The OpenSky M-02j is a Japanese primary glider/jet-powered motor glider inspired by the Möwe aircraft flown by the protagonist in the Hayao Miyazaki anime Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
source/image: kazuhiko hachiya
Hachiya’s craft dubbed the M-02J features a custom-built jet-powered engine, though there is no world on any other difference since its predecessor the M-O2,which had a 9.6 m wingspan and a 267cm fuselage, weighed 66kg and featured an airframe of fiber-reinforced plastic and wood.
Hachiya’s solution is to maneuver through restrictions by developing the idea of a personal glider that incorporates an engine without losing any of its gliding potential.
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Making something that is part plane and part glider perhaps hints at inspiration from the fictional glider in Hayao Miyazaki’s film “Nausicca of the Valley of the Wind.”
