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drone technology makes foam DeLorean car fly<\/h2>\n

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Designer Brian Brocken <\/span>recreates<\/a> the DeLorean <\/span>car<\/a> from the Back to the Future movies in foam and makes it hover in the air with rotating wheels. The full-scale model lifts off the ground using drone technology, and it is able to because the chassis is made of EPS foam, which is lightweight. To make it robust enough, the designer covers the foam with fiberglass sheets, which weigh around 25 grams per square meter. It protects the foam and makes it possible to paint the surface (because the paint dissolves plain EPS foam), allowing the user to also recreate the styling of the DeLorean car from the movies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brian Brocken designs the foam-made car\u2019s body using the program Fusion 360, where he uses the exact measurements from the original Delorean. The 3D model is then cut into slices that could fit on a CNC machine; each slice is cut with the help of an industrial robot, which is turned into a CNC machine for the project. The car body is hollow at the front, middle, and back, and this reduces weight and allows air to pass through to the propellers when the car is in flight. The wheels rotate during flight, faithfully following the original model\u2019s design.<\/span><\/p>\n

all images courtesy of Brian Brocken<\/p>\n

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Recreated vehicle with original model\u2019s gullwing door design<\/h2>\n

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The foam DeLorean car takes flight using motors and propellers, similar to the ones used by drones. Before that can happen, the body needs a strong airframe, so for the first test, the <\/span>designer<\/a> uses an aluminum frame with 3D printed plastic parts. It isn\u2019t strong enough, Brian Brocken concludes, because the aluminum flexes during yaw movement. He\u2019s now developing a carbon-fiber frame, hoping to reduce the weight to about two kilos and solve the twisting issue. For the flight system, he uses four large drone motors with a 30-inch propeller. Each motor can produce about 13.5 kilograms of thrust, and so with four motors, the total thrust is about 54 kilograms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For the foam DeLorean car to fly, air should flow to the propellers, so the designer makes the front and back of the car hollow. The hood has slats that can open and close using a flap system. Then, a linear actuator with mechanical linkages controls the flaps. When closed, the flaps cover the holes, and when open, they let air move into the propellers. This system allows the car to keep its shape while still allowing airflow. Brian Brocken also replicated the gullwing doors of the original model, its signature design element, using automatic and 3D printed door hinges hidden inside the roof and doors. So far, the designer has tested the foam DeLorean car for its maiden flight, two years after he first introduced the project and built it one part at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

drone technology makes foam DeLorean car fly<\/p>\n

the chassis is made of EPS foam, which is lightweight<\/p>\n

the designer replicates the gullwing doors of the original model<\/p>\n

to make it robust enough, the designer covers the foam with fiberglass sheets<\/p>\n

the designer makes the front and back of the car hollow for airflow<\/p>\n

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the designer has tested the foam DeLorean car for its maiden flight<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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project info:<\/p>\n

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title: First flight of the full-scale flying DeLorean<\/span><\/p>\n

design: Brian Brocken<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>@bribro_12<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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