Macbook Pro + lots of fans = liftoff?

[Syonidism]

just out of curiousity;

how many fans and how much rpm would i need to lift off tha macbook pro from the ground?..

image is rough draft

 

[Syonidism]

here is another project variation ( i call it pFly MARK II )

basically i open crysis on everything full on a macbook pro and let the hot air baloon fly.

again i apologise for the rough draft, been busy with this project

 

[Syonidism]

reserved2

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I hope you're using firewire to power those, because you won't get enough from USB.

 

[Sneakz]

May I ask what this is for?

 

[Syonidism]

a "secret" project.

 

[electroshock]

May I ask what this is for?

Testing the Sudden Motion Sensor for various hard drives, perhaps.

 

[Ruahrc]

No it's for the new iTablet. It will float alongside you and thus you won't even need to hold it in your hands.



P.S. I don't understand the first picture at all. The propellors are facing backwards and then the airflow is pointing downwards???

 

[Syonidism]

No it's for the new iTablet. It will float alongside you and thus you won't even need to hold it in your hands.



P.S. I don't understand the first picture at all. The propellors are facing backwards and then the airflow is pointing downwards???

wow.... umm... i thought it was like... crystal clear, there is like 3 things there.

there are fans facing down which levitates it ( hence FAN ) and the propellers make it move forwards and backwards ( Hence Propeller )...

 

[Panzo]

roughly 92% of the intenet is useless garbage, this makes the cut.

STOP WASTING MY INTERNETS.

 

[iCheddar]

Well, considering the drag coefficient ratio on a notebook like that. And of course once one factors in the formula for unladen swallow airspeed velocity...

I imagine you will the whole fan.

 

[Meever]

Topic title is misleading. It says lots of fans, but all I see are two wind mills.

What the hell? What's the point of this? Are you trying to get your Macbook Pro to run off wind power?

 

[Jobsian]

preordered

 

[Smacky]

ROFL nice!
I LOL'ed at the hot air balloon

 

[Jodlesx]

Love it!

 

[yg17]

But can it survive being sucked into an Airbus and going for a swim in the Hudson?

 

[RKpro]

hmm, for the first draft...

Lifting a 2.5kg notebook with fans would require a lot of air flow, and it would be unstable once it's in the air. It would just flip over, and propel it self toward the ground. I would just fit some soft of flexible rubber skirt around the MBP to form a cushion of air, making it into a hover craft.

 

[spillproof]

Does it have an outboard camera for self navigation?

 

[groove-agent]

The ultimate in portability...

The new .... Macbook Air.

 

[Syonidism]

But can it survive being sucked into an Airbus and going for a swim in the Hudson?

I assure you sir our marketing & PR dept. is working on a great excuse for that.

Also our engineers say hello and thank you with ^.^ this.

 

[Willis]

or get a high capacity model helicopter rotor and tail blade with downward facing fans to stabilise on the side... much simpler