trouble; at that height, it's a "crap-shoot" as to whether-or-not the chute would deploy fast-enough/as completely-as-necessary to (totally) avert disaster not resulting in SOME level of injury/possible death, even though the device fired the chute UPWARD before the machine could fall very far. "EXCELSIOR!!", W.F.B., BLAKE-CINEVISTA STUDIOS/BILL BLAKE SPFX, Phelan, California
Эх.. Если бы такие аппараты были.. когда из небоскрёбов близнецов в Нью-Йорке люди падали, выбрасывались и умирали... в день терракта.. (( Их можно было спасти..
Does anyone know about an alleged craft called the “Wasp II”? It was a nuclear powered diamond shaped vehicle that was capable of carrying multiple passengers. It’s been referenced in the cash-landrum incident in 1980.
More fun than using a drone! Seems to have quite an extended flying time. Was this jet-powered or perhaps air? It's been many a year since I've heard about these--to bad more wasn't done with them.
That is the way of making a flying car you put for them together it's an idea that I have for many years and you guys could solve it let military Hatchet have a nice day great❤
1974 mark 1...if this is funded and developed for civilian and military use...our future will be slightly different...MARK 10 WASP with Gyroscopes, Advanced Electronics, GPS, Avionics, Reduced fuel consumption....where is this thing now?
Pretty dam amazing. This is likely some of the most dangerous test flights I've seen, even tho it don't seem like it at first. When flying at higher altitudes you at least have time to bail out and for a parachute to deploy. At these heights one tiny mistake spells doom. Just high enough to be dangerous, too low to be safe lol.
for those wondering why these arent in everybodys garage today, my guess is they are unpractical as all hell and probably very LOUD.. its definitely a very cool unique flying machine! but unfortunately with very few use cases other than a cool experience, id love to have one nonetheless to cruise around my property with!
Well Yves Rossy achieved vertical lift and horizontal flight with JUST turbojets. With a turbo fan engine I'm sure you could do much better. It might be too heavy though...
Hi Scott, hope the build is going well on this. Have you got a website? It would be great if you perhaps started a blog we could all follow. Anyway, I had a few thoughts - someone on here was talking about an airbag system. I think something like that could actually work. Some cannisters on the sides could inflate a huge bag underneath to help in a crash landing perhaps? I know you can get airbag jackets to help with motorbikes, but a giant bag inflating from the bottom would help kill some of the dead weight were the engine to fail at low altitude. Also, I wonder how much you have to lean with this aircraft? - Could you work in a seat which is attached with one vertical pole which is flexible? You could sit on it and flex it in the different directions to move the craft? Love this project, all the best with it.
In the original film there was no audio only the film documenting the test from the 1960's. The craft produced no sounds and was not flown by jet propulsion.
Now on the other hand one thing they HAVE been holding from us is trick photography was this advanced back then ,damn it they with hold everything from us ,imagine what they're capable of in today's films!
How is the project going? I'd love to see one of these flying again. By the way, what would happen if you leaned too far? Or does the gyroscopic effect keep this from happening?
Chris, like riding a bicycle have you tried leaning a bicycle so you fell over, kinda hard to do if you have balance; the parts developed so far are very small and custom made in a machine shop.
Scott Watson Glad to see you are still on with it. Can't believe how much more efficient yours is going to be. If I remember right, the original wasp had a flight time of around half an hour, right?
chrisjhart221138 Chris, Many of the changes are referenced in Terry L. Metzgars book WASP copy right 1987, Because the WASP was part of the S.T.A.M.P. project, the review by Lt Colonel Underwood provided key information and helpful pictures, Experts in jet engine manufacturing are involved, the original engine had a bypass of 1:1 and the upgraded engine has a 3:1 bypass which is a 66% increase in efficiency and thrust will be around 1,000 pounds vs 478 pounds, This is old tech getting UPGRADE from 50 years in the future. The original flight time was 45 minutes, add 66% this will provide the new endurance in hovering, of course we all know humidity,Heat and barometric pressure effect engine performance, that is why we have a fuel gauge.
Years ago I knew a marine captain that served in Vietnam and he swore up and down that they had one man helicopters that were used in Special Operations.
OK... this shit is 40 years old, and i remember seeing it on tv in the 70's when i was a kid.... it's basically a dustbin, with a really old, really small engine that's about the size of a beer keg, plus of course a pair of bike handlebars. . My question is... why can't i buy one of these today? . Seriously.... fuck the American military, i want one of these for myself... Williams must be insane if they can't see the retail potential for this thing, and if they were to make an updated / modern version, i'm sure they'd be able to max up from the original 60MPH for 45 minutes... absolute fortunes to be made here.
It is probably more complicated and cost lots of money to design something that would not endanger a persons life. I think if they continued with the program it might have been the very first true flying car , a Jetsons car.. You are right. A lot of money could be made improving these type of flying platforms.
***** The BIG problem is that they don't glide (in any way) and are no good at below parachute height (which is exactly where we want to fly these things). A second engine would solve the problem but just one engine cost a big part of a mill, so a second engine is out of the question. Too expensive. Great for a few rich, but development cos (just for a few sales) would be too expensive, unless they can use them in the military or something. I reckon they would be great for line inspection and rescue where a chopper can't go.
Justwantahover Ballistic parachutes cover the safety problem, and even if you buy retail, you can find small jet engines with 50lb thrust (that weigh 5lbs!) for about $5k, so finding a 300lb thrust that weighs 50lbs and costs $20k is probably not too hard to do.
Joe, the engine costs less to build than you think all the moving engine parts, fans and related bearings are available off the shelf in China, the engine design is 50 years old, you might want to look up La Volant 400 which was publicly displayed at the 1957 Paris Air Show, demonstrated the same VTOL application the WASP II is capable of.
I first saw this craft in a video game. I had no idea it was a real vehicle. Now why has no one brought up these vehicles in the UFO community? These things where amazing when this was filmed. How compact, fast and quiet are they now and how high can they fly? The perfect recon and spooky vehicle that will never be identified and cause people to immediately cast doubt upon the one who reports strange objects in the sky.
10:00 ground disturbance as expected. 3:50 no visible disturbance of helpers clothes, this was hanging on a wire. Many other segments are on wire also.
Somebody on *9Gag* was selling this as "Electro Magnetic Levitation" ... and first I falled for it, thankfully others pointed it out so I could check it. W.A.S.P. It has a jet engine in it, with 30 minutes fuel. It's not anti-gravity. They rebuilt one in 2012 and flew it. It's a turbo-fan jet engine. The Williams X-Jet, created by Williams International, was a small, single-person, light-weight, Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft powered by a modified Williams F107 turbofan aircraft engine - designated WR-19-7 - after some minor modifications. The vehicle was nicknamed "The Flying Pulpit" for its shape. It was designed to carry one operator and to be controlled by leaning in the direction of desired travel and by modulating engine output power. It could move in any direction, accelerate rapidly, hover and rotate on its axis, stay aloft for up to 45 minutes and travel at speeds up to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). It was evaluated by the United States Army in the 1980s, but was deemed inferior to the capabilities of helicopters and small, uncrewed aircraft, and so the development of the X-Jet was discontinued.
Does the jet intake create a vacuum and therefore require the operator to wear oxygen? I always thought this was a cool project but not practical for the military application.
I really don't get why people are so impressed with themselves today. I mean, this is approaching almost 60 years ago and people are drooling over the possibilty of manned drones today. What people call technology today is a joke. Back then, there was real innovation.
Has there been any developments in this? You said like 3 years ago the feds took it and finally returned it. Why did they say they took it? Wright Patterson is known for highly classified projects, I can only imagine there is other components in it that are classified to this day... I could see them taking it and seeing if anything is new and incorporating it for the betterment of the military, but 50+ years is a long time. Why no photos or videos of the construction? You sound highly intelligent on the subject and can only guess on how many hours you have put into this project. I personally don't have any experience with turbines, but I do have experience in remote controlled counter rotating helicopter blades with no tail on it, and it was pretty damn stable, but this fanjet turbine is so small compared to the dimensions of the platform. I would think it would be highly unstable with no gyros. I could be wrong as I don't have any experience on turbines. The only recent photos I've come across was your page on www.indiegogo.com/projects/2012-wasp#/ do you have any more recent photos or videos of your work on this WASP? If so please post links. Sorry for not structuring my sentences better.
I do apologize for any absence, I work in the real world and got busy, many other projects have been completed, you might have heard of the test flight recently reported by the airlines to tower, we forgot about the planes flight path, after all we were over 10 miles from the airport. Having fun. Jet engine's are fun, you might want to watch Franky Zappata Flyboard at 103 MPH on UA-cam, a multi-turbo jet design, believe (6) are used. enjoy.
the flight stability is amazing
Наверное, в устройстве применён гироскоп для стабилизации.
And it's only a single engine craft
How does it work though? I'm guessing there are some directional nozzles that can redirect jet thrust to each side, but given that lift is generated from the bottom of the device, it is surprisingly stable indeed.
You know those pilots were having the time of their lives!
This is the 'Williams-X-Jet', nicknamed 'The flying pulpit'. It could travel up to 60mph and 45 minutes, this was tested in the 1980's.
This is one of the best designs that should make a comeback. Those stupid "Iron Man" and Propeller Drone concepts are ridiculous!!!!!
@@garyhilson7220 This looks way more comfortable to use than jetpack with handjets.
The lending is mind blowing, it's like it fly so well and this was 1970, imagine our 2021, man we do be way ahead
"We do be way ahead"??
...Having trouble with basic communication?
Amazing how smooth it flys
Beautiful device. Don't know why it never seemed to go anywhere.
The Wasp seems like it would be a must-have vehicle if you own large tracts of land and need to inspect or otherwise get from one parcel of land to the other. The Wasp seems to be THE vehicle to have to enable a person to quickly get around one's property(s). This thing was cool as hell way back then and even cooler NOW...
I saw this on Xwings around 1993 or so. The show I think made a claim that the US Gov though these air veichles would be dangerous in the public's hands. If I recall correctly, the narrator said something about imagine how easy it would be to rob a bank and disappear. See if you can find the episode...I tried after I saw it because I explained it to my co-workers and at the time no one believed me. Thanks to the internet we can now put that to rest.
@@TheeAthis as most Americans are very poor and non disciplined drivers, imagine how they were as pilots?
@@steffenrosmus9177 Do you live in America
@@steffenrosmus9177 what European rock have you been living under?
Future went to uav now
What can I say, it's sci-fi come true, at one point the landing WASP looked like some anti-gravity pod flown by a droid. Scott, thank you for this mindblowing footage, to think that such awesome, and at the same time rather simple technology was brushed away is a mystery. The only downside I can see, or rather hear, is that it's darn noisy: your neighbours wouldn't be happy if you used it for your daily commuter trips.
Imagine what they've developed that hasn't been declassified, this seems to be late 70's or early 80's.
The Wasp was never classified.
This was in the mid-80s.
Go Joe! GI Joe is there!
1980 года. И ве характеристики етого аппарата были известны в СССР. Ролик снят в конце 80 х годов.
Почему вы не верите, что генератор для подавления гравитации нельзя сделать?
Оживи магнитное поле и летай!
Только скорость бегущего магнит
ного поля должна быть не менее
10 км/ сек
I've always been so interested in this vehicle ever since I first found out about them around 15 years ago.
this is way better than the flyboard that exists now - all fuel and controls are contained in the "pulpit" freeing the pilot from carrying any weight on his back. truly a marvel that should be brought back!
So strange, this is clearly a great idea and is shrouded in mystery
I worked at Williams when this was being developed in the 80s. It was a military contract and the military shelved it.
Love the art work. Since 1957. Hidden. Amazing. Beautiful work of mini jet.
Update: September 23, 2014.
The engine schematic has been finalized, all the fans (4) are available off the shelf in China, The intake fan costs $700.00 and all the rest costs less, the bearings cost $150.00 and machine shop time is $75.00 per hour, so far $4,600. has been spent developing the various frames,custom parts and education courses relating to manufacturing jet engines.
We had to upgrade the 50 year old design due to the advances over the last 5 decades, right now we are considering electric fuel pumps and oil pumps VS. using a gearbox.
A couple different designs have been considered, such as adding wheels so the design can taxi prior to VTOL operations.
Due to advances in technology the fuel consumption has been reduced by 66% and the 98 decibels of noise is now around 62 Decibels; A helicopter main rotor break the speed of sound that is why you can hear it coming for miles and miles.
Now you would be lucky to hear the WASP at 500 feet.
please build and fly one soon!
beaggyboy China purchased the Moller M400 Skycar, it's the red one with all the engines, so they have all the tech they will ever need to produce any VTOL design. China produces the parts we use, which are used by several different engine companies, it's how the parts are arranged which provides a good small VTOL engine, that is common knowledge since the Rolls Royce 108.
Awesome. Too bad it was filmed with a $5 potato.
do you have any data regarding the fuel consumption with pilot on board, speed, max altitude etc...?
MrRedsjack see new posting:
oil consumption is one quart per 1,500 gallons of fuel and 75 pounds of fuel allows for 45 minutes of flight with a pilot weight at 185.
I saw this marvel on tv in the 80s. I was around 12 and got amazed! In those day we expected to see theses machines flying around everywhere in shortly.
My Father Raymond Jones, was one of about six men that built the first protype of the engine in the 50's. They had to build the workshp, tools, equipment and the prototype in a small space in the back of a large building.
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What type of engine is it?
@@ricksonchattergoon2213 looks like rocket technology or a jet.
@@ricksonchattergoon2213 Its a small jet engine, like a TRS-18.
That's incredible story what company was he working for
I remember seeing the likes of this on TV back then
The more years that go by, the closer we get to Jonny Quest vehicles
These are GREAT! Definitely should be made available to the public. I'd certainly buy one!
Funny story about the wasp, they did scenarios of combat and one of the reasons for use was to be able to fly treetop for enemy positions and so on, however as it was flying and of course “loud” as they are the enemy would be able to fixate on its position and as it popped up over the tree line it would expose the pilot and an easy shot, Good luck on your endeavors.
oil consumption is one quart per 1,500 gallons of fuel and 75 pounds of fuel allows for 45 minutes of flight with a pilot weight at 185.
+Scott Watson it will be MUCH better on fuel using the F107-wr-103 (aka F112-wr-100). Give me a call scott..
How so???
Will do, feel like a Sauté cook with 20 pans to flip, so much to do!
Hey Scott, do you guys post updates on this anywhere else? This is really freakin cool.
Is this a jet engine?
With our current technology, this flying platform would be totally viable.
And they had videos like this going all the way back to the 40s and 50s
If this was 1970, imagine having this tech now, we do be having flying cars and not even trying yo fly but pure flying cars
Just think about what could be done with such a concept today, with modern engines and a full carbonfiber body!
Same idea but in 2020 tech my comments from the future to you but present to me 😆
You could fly around the forest in a bucket! Or, fly around at the beach in a bucket!
You could go get a quart of milk in a bucket. Just wear really thick ear muffs.
this is 50 yr old news from fick Tracy comics with Dr smith
We still use the engine but in missles.
I Knew that flying platform was real the moment I found it on the early internet about 20 years ago. I was living in the Bronx,NY❤❤
Excelente máquina para operações de buscas e procuras. E útil para outras necessidades. Parabéns.
Finally Santa's sleigh will be a reality, really cool .Thanks for the video Scott.
The project pace has slowed to that of machine shop time, so I will be more attentive to answering questions, Please look up the WASP/xjet online wikipedia has many answers already. Plus there is the US Patent on file which is available through Google Patents. I will do my best to answer your questions.
Scott Watson, Project Manager.
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Around 1978 I watched a video of the Wasp flying, that was the coolest thing I ever seen! I'm sure they said it has an emergency parachute built in. It still looks like the one from Johnny Quest.
Similar to those vehicles the bad guys use in the intro to *Jonny Quest* when they're always trying to capture Dr. Quest, Race, Jonny, Hadji and their dog Bandit.
That is exactly what I was thinking! Epic adventure show when I was a wee lad..
This is one project that should not have stopped it has so many potential uses.
search and rescue comes to mind. the reason these are not being made even by a private company is that the us military has a patent on them, and they use cruise missle engines for propulsion wich are allegedly still classified.
@@TH-xo4zx I know some civilians have purchased the core engine, minus the gearbox and accessories. The only thing that I remember being classified is fuel and oil consumption data, which I don’t even remember anymore. I worked on the cruise program at Williams in the 70s and 80s. Fascinating little engine.
There are giant drones and one seater helicopters people can ride in today same concept really
@@mikerodix4800 Yrh I think some of the new stuff goes beyond these now especially the flying platform which uses jet engines.
Literally Serpentor's Air-Chariot.
Building the second airframe, just purchased all the carbon fiber/Kevlar we need for the fairings.
Really?! That's awesome. Please share as it comes together.
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this should became commercial , it would be a hit , military has probably more ideas that didn't work for army but for other people would
I worked on this ( the WR19 version) 40 years ago. The military was interested but they never bought it. It is expensive and its potential uses are overcome by newer products. Specifically drones. You guys are wasting your time and money, but it's your time and money. Keep at it if you think it is worth while.
Hi Bob,
The goal is to use the old obsolete technology and have fun, I restore vintage motorcycles-for fun.
We bought a F112 so we could take it apart and learn, then using modern tech, design a higher by-pass engine, I assume you have read the book WASP by Terry L. Metzgar, full of useful information, straight from Sam WIlliams
Way ahead of it's time. You could make it way better now with all the new Tech.
Pretty impressive how it doesn't seem to tilt whatsoever
Its amazing how we don't see anything about these.
I'd never have believed this thing was real if I hadn't been reading about it 2min prior. The videos make it look even more unbelievable, but there it is... working and looking like SO much fun.
I gotta say, 45min flight time aside, I'd think the "shock an awe" value of these things would have made them well worth it. I love that in reality the tech is pretty simple, it's just a turbo-fan and a counter-rotation fan set-up, but that's part of it's brilliance. Sadly I think its above the skill level of the average jelly sack these days to fly it and it'd be a personal injury attorney's wet-dream... Too bad, cause it's pretty awesome in an Orson Wells, space invaders kinda way. I gotta drive up to Seattle and see this thing now...
Your correct, the engine is so simple it is not even used in the schools anymore to teach jet engine maintenance, too small and underpowered for anything other than VTOL, but then it was designed from a VTOL engine produced in the Bell Aero systems Jet pack program.
Scott Watson
cetrifugal turbine isnt it ? thats very interesting, its used for heavier loads and thrust than the forward turbines in aircraft. the compression happens faster too between the stages with huge efficientcy. i loved during the third flight, the pilot turns off the engine while still a few feet above the ground and the craft still has the thrust to get to the ground comfortably lol....u have any of the school demo info.
@@frickandfracksicem those engines are really awesome but correct me if I'm wrong but they are something expensive as hell also? I saw that install on a Bede micro Jet, but maybe 3 and that was called a Tri Jet I'm not sure because I saw that only once and never saw that again since. (Sorry I'm french) Thank you mr. Watson
@@patb686 All the moving parts are already made and or stored in a computer in China, 40 years of turbine development pretty much has done the engineering for any turbine application, the only parts that need to be made is the housing, really, just watch a V-8 engine block being machined by a 5 axis mill, look at the hourly rate and it is not that expensive, what is? the programming, which is done once and then refinements or updates, since the creation of computers, what was possible only for governments, is now possible for anyone, look at all the VTOL applications that are happening, it used to take 15 years and now you can check out if your design will work in a 3-D environment before anything is manufactured, look at how Keanu Reeves builds his line of motorcycles.
Augmented realty is imagination brought out of your head and into VR goggles, Now go imagine something into existence, serious make a different paper airplane, one that has never existed before, I wrote paper airplane and the image of it instantly popped into your mind.
You were just programed by your own imagination.
Did this help?
I know Bicycle- image programed into your mind, no need to explain how to balance a bike? so it is for me with turbines.
FYI, I also purchased the XJET trademark.
Where in Seattle is this machine? We live local, and the only one we've heard of is the German Hitler version that used magnets and anti gravity frequency generators.
Thanks
Thank you for sharing this footage of the WASP! I saw it on That's Incredible and figured in 20 years we'd all have one - hey, I was 10 and naive enough to think we get all the technology our military develops...eventually. Many thought I was making this up. Glad to be vindicated!!
Just the tip of the ice burg I strongly suspect!
Paul Stevenson can there be any doubt? If we had this equipment in the 70s (it was briefly shown to the public in the 80s), it stands to reason that what we have now is probably 100 years in advance of the WASP. At least that's the impression my Dad, who worked for North American Aviation, claimed. I believe Corey Goode of Cosmic Disclosure fame has seen just how advanced our tech really is.
@Roborav D never say never! I totally understand your skepticism, but back when smart phones were being developed and snippets about it would come out, people said the same thing. GPS...same. We may not get the best version, but that doesn't mean we won't get something like it.
@Roborav D yeah....it's frustrating when our freedom is restricted and restrained by ever larger government oversight and regulations. They can't wait to get us into autonomous vehicles....they think it's the only way to keep us meatbags alive. I guess that's part of why I have such passion for motorcycles. It's one of the few vehicles where with a little training any adult can jump on a 160 hp, 420 lb machine. That and some of the sport plane regulations that have been worked on, give me hope that it is possible. I'm still shocked ultralights, and home built airplanes and helicopters are legal. Start seeing these things and perhaps you understand my optimistic outlook in the face of a really screwy government.
What is the power source ? Why is this technology not being utilized in modern times ?
Just like jan sloot size compression system to compress 8Gigabyte into 1kb files. It will destroy "Their" world and "Their" power over us.
The basic safety issue with the wasp is and always has been the possibility of a single point of failure - namely the single-shaft gas turbine power plant. That said, a multiplicity of these units in a 4/6/8 platform design would virtually eliminate such concerns, as
well as increase the load carrying capacity of the platform.
Next up: fuel consumption. The Williams engines are about as good as they can get, what is needed is full thermal recuperation to better the BSFC overall. My suggestion would be to look at using a hi-bypass design and incorporating a water bi-fuel system to increase the exhaust stream mass loading.. I have some experience in these Brayton-Cycle Systems..get in touch if you want to know more.
Correction: Dual shaft, Counter rotating.
Thank you Scott...
Yes, CORRECT - but, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT! - the shaft system was termed "Duel-Handed", with the inner shaft connected to the actual axial compressor section, and the outer operating the FAN in the BYPASS DUCT.
The system worked well to cancel the "gyroscopic couple", and kept the device from "corkscrewing-off" into the sky...
Further - and most do not know this - the front fairing on W.A.S.P. was designed to be equipped with a BALLISTIC PARACHUTE, that would be fired UP for rapid deployment, in case of engine failure, but there was a "shade-of-gray operational zone" where pilots had to be careful - in about the 30 to 50 foot altitude, if something went wrong, the pilot could still be in trouble; at that height, it's a "crap-shoot" as to whether-or-not the chute would deploy fast-enough/as completely-as-necessary to (totally) avert disaster not resulting in SOME level of injury/possible death, even though the device fired the chute UPWARD before the machine could fall very far.
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Эх.. Если бы такие аппараты были.. когда из небоскрёбов близнецов в Нью-Йорке люди падали, выбрасывались и умирали... в день терракта.. ((
Их можно было спасти..
Does anyone know about an alleged craft called the “Wasp II”? It was a nuclear powered diamond shaped vehicle that was capable of carrying multiple passengers. It’s been referenced in the cash-landrum incident in 1980.
Other people have built WASP II's but decided to do so without referencing the available historical records, such as this video.
This is my dad S. Sgt. LeGrande🙌🏾. I Agree. It would’ve been nice.
Really good way to clean a parking lot!
The hole time I was waiting for a back flip!
I don't know how I git here, yet, it's amazing, how come nobody is taking it seriously!
More fun than using a drone! Seems to have quite an extended flying time. Was this jet-powered or perhaps air? It's been many a year since I've heard about these--to bad more wasn't done with them.
jet powered, they had a 45 minute flight time.
That is the way of making a flying car you put for them together it's an idea that I have for many years and you guys could solve it let military Hatchet have a nice day great❤
Imagine a drunk driver, but with a jet engine.
Where to buy such flying-machine for personal use? ;) Link? Contact? Cost? Thanks :)
They promised this to us back when I was a kid.... and WE still don't have it.
1974 mark 1...if this is funded and developed for civilian and military use...our future will be slightly different...MARK 10 WASP with Gyroscopes, Advanced Electronics, GPS, Avionics, Reduced fuel consumption....where is this thing now?
The Mark 1 is sitting in the Seattle Museum of Flight.
@@SilvaDreams Smithsonian too i believe.
wow! unbelievable. .why hasn't this caught on?
Hard to sneak up on someone
Pretty dam amazing. This is likely some of the most dangerous test flights I've seen, even tho it don't seem like it at first. When flying at higher altitudes you at least have time to bail out and for a parachute to deploy. At these heights one tiny mistake spells doom. Just high enough to be dangerous, too low to be safe lol.
Талантливый инженер человек!
Yarrağım ben orda uçan bir adam görüyorum ama nasıl uçtuğunu çözemiyorum şu mehendisin yaptığını açıklada bende birşeyler bileyim 🙄
for those wondering why these arent in everybodys garage today, my guess is they are unpractical as all hell and probably very LOUD.. its definitely a very cool unique flying machine! but unfortunately with very few use cases other than a cool experience, id love to have one nonetheless to cruise around my property with!
Well Yves Rossy achieved vertical lift and horizontal flight with JUST turbojets. With a turbo fan engine I'm sure you could do much better. It might be too heavy though...
Which parts make them unpractical?
@@superjeffstanton i meant "impractical"
Hi Scott, hope the build is going well on this. Have you got a website? It would be great if you perhaps started a blog we could all follow.
Anyway, I had a few thoughts - someone on here was talking about an airbag system. I think something like that could actually work. Some cannisters on the sides could inflate a huge bag underneath to help in a crash landing perhaps? I know you can get airbag jackets to help with motorbikes, but a giant bag inflating from the bottom would help kill some of the dead weight were the engine to fail at low altitude.
Also, I wonder how much you have to lean with this aircraft? - Could you work in a seat which is attached with one vertical pole which is flexible? You could sit on it and flex it in the different directions to move the craft? Love this project, all the best with it.
In the original film there was no audio only the film documenting the test from the 1960's. The craft produced no sounds and was not flown by jet propulsion.
With today improvements, this concept should make a comeback!!!
@@DuffMan790 English must not be your primary language. Because your Grammar is F-ed up
@@garyhilson7220 Nice reply nonce.
FANTASTIC DOCUMENT !!! Thank you ;)
Was it hard to fly? being purely weight shift for pitch and roll sounds sketchy... did it have any angle limit gyro on it of some form?
When one considers the Jetson One, we can see how far personal flying vehicle science has advanced.
If that was 2012 what do you suppose they have now? 🤔
Now on the other hand one thing they HAVE been holding from us is trick photography was this advanced back then ,damn it they with hold everything from us ,imagine what they're capable of in today's films!
Good luck with the project Scott 👍
1:43 That sound is so legendary.
How is the project going? I'd love to see one of these flying again. By the way, what would happen if you leaned too far? Or does the gyroscopic effect keep this from happening?
Chris, like riding a bicycle have you tried leaning a bicycle so you fell over, kinda hard to do if you have balance; the parts developed so far are very small and custom made in a machine shop.
Scott Watson Glad to see you are still on with it. Can't believe how much more efficient yours is going to be. If I remember right, the original wasp had a flight time of around half an hour, right?
chrisjhart221138
Chris,
Many of the changes are referenced in Terry L. Metzgars book WASP copy right 1987, Because the WASP was part of the S.T.A.M.P. project, the review by Lt Colonel Underwood provided key information and helpful pictures, Experts in jet engine manufacturing are involved, the original engine had a bypass of 1:1 and the upgraded engine has a 3:1 bypass which is a 66% increase in efficiency and thrust will be around 1,000 pounds vs 478 pounds, This is old tech getting UPGRADE from 50 years in the future.
The original flight time was 45 minutes, add 66% this will provide the new endurance in hovering, of course we all know humidity,Heat and barometric pressure effect engine performance, that is why we have a fuel gauge.
Absolutely Amazing
Years ago I knew a marine captain that served in Vietnam and he swore up and down that they had one man helicopters that were used in Special Operations.
Me interesa la información sobre este aparato volador y su tegnologia
that footage is from the midlle 70's sure you are not gonna see HD
This was called the flying platform by Pop Science back in the early 60s
Make it into a unmanned drone with a basket on top and use it to save people from burning building or stuck somewhere.
OK... this shit is 40 years old, and i remember seeing it on tv in the 70's when i was a kid.... it's basically a dustbin, with a really old, really small engine that's about the size of a beer keg, plus of course a pair of bike handlebars.
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My question is... why can't i buy one of these today?
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Seriously.... fuck the American military, i want one of these for myself... Williams must be insane if they can't see the retail potential for this thing, and if they were to make an updated / modern version, i'm sure they'd be able to max up from the original 60MPH for 45 minutes... absolute fortunes to be made here.
It is probably more complicated and cost lots of money to design something that would not endanger a persons life. I think if they continued with the program it might have been the very first true flying car , a Jetsons car.. You are right. A lot of money could be made improving these type of flying platforms.
***** The BIG problem is that they don't glide (in any way) and are no good at below parachute height (which is exactly where we want to fly these things). A second engine would solve the problem but just one engine cost a big part of a mill, so a second engine is out of the question. Too expensive. Great for a few rich, but development cos (just for a few sales) would be too expensive, unless they can use them in the military or something. I reckon they would be great for line inspection and rescue where a chopper can't go.
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Ballistic parachutes cover the safety problem, and even if you buy retail, you can find small jet engines with 50lb thrust (that weigh 5lbs!) for about $5k, so finding a 300lb thrust that weighs 50lbs and costs $20k is probably not too hard to do.
Joe, the engine costs less to build than you think all the moving engine parts, fans and related bearings are available off the shelf in China, the engine design is 50 years old, you might want to look up La Volant 400 which was publicly displayed at the 1957 Paris Air Show, demonstrated the same VTOL application the WASP II is capable of.
I first saw this craft in a video game. I had no idea it was a real vehicle. Now why has no one brought up these vehicles in the UFO community? These things where amazing when this was filmed. How compact, fast and quiet are they now and how high can they fly? The perfect recon and spooky vehicle that will never be identified and cause people to immediately cast doubt upon the one who reports strange objects in the sky.
No desenho Jonny Quest , tem essa plataforma voadora . Gostaria muito de vê esta plataforma voadora de perto
10:00 ground disturbance as expected.
3:50 no visible disturbance of helpers clothes, this was hanging on a wire.
Many other segments are on wire also.
watch 1:10 what do you suppose is blowing their clothes around
No
This was so good.. and reminds me of Grabenikovs..flying podest..
It is an obvious replacement for a boom truck. What does it run on though..?
How much for two of your ducted fans, motors and controls for use on another experimental aircraft and where can I buy them?
that's just amazing....... can't wait till were told the truth about anti gravity crafts
Somebody on *9Gag* was selling this as "Electro Magnetic Levitation" ... and first I falled for it, thankfully others pointed it out so I could check it.
W.A.S.P. It has a jet engine in it, with 30 minutes fuel. It's not anti-gravity. They rebuilt one in 2012 and flew it.
It's a turbo-fan jet engine. The Williams X-Jet, created by Williams International, was a small, single-person, light-weight, Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft powered by a modified Williams F107 turbofan aircraft engine - designated WR-19-7 - after some minor modifications. The vehicle was nicknamed "The Flying Pulpit" for its shape. It was designed to carry one operator and to be controlled by leaning in the direction of desired travel and by modulating engine output power. It could move in any direction, accelerate rapidly, hover and rotate on its axis, stay aloft for up to 45 minutes and travel at speeds up to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). It was evaluated by the United States Army in the 1980s, but was deemed inferior to the capabilities of helicopters and small, uncrewed aircraft, and so the development of the X-Jet was discontinued.
Is this for commuter traffic surveillance? Or just for some big whigs in Warshinton sos theys can inspects the troops? I say great.
Excelente perfeito pela que o tempo de vôo e apenas 15 minutos!👍
Abraço 😷
I'm building one in my back yard right now man.
I believe it!
I wonder if a variation of this craft was what Betty Cash saw?
Does the jet intake create a vacuum and therefore require the operator to wear oxygen? I always thought this was a cool project but not practical for the military application.
It's like a segway for the sky!
Está é uma verdadeira supermáquina ,muito bela!!!!!!
Looks like its a small rocket engine? That guy on the ground is wearing a gas mask, does that mean a volatile oxidizer is used as fuel?
How the duck does it vector was a mind blowing feet for the first harriers to be flown
I really don't get why people are so impressed with themselves today. I mean, this is approaching almost 60 years ago and people are drooling over the possibilty of manned drones today. What people call technology today is a joke. Back then, there was real innovation.
Johnny Quest had these back in the 60's.
If you could attach a wide lawnmower blade/housing to the bottom it might actually have some kind of practical use.
Не обязательно лезвие. Этим аппаратом можно спасать людей. При пожаре. С высотных зданий.
The tidy pants and rocket nosel without wind and very clean area like hospital operation room.
Has there been any developments in this? You said like 3 years ago the feds took it and finally returned it. Why did they say they took it? Wright Patterson is known for highly classified projects, I can only imagine there is other components in it that are classified to this day... I could see them taking it and seeing if anything is new and incorporating it for the betterment of the military, but 50+ years is a long time. Why no photos or videos of the construction? You sound highly intelligent on the subject and can only guess on how many hours you have put into this project. I personally don't have any experience with turbines, but I do have experience in remote controlled counter rotating helicopter blades with no tail on it, and it was pretty damn stable, but this fanjet turbine is so small compared to the dimensions of the platform. I would think it would be highly unstable with no gyros. I could be wrong as I don't have any experience on turbines. The only recent photos I've come across was your page on www.indiegogo.com/projects/2012-wasp#/ do you have any more recent photos or videos of your work on this WASP? If so please post links.
Sorry for not structuring my sentences better.
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I do apologize for any absence, I work in the real world and got busy, many other projects have been completed, you might have heard of the test flight recently reported by the airlines to tower, we forgot about the planes flight path, after all we were over 10 miles from the airport.
Having fun.
Jet engine's are fun, you might want to watch Franky Zappata Flyboard at 103 MPH on UA-cam, a multi-turbo jet design, believe (6) are used. enjoy.