Rescue trike: Cheaper, faster flying bees at work

After spending two years over building and testing his machine at his home north of Oshawa, Mr. Lishman, a Canadian inventor, is now ready to offer a cheaper and faster way to deliver supplies to the rescue sights through his tiny flying machine called rescue trike. An aluminum frame and a beefed-up hang-glider wing powered by a Bombardier aircraft engine can carry about 90 kilograms worth of relief supplies like medicine, food and water to the emergency sights, where planes like C-130 Hercules or rescue helicopters can't land.

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This wagon sized trike cruise at up to 100 kilometres/ hour to travel about 250 km continuously and can take off /land from soccer field-sized airstrips. When needed, these mechanical bees can be loaded into a plane in dozens to set them towards the desired domains with a single pilot. At average a two-seat Robinson R22 helicopter costs more than $400 an hour or far more than that in case of others for a rescue flight.

Thus, this invention is a great contribution toward both saving money as well as time.

Via: TheRawFeed