V.S.V. Sipke Wynia Guest lecture: Update Project DragonFly

For the first time, team members from Project DragonFly will present an update LIVE during a guest lecture for the members of V.S.V. Sipke Wynia, the Aeronautical & Precision Engineering Study Association at Inholland University of Applied Sciences in Delft.
During the live event you will receive:
- The sustainable goals of the Dutch aviation ecosystem
- Brief status of the electric aircraft developments in The Netherlands and worldwide
- An introduction to project DragonFly and its partners
- Status update of the project execution at the applied sciences labs of Inholland in Delft
- A glimpse of the chosen Digital Twin development strategy
- Behind the scenes footage from the preparation of the airframes
- Latest updates on the design of the Electric Powertrain
During this 1-hour live event your questions will be addressed by several subject matter experts from Project DragonFly. Don't hesitate to tune in to this live-stream on Oct. 7, 15:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST).

[@MartinSage]

Besides the wheel placement this looks like a Burt Rutan Quickie that he designed in 1980.

[@DickKincheloe]

Great project. I have flown the prototype (Viking Aircraft, inboard gear), at the Southwest Regional Fly In, back in the 1980's. I also flew a Dragonfly with outboard gear (canard tip, bad idea). I also spent 10 years building one myself. If I can be of assistance please let me know. I have many photos of the build. Be sure to add vortex generators on the canard. We had issues with insect strikes causing problems.

[@dannyroosenboom3640]

the impact on the envirement for the production of batteries foor electrical vehicles outweights the advantages

[@zaelu]

forever and ever...

[@oneskydog4401]

I have owned and flown Dragonflies since 1995. Over 500 hrs in type.

[@instantchow]

Mixing of option vs fact here is amazing, these arm chair engineers commenting are whats wrong social media. It amplifies stupidity more anything.

[@oneskydog4401]

Dragonfly was never a glider. Burt Rutan designed Solitaire which was a glider.

[@aeronauticalprecisionengineer]

Thanks for your comment. The Dragonfly is indeed not a glider. Did we incorrectly state this somewhere?

[@ralphstermanxxl]

cool lol

[@280zjammer]

Politics and technology don't mix. I realize global warming is the most popular religion in the Netherlands but the inventors of the EGR valve have no business touching airplanes. Electric power can deliver great torque but it's horribly inefficient and it's not sustainable. I'm going to use electric hybrid technology but I'm not going to go full electric. Maybe someday you'll be able to liquify pure electricity but until then your going to require petroleum to get far. Three major things you must get wrong to believe petroleum is not sustainable include; you're unaware that the planet makes petroleum quickly, you think carbon dioxide is bad and you don't seem to know that not only does the planet burn whatever petroleum we don't, but we burn it cleaner than nature.

[@MartinSage]

I agree with the electric/gas hybrid. Can you tell what engine you are looking at to accomplish this? I was listening to a lecture by a master aviation mechanic who is in his 60’s. He was saying the Old School Lycomming and Continental engines are on the way out and that Rotax is on the cutting edge in a super light well engineered 1/2 air (cylinders)1/2 liquid (heads) integrated ignition + FI using car gas.