The Dragons really missed out on this one. This business went on to be a huge success and now basically everyone has one of these Personal Air Vehicles. I can see a few flying outside my window right this second, with pigs inside.
For all we know he Patterned the technology and sold the technology which is used on different stuff for loads of money . U dont av too see cars in the sky out ya window for him to of made this worth his while dumass
I think the dragons where way to intrested. I would have been done with this fairly quickly. It's not a realistic product. If you could make something like this it would do very well but the problem are his claims: Silent 130mph 2 liters an hour Cheap I study industrial design, so know a decent amount about designing a thing like this. And that is just not possible. Not all at the same time at least. So either he designed a on absolutely amazing new engine, radically different from anything we have seen. Or he is lying. Him not wanting to discuss the engine, makes me believe the latter
This is a straight up scam. It offers heretofore impossible specs and doesn't explain any of it, all while doing it for a really cheap price? Red flags all around.
Yup. Lol, 2 liters per hour? On a tilt-rotor VTOL? I think an absolute minimum for power would have to be 150hp per engine. That's being generous and giving it the lift characteristics of a helicopter, which it won't have. Because its a VTOL tilt-rotor, the helicopter parts it WILL have to have is cyclic control for each nacelle, which is one of the most mechanically complex and expensive things you can stick in an aircraft. If you don't have cyclic control (like the V-22 osprey) then it wont even get off the ground before it crashes. As for "silent", ducted fans on a manned aircraft are quieter than a normal nacelle but its still at least a couple orders of magnitude louder than a car. Everything he said about the "aircraft" is a lie. Not stretching the truth, not being misinformed. Just an outright lie. He couldn't even be bothered to mock-up landing gear for his fantasy model. Is it going to have flush, hidden hydraulic landing gear? You MIGHT get just the landing gear for 75k.
2500ml of petrol per hour. thats 40ml of petrol per minute. thats less than 1ml of petrol per second. 1ml of petrol needs to be able to, in one second, counteract gravity (allow it to hover like a helicopter, nevermind gain altitude), for a mass of about 120kg (assuming a person plus the craft plus fuel), thats 250 pounds of thrust required.. from 1ml of fuel per second. shame none of the dragons are physicists. but then again, neither am i.
Yeah this is some straight up bullshit. A paramotor uses about 2 liters an hour. And that's with forward momentum, a huge glide ratio and way less weight.
@@davidmg1925 bruh it was 2 days ago and stop being a little bum boy. its just a unit of measurement. we know britain fucked up and left EU dont need to rub it in.
There’s no way this bloke can complete such a design project for the money he’s talking about. Car manufacturers spend millions designing their cars for function and safety.
bogey bichon because why would he sell a patent if he’s already producing the product 😂 selling the license would be the only logical thing to do so he would get a royalty. Selling the patent would be completely useless to any entrepreneur as true entrepreneurship is about fixing a problem rather than short term monetary gain
@@tom1323 He is not producing the product and does not have the money required to produce it...hence the possibility of selling the patent so that his creation can be produced. In reality, money is power and Boeing IF they were interested would dictate the terms as this guy has no money to produce it.
Narrator: **watching and taking notes** 📝 0:45 Simon already struggling 😢 1:14 Simon needs to convince the dragons 😲 3:03 Simon has got the dragons interested 👌 4:07 Simon refuses to share 😲 4:49 Simon really starts to struggle 😢 5:12 Simon came here looking for £££ 😲 5:52 CC: Alzheimer's hopes hang on the decision of Doug 😢 6:32 Simon's been brought crashing down to earth (pun of the day) 👌
Company ceased trading in 2007, and 15 years after this was broadcast, such devices are still not in the skies. Think it's fair to say we can take the Dragon's projections with a pinch of salt.
@@r3tr0gam3r89 Maybe there was an entrepreneur who pitched installing the elevator. _I demand 150k for 20% of the equity. The lift will be marvellous_ Touker: _You're very credible so I'm gonna offer you my offices in London to remotely manage the lift_ Deborah: _Is this going to be environmentally friendly?_ Tej: _I could help you with the distribution. We're going to install these lifts in every den in the world_ Peter: _This is an excellent idea, but I demand 50% of the equity_ Jenny: _I like walking and for that reason I'm out_
The prototype Kestrel VTOL had a paraglider petrol engine that generated 40kW of electricity. This was used in conjunction with a battery and a high-power capacitor. The energy generated on board powered the avionics and the two ducted fans on the tilting wing, which sat atop the airframe and was moved by electrical actuators. There were two impeller electrical motors within each ducted fan. One motor powered the small impeller and, above that, a more powerful motor turned the larger impeller. This combination of counter-rotating large impellers and small impellers was key to the design. Once hovering, the tilt wing moved to an angle of 60° and the thrust from the smaller impeller was diverted horizontally, giving forward thrust. The amount of petrol used was so low because it was a hybrid engine. Check out eVTOL, EPAV and Simon's current company Esprit Aeronautics if you want to learn more. contact@espritaeronautics.com
Bollibompa A hybrid engine!? How friggin’ heavy would a battery need to be to store the energy needed for flight? Heavy enough to stop it flying at 180mph I reckon.
"I don't wish to talk about that at the moment..... I don't want to talk about that either at the moment..." Google Translate tells me that means "I don't have a patent" And "It doesn't really work, which is why I don't have visual proof, just a small model."
Honestly, until about 2:20 I thought he was making little airplane drones.. I don't know how the hell I missed the reality of the pitch. When he said they'd cost 75,000 I was confused as hell 🤭
He didn't want to share the secrets because it doesn't work like he says. It's a shame the dragons didn't even mention anything about the thrust required to get off the ground and fly at such high speeds
Wow this is just amazing watching this old footage, here we are now all flying around in these just like they predicted in the video. Gives you goosebumps
In engine silent mode (off mode) this design only leaks 2.5ltr per hour and if attached to a projectile capable of speeds no greater than 183mph, will not disintegrate.
Still waiting for my "Back to the Future" hoverboard. Its 2020 I'm going to work in something with wheels, a gearbox, and a steering wheel. Come on eccentric scientists, pull the finger out. I'm beginning to wonder if those 1960s Sci-Fi movies that predicted we'd all be wearing silver suits, flying to work, eating a small pill for dinner instead of a plateful of food were a tad wide of the mark...
Fun fact: those hoverboards actually were invented. Problem is, they are INCREDIBLY unsafe and can only be used in the right conditions (not surprisingly), so that's why they never made it to market. The science behind them is totally real though.
Confused how none of the dragons didn't pick up and point out how obvious a scam that was, with every claim being completely outlandish. Maybe this kind of promised vehicle was trendy at the time?
Hello Dragons' Den I am searching for UK episode 13, season 16 aired on January 13th 2019, the part with the Dutch designer and his ocean plastic chairs. When is this available on your RUclips channel? Thank you
That's the least of it's problems. The big thing is getting this kind of vehicle type approved. That's going to cost more than 150k in itself. Like around 10 times more, at the very, very least. Without that, no commercial possibility at all.
Obviously it never "got off the ground" because I've never seen or heard of one before. Looks quite similar to an autogyro or glider which I've seen loads of.
The entrepreneur sounds like Gordon Wardell at the press conference where he described the fictional men he claimed kidnapped his wife when in fact he had murdered her.
silent? oh gawd. Those things that blow air are incredibly noisy. This whole pitch was fantasy based. And of course, the plane never existed, the company dissolved two years later.
It is all a scam they are all just acting here..they have the technic to make it but they will never allow us to be able to fly around freely,,they hide to much up there.
Had to put the PAV on the shelf when it finally dawned it needed 6 figures to get it into the air for 50secs or so. Back to the shed at the bottom of the garden that Simon says the location of must be kept secret apart from the fact it's at the bottom of his garden.
i agree with secret regardless of 'patent pending' or not! ! ! Perhaps he should have waited until patent was approved and proto-type available for demonstration live or video.
There was a ducted fan aircraft called the Edgley EA-7 Optica only 22 were built as a light aircraft for low speed observation work. He probably never got certification from the CAA and it would have needed many thousands in development to prove its safety and fitness to go commercial. I do not think he realised people would need a full private pilots licence insurance etc etc and the CAA would not be allowing these to fly were they liked so many Regs was always a non starter.
The narrator is always saying the person that is pitching is already struggling I don't think so all the time. I feel it's because their out of breath coming up the stairs carrying their product.
Curious if he used a external combustion to get a silent engine, about the only way I can think of, and sterling engine design has drastically improved in the last 20 years.
Hello Dragons, I invented a spaceship that can fly to the Moon and come back, but I cannot discuss with you about it because I have instructed to do so, but please give me 150 thousand Pounds
They expect to know everything about it just cause of some money..I do not get to know all the secret of making an microwave or whateber just cause I buy one.
@Русский Гройпер do you really believe that there is a problem with the climate . Check out who NASA are and where the scientists came from . Check out operation paper clip . They are one of the most corrupt organisations
I would just make a break for the piles of cash and grab as much as I could before the Dragons could stop me! Just shove bundles into oversized pockets in my pants that I have prepared beforehand!
Kestrel Aerospace LTD Company Status Company is dissolved Incorporated On 29 September 2003 Nature of business (SIC) Accounts Available to 30 Sep 2004. Would have been nice to know a bit about the story of what happened next...
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The Dragons really missed out on this one. This business went on to be a huge success and now basically everyone has one of these Personal Air Vehicles. I can see a few flying outside my window right this second, with pigs inside.
Got a good chuckle from that. Reminded me of Animal Farm.
Lol, great comment. Exactly what I was thinking, this was clearly pie in the sky.
For all we know he Patterned the technology and sold the technology which is used on different stuff for loads of money . U dont av too see cars in the sky out ya window for him to of made this worth his while dumass
JesusJuenger Ay I had a good laugh on your comment.👍🏻
@MegaCarboman no lol
Peter jones looks like he's fresh out of business college
Look at his chubby cheeks! See what 15 years can do to a man
His hair is just terrible.
he looks like an egg
Peter Jones might be out of business college
But Jenny is out
He sure does😍
Narrator "two of the four dragons are out. If the remaining two dragons declare themselves out then all of the dragons will be out"
Yes, the floor is definitely made out of floor 😂
Seriously what is his role supposed to be haha
Lol. I’m sure he’s a lovely bloke but he has undeniably the most useless narrator role in the history of narrating.
That's my job!
@@irishjay9485 he comes up with puns none of us could possibly imagine
Must truly stealth and silent as I've never actually heard or seen one.
That was just the prototype. The production model is in the shape of a pig.
Jenny saw one, she was out
The company has been dissolved.
My teacher asked me why I wasn't at camouflage class.
I think the dragons where way to intrested. I would have been done with this fairly quickly. It's not a realistic product. If you could make something like this it would do very well but the problem are his claims:
Silent
130mph
2 liters an hour
Cheap
I study industrial design, so know a decent amount about designing a thing like this. And that is just not possible. Not all at the same time at least. So either he designed a on absolutely amazing new engine, radically different from anything we have seen. Or he is lying. Him not wanting to discuss the engine, makes me believe the latter
This is a straight up scam. It offers heretofore impossible specs and doesn't explain any of it, all while doing it for a really cheap price? Red flags all around.
no, really?
He failed to mention it also allows the user to fly forwards or backwards in time.
I bet the engine is made of a bunch of cats running on treadmills
Yup. Lol, 2 liters per hour? On a tilt-rotor VTOL? I think an absolute minimum for power would have to be 150hp per engine. That's being generous and giving it the lift characteristics of a helicopter, which it won't have. Because its a VTOL tilt-rotor, the helicopter parts it WILL have to have is cyclic control for each nacelle, which is one of the most mechanically complex and expensive things you can stick in an aircraft. If you don't have cyclic control (like the V-22 osprey) then it wont even get off the ground before it crashes. As for "silent", ducted fans on a manned aircraft are quieter than a normal nacelle but its still at least a couple orders of magnitude louder than a car.
Everything he said about the "aircraft" is a lie. Not stretching the truth, not being misinformed. Just an outright lie. He couldn't even be bothered to mock-up landing gear for his fantasy model. Is it going to have flush, hidden hydraulic landing gear? You MIGHT get just the landing gear for 75k.
@@ImWatchinYou I heard jenny runs them that's why she's always out...
I'm glad humanity has mastered driving so well that we can all become pilots now
Simon: Excuse me...losing my breath...
*Narrator: Simon is already struggling to explain his futuristic idea*
Simon: Thanks
Narrator: "The dynamic entrepreneur and inventor wants £150,000.00, but will it fly with the Dragons? Already, Jenny Campbell has concerns...."
2500ml of petrol per hour.
thats 40ml of petrol per minute. thats less than 1ml of petrol per second. 1ml of petrol needs to be able to, in one second, counteract gravity (allow it to hover like a helicopter, nevermind gain altitude), for a mass of about 120kg (assuming a person plus the craft plus fuel), thats 250 pounds of thrust required.. from 1ml of fuel per second.
shame none of the dragons are physicists. but then again, neither am i.
Yeah this is some straight up bullshit.
A paramotor uses about 2 liters an hour. And that's with forward momentum, a huge glide ratio and way less weight.
Gallons p er hour please who gives a XXXX about litres. We returned to being Britain yesterday, remember?
@@davidmg1925 bruh it was 2 days ago and stop being a little bum boy. its just a unit of measurement. we know britain fucked up and left EU dont need to rub it in.
@Michael B Read it again.
@@davidmg1925 Oh boy back to gallons, pints, ferkins and drams. The youth of today will never do it.
There’s no way this bloke can complete such a design project for the money he’s talking about. Car manufacturers spend millions designing their cars for function and safety.
DylValentine he also claims it can run for an hour on just 2.5 litres of fuel 🤣
@@fluffyhead6377
It had a hybrid engine.
@@Bollibompa it had no engine kid, its a scam
@@fluffyhead6377 thats cause the rest of the energy comes from hopes and dreams.
Autonomous flight y6s 🤔
It took me until he said it costs 75k to realise this was for a human and he wasn’t pitching a toy plane 😩🥴
Clearly if Boeing were that interested in this, they would've bought him out
Matthew Lenton he has the patent, the best they could do is buy a license from him. You degenerate
@@tom1323 you can also sell the patent, not just license it. Why the insults?
bogey bichon because why would he sell a patent if he’s already producing the product 😂 selling the license would be the only logical thing to do so he would get a royalty. Selling the patent would be completely useless to any entrepreneur as true entrepreneurship is about fixing a problem rather than short term monetary gain
@@tom1323 He is not producing the product and does not have the money required to produce it...hence the possibility of selling the patent so that his creation can be produced. In reality, money is power and Boeing IF they were interested would dictate the terms as this guy has no money to produce it.
Tom Harris imagine randomly insulting others when you’re clearly quite thick yourself, yikes.
This was so futuristic for 2005, damn.
its from January 2005
@@vulcanus9384 edited, my bad.
Why "damn"? Are you disappointed?
That must be sarcasm. It looks decades old.
X Really? I havent seen these around for decades personally, in fact I’ve never seen one of these flying around.
Narrator: **watching and taking notes** 📝
0:45 Simon already struggling 😢
1:14 Simon needs to convince the dragons 😲
3:03 Simon has got the dragons interested 👌
4:07 Simon refuses to share 😲
4:49 Simon really starts to struggle 😢
5:12 Simon came here looking for £££ 😲
5:52 CC: Alzheimer's hopes hang on the decision of Doug 😢
6:32 Simon's been brought crashing down to earth (pun of the day) 👌
Company ceased trading in 2007, and 15 years after this was broadcast, such devices are still not in the skies. Think it's fair to say we can take the Dragon's projections with a pinch of salt.
Isn't it more fun to pretend there was a conspiracy against his idea? The big aeroplane companies paid him billions to keep quiet - or whatever.
@@Jehannum2000 And why did all the motor industry not paid Elon Musk to keep his electric car out of production?
Look into Esprit Aeronautics and other eVTOL/ePAV companies.
@@Bollibompa look into not scamming people
@@umungus518
What are you talking about Dumbo?
Yeah, I'm sure the city of London would welcome a swarm of these things in their airspace
"Covince me you're not that guy who's trying to get that rocket on Mars"
He would have rejected Elon Musk 😂 😂
Haha that's exactly what I thought :D
Elon should be rejected.
@@FortoFight stfu
this comment is underrated
Hilarious. Look at Spacex now
Simon: Takes a breath from walking up the stairs and setting up
Narrator: Simon is struggling with his pitch already 😂
🤣🤣🤣 Crack!!
Reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons where Mr Burns (gone crazy) forces Smithers to get into a model plane at gunpoint..... "I said hop in...."
You realise that its based on the real life experiences of working with Howard Hughes, yeah?
2:32 Having a go at Elon Musk, if only he'd known.
That's the comment I was looking for lol
Same 😂
Wait he was an IT Manager ,well paid, he went all in with such a risk without first securing funds and then leaving the job? No,this is bollocks
0:40 Now I know why they installed a lift in the new episodes 😂
I wonder if the Dragons clubbed together and invested in that lift?
@@r3tr0gam3r89 Maybe there was an entrepreneur who pitched installing the elevator.
_I demand 150k for 20% of the equity. The lift will be marvellous_
Touker: _You're very credible so I'm gonna offer you my offices in London to remotely manage the lift_
Deborah: _Is this going to be environmentally friendly?_
Tej: _I could help you with the distribution. We're going to install these lifts in every den in the world_
Peter: _This is an excellent idea, but I demand 50% of the equity_
Jenny: _I like walking and for that reason I'm out_
they didn"t install a lift, they moved to a single floor studio
look at the floor, there"s no gap for separately moving parts
@@AnarchistMetalhead it was more for the joke...
The Irish Dragons Den has a lift, but is filmed in a single story building. So they walk in, turn around, then walk out 😁😁
How did the dragons not rip him apart for not having any proof of any of his ridiculous claims? This is borderline perpetual motion nonsense.
The prototype Kestrel VTOL had a paraglider petrol engine that generated 40kW of electricity. This was used in conjunction with a battery and a high-power capacitor. The energy generated on board powered the avionics and the two ducted fans on the tilting wing, which sat atop the airframe and was moved by electrical actuators. There were two impeller electrical motors within each ducted fan. One motor powered the small impeller and, above that, a more powerful motor turned the larger impeller.
This combination of counter-rotating large impellers and small impellers was key to the design. Once hovering, the tilt wing moved to an angle of 60° and the thrust from the smaller impeller was diverted horizontally, giving forward thrust.
The amount of petrol used was so low because it was a hybrid engine. Check out eVTOL, EPAV and Simon's current company Esprit Aeronautics if you want to learn more.
contact@espritaeronautics.com
Bollibompa A hybrid engine!? How friggin’ heavy would a battery need to be to store the energy needed for flight? Heavy enough to stop it flying at 180mph I reckon.
@@Bollibompa, that website is dead.
@@Bollibompa Such nonsense. You don't even know the difference between a propeller and an impeller, LMAO
"I don't wish to talk about that at the moment..... I don't want to talk about that either at the moment..." Google Translate tells me that means "I don't have a patent" And "It doesn't really work, which is why I don't have visual proof, just a small model."
Company Dissolution Date: 13 Nov 2007.
Any idea roughly when it was recorded?
@@DarkChasmGamers January 2005 mate.
Not surprising. My BS detector was off the charts on this one. He might as well have tried to sell the Eiffel Tower.
@@muchograndeyolatengo yes mine too.
@@DGenerationX69 ok
Honestly, until about 2:20 I thought he was making little airplane drones.. I don't know how the hell I missed the reality of the pitch.
When he said they'd cost 75,000 I was confused as hell 🤭
I brought one, so fantastic. I am always torn whether to fly this or use my underwater car to go to work.
I know the teleporter pods cost s fair bit more, but they're soooo much more convenient.
Company established 2003
Company dissolved 2007
I guess this idea never took off
RIP
These early episodes really show how much dental work Peter has had.
I thought it was a new type of drone, until he said the price. 😮
It took me like two minutes before I realized these were for people, and not just drones.
Dragons are so nice in these early episodes. They’d tear him up for not revealing the tech nowadays.
The Spruce Moose!!
*clicks gun*
I said... Get in
I can reveal the secret mechanics of how it flies. It goes whoosh and weee
He didn't want to share the secrets because it doesn't work like he says. It's a shame the dragons didn't even mention anything about the thrust required to get off the ground and fly at such high speeds
Wow this is just amazing watching this old footage, here we are now all flying around in these just like they predicted in the video. Gives you goosebumps
At 1:10 he says its small enough to fit in your garage,from what i can see its small enough to fit in your car boot 🤪
That was just a model for demonstration purposes.
Uouttooo i am fully aware that was a model,get your dictionary out and look up the word ‘joke’
@@TheBerzerker666 I looked it up and also found the word "terrible" and "joke".
@@TheBerzerker666 Ha ha, that wasn't a joke. You didn't know it was a model!
Isn't that just a small Vertibird?
The Enclave wants to know your location.
In engine silent mode (off mode) this design only leaks 2.5ltr per hour and if attached to a projectile capable of speeds no greater than 183mph, will not disintegrate.
"This is a very sexy project"
Why does Simon have no footage of the working vehicle?
Still waiting for my "Back to the Future" hoverboard. Its 2020 I'm going to work in something with wheels, a gearbox, and a steering wheel. Come on eccentric scientists, pull the finger out. I'm beginning to wonder if those 1960s Sci-Fi movies that predicted we'd all be wearing silver suits, flying to work, eating a small pill for dinner instead of a plateful of food were a tad wide of the mark...
Fun fact: those hoverboards actually were invented. Problem is, they are INCREDIBLY unsafe and can only be used in the right conditions (not surprisingly), so that's why they never made it to market. The science behind them is totally real though.
Personal air travel will never be a thing. Imagine the carnage.
Didn't horse and buggy owners say the same thing about Henry Ford and his combustion engine automobile?
I've often thought about it. I can't see it working at the moment, without strict air traffic laws. it's just too complicated.
NEVER is a pretty long time and not realistic either especially with people like Elon Musk in the world!
Confused how none of the dragons didn't pick up and point out how obvious a scam that was, with every claim being completely outlandish.
Maybe this kind of promised vehicle was trendy at the time?
The hardest part of something like this going mainstream is the mountain of legislation needed to pass in order to secure proper air highways
No, the hardest thing about something like this going mainstream is the laws of physics.
When she's on top: 0:40
...of your face
Artesian with blue waffles lol😛
Can you image air traffic control having to deal with this small airplanes too?
This kind of aircraft is actually an emerging part of the Aerospace industry now. It's called Urban Air Mobility (UAM)
Sure, but it's for AUTOMATED flights ONLY. You won't be able to pilot one.
Hello Dragons' Den I am searching for UK episode 13, season 16 aired on January 13th 2019, the part with the Dutch designer and his ocean plastic chairs. When is this available on your RUclips channel? Thank you
Jenny was watching this at home saying "I'm out" at the T.V.
YAWN
@@zammo1036 Jenny?
@The zombie files Glad you felt the need to tell me...
Why is Dragons Den youtube site incapable of mentioning the date of production?
A silent aircraft that uses two and a half liters of fuel per hour, at 183 mph? Sure!
I don’t see why it was such a problem for the dragons that he didn’t want to tell his secret on national television
Pretty sure you see these in 'Black ops 2'
...or Starcraft 2... or Unreal Tournament 3... or the movie Avatar...
In a way, the guy was right - they are everywhere... at least in fiction.
Narrator: Simon moves his left leg forward and then his right, in such a way that he’s in a walking motion
In an alternate universe the dragons invest in this and we have flying cars by 2015.
There is no way this thing will operate for an hour on 2.5 litres of fuel.
And now here we are in 2020 and we STILL don't have our single-person plane-copters.
Could've brought a video of the prototype with a man flying it
I thought it was just a drone toy introduced 50 years ago
How did no one bring up the fact you’d need some sort of pilots licence?
That's the least of it's problems. The big thing is getting this kind of vehicle type approved. That's going to cost more than 150k in itself. Like around 10 times more, at the very, very least. Without that, no commercial possibility at all.
@@Rapscallion2009 Type approval is the least of its problems. The big thing is the laws of physics.
“Why should I invest?”
- Me no sayyyyyy.
...
“I’m out”
(In chorus).
The one on display was for the parachute, umbrella and briefcase.
Jenny: "What is this? An aircraft for ants?"
Simon: "Well no, you're not in this episode, besides it's a pers.."
Jenny: "I'm out"
Obviously it never "got off the ground" because I've never seen or heard of one before. Looks quite similar to an autogyro or glider which I've seen loads of.
Why did this dude not have a video of it working? 🤔 I wonder.
The entrepreneur sounds like Gordon Wardell at the press conference where he described the fictional men he claimed kidnapped his wife when in fact he had murdered her.
silent? oh gawd. Those things that blow air are incredibly noisy. This whole pitch was fantasy based. And of course, the plane never existed, the company dissolved two years later.
It is all a scam they are all just acting here..they have the technic to make it but they will never allow us to be able to fly around freely,,they hide to much up there.
Had to put the PAV on the shelf when it finally dawned it needed 6 figures to get it into the air for 50secs or so.
Back to the shed at the bottom of the garden that Simon says the location of must be kept secret apart from
the fact it's at the bottom of his garden.
i agree with secret regardless of 'patent pending' or not! ! ! Perhaps he should have waited until patent was approved and proto-type available for demonstration live or video.
despise of him being honest or not, a secret about engine is out of question. especially in national television.
I wish this had taken off. Would have been cool to see these around. 2020 would have been a whole lot cooler.
5:41 Duncan using a Papermate Flexgrip pen.
Ok
its cool to upload these in the random order, but please put the date of filming in the description to give us a reference to the time period.
I think he just saw the GI Joe Skyhawk and thought “That looks like a good idea.” If only he had seen the Cobra Flight Pod.
When was this first aired?
It's been soo many years since the episode, there's not a single one I seen
"Excuse me, losing breath. Staring at the aircraft model. Thinking about what to say. Awkward!!!!" - Entrepreneur.
This is great, I love it, I can see myself getting well involved in this, it's exciting.... I AM OUT"!!!
Back in the vault I see
There was some dodgy camera work on these early episodes, the sound is dodgy too.
There was a ducted fan aircraft called the Edgley EA-7 Optica only 22 were built as a light aircraft for low speed observation work. He probably never got certification from the CAA and it would have needed many thousands in development to prove its safety and fitness to go commercial. I do not think he realised people would need a full private pilots licence insurance etc etc and the CAA would not be allowing these to fly were they liked so many Regs was always a non starter.
The narrator is always saying the person that is pitching is already struggling I don't think so all the time. I feel it's because their out of breath coming up the stairs carrying their product.
August 2024 still haven't seen or heard any of these in the air.
Peter's bottom row of teeth weren't happy about this either. @5:25
People can't even drive on the ground without being idiots, now we're going to put them in the sky?
It’s that much a secret its because it is for the new James Bond Movie:
‘No time to Fly’ 😂😂
Does it have an airbag?
Curious if he used a external combustion to get a silent engine, about the only way I can think of, and sterling engine design has drastically improved in the last 20 years.
Sterling would also explain the insanely low fuel consumption figure
It doesn't work, it's a scam.
Hello Dragons, I invented a spaceship that can fly to the Moon and come back, but I cannot discuss with you about it because I have instructed to do so, but please give me 150 thousand Pounds
I know the feeling.
I'm not allowed to reveal or demonstrate the inner workings of my time machine.
Do you want to invest in it?
NASA doing it every day of the week with American tax dollars . Lying through their teeth
They expect to know everything about it just cause of some money..I do not get to know all the secret of making an microwave or whateber just cause I buy one.
@Русский Гройпер yea lies
@Русский Гройпер do you really believe that there is a problem with the climate . Check out who NASA are and where the scientists came from . Check out operation paper clip . They are one of the most corrupt organisations
IF the patent is denied then the secrecy was warranted. Right?
Why would he share his top secrets on national television and to all the Dragons? I'd only share after they've agreed.
I would just make a break for the piles of cash and grab as much as I could before the Dragons could stop me! Just shove bundles into oversized pockets in my pants that I have prepared beforehand!
Shame its stacks of blanks with only a few real £50's on the ends. You would have a real surprise when you cracked the bands open 😂
75k for that?
it prob failed in the end
The company was dissolved according to companycheck.co.uk
Dissolved in 2007 ,. Company never really took off , nevermind the vehicle .
Kestrel Aerospace LTD
Company Status
Company is dissolved
Incorporated On 29 September 2003
Nature of business (SIC)
Accounts Available to 30 Sep 2004.
Would have been nice to know a bit about the story of what happened next...
wish they would tell people this is from 2003
forcing people up a long staircase, "Simon's already struggling to explain his idea"
@2:30 we all know how that went
Those stairs plus the awkward camera guy lol
Why such a long commercials
Let's be honest, if this guy had the next big thing in aerospace Lockheed Martin would have already made him an offer he could not refuse.