Im VII capures its ground crew on camera.
“We have a winner,” said Jeff Imel with a smile after landing the Im VII AV-2A on a cold but sunny January afternoon. With over 10 hours of flight time logged in less than a week, the Im VII is proving itself and exceeding predicted endurance and lift design expectations. During one flight test, Imel had the Im VII climb to altitude and then switched off the electric motor. The aircraft silently and slowly sailed through the sky like a hawk that is native to East-Central Indiana. After several minutes Imel powered up the motor and the Im VII accelerated and quickly turned into a small dot in the sky. People who stopped next to the field where Imel was flying were all asking how an aircraft with no tail can fly – let alone fly so well.
Imel remarked, “This is what we designed the Im VII to do – to get into and out of small clearings, carry heavy payload, absorb rough handling and remain aloft for long periods of time. No other aircraft of convention design (wing, fuselage and tail) can touch the Im VII’s flight characteristics.”
