SkyTran - About Us
Douglas J. Malewicki - Inventor of SkyTran/Company Founder
Malewicki is the inventor of the SkyTran light weight, high speed, low cost, on-demand, personalized MagLev transit concept. He is also President and Chief Scientist for AeroVisions Inc., a company he founded in 1974 for the purpose of developing, promoting and commercializing his numerous inventions. These include his super-aerodynamic CALIFORNIA COMMUTER. Malewicki set two official Guinness World records for achieving over 150 miles per gallon fuel efficiency on cross-country runs at freeway speeds with the CALIFORNIA COMMUTER. He is currently involved with an improved aerodynamic vehicle called the C2C. In the spring or summer of 2003, the C2C's will drive from Coast 2 Coast on a single 25 gallon tank of standard pump gasoline. Less gasoline than many SUVs!
In addition to being a prolific inventor, Mr. Malewicki is a specialist in the areas of:
- Low-cost design innovation,
- Aerodynamics,
- Engineering structural analysis,
- Automation consulting, and
- Vehicle performance analysis.
Mr. Malewicki earned a Masters of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. He has authored numerous technical papers, several books and a cover feature article for Scientific American magazine. He is a visionary who enjoys creating "impossible" machines.
Check out Doug’s www.CanoSOARus.com web site to learn about the RB-2000 personal rocket belt; the 248mph " White Lightning" - official world's fastest electric car; the new "F-18 Jet Bike" - an afterburning jet powered motorcycle; and his X-1 Skycycle canyon jumping rocket built for Evel Knievel.Mr. Malewicki is a skilled craftsman who understands machining, welding, advanced composites manufacturing, plastic injection molding, etc. He understands what can and can't be built and the economics involved in applying these technologies.
Doug is also an avid trail runner, backpacker and cyclist. He came in 5th out of 21 in his age bracket at the Flo-Jo Memorial Day Half Marathon (13.1 miles). This past August he completed his fifth ride down beautiful Pacific Coast Highway 1 from San Francisco to Los Angeles (540 miles).
__________________________________________· Doug will be on The Learning Channel’s “Junkyard Wars”. Air date - Wednesday September 25, 2002.· 9 PM on Channel 73 In Southern California. See: www.sshs57.com/photos/020430.htm
· C2C car - Coast 2 Coast on one tank of gas: www.C2Cproject.com
· See: Aug 02 Popular Science C2C article - www.sshs57.com/photos/020801.htm
· Transportation Web Site: www.SkyTran.net
· Invention Web Site: www.CanoSOARus.com
· Douglas J. Malewicki · President/Chief Scientist · AeroVisions, Inc.
· 14962 Merced Circle, Irvine, CA 92604 · Phone/ FAX: (949) 559-7113
· EMail: DMalewicki@cox.net
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· "Waking up in Reno" is a Miramax Comedy with Billy Bob Thornton, Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze & Natasha Richardson. Two redneck couples from Arkansas team up to hit the road to see Robosaurus (Doug Malewicki's patented invention) perform at a monster truck show in Reno, Nevada.
Nationwide release: October 25, 2002.
See: www.canosoarus.com Trailer at: http://us.imdb.com/Trailers?0219400__________________________________________
Engineering Design & Analysis Background
BS Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, U. of Illinois, High Honors
MS Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, Stanford University
Inventor of the SkyTran concept; all design and engineering for related US PatentsApollo-Saturn V – man to the moon program, Senior Structural Loads Analyst
Lunar module/Service module – Structural dynamic response analysis showed that the units docking ring structure had to be strengthened to withstand a possible hard-over thruster engine failure.
Launch Escape Abort System – Dynamic analysis and software for pyrotechnic event that deployed stabilizing canards.Cessna Military-Twin Division, Senior Flight Test Engineer
Cessna T310Q twin turboprop – Complete FAA certification for a payload increase required flight testing to establish take-off, landing, stall, single engine climb and autopilot failure performance.
Cessna Citation Business Jet - Analysis of performance and flight characteristic derivatives for Cessna’s first business jet. Was 10th person ever to fly in N500CC prototype.McDonnell-Douglas, Flutter Analyst
DC8-61 Passenger Jet - Development of Fortran software to establish critical flutter speeds for structural control components.Northrop Aircraft Company, Senior Technical Specialist, Advanced Composites Manufacturing
B-2 Stealth Bomber – Codeveloped radar adsorbent composite materials coatings and built automated processing plant for applying same. Performed research to form and weld thermoplastic graphite composite parts.
Inventor of and holder of two USA Patents for Robosaurus. Founded Monster Robots, Inc. Involved in finding all investors and product sponsors. Complete structural design (loads determinations, weights and stress analysis). All vendor sourcing. Developed innovative wearable control system enabling a single pilot to simultaneously control 18 proportional hydraulic motions. Electronic, hydraulic and control system packaging. Functional testing.
Much of the Robosaurus structural design involved tradeoffs to enable transformation to a legal trailer for hauling the 58,000 pound, fire-breathing, beast from show to show. Robosaurus meets highway size and weight requirements for all 50 States.
Last NDT (non destructive testing) weld inspection performed at 250,000 miles.
RB 2000 Personal Rocket Belt – 90% strength Hydrogen Peroxide Monopropellant powered.
Catalyst pack design. Internal flow analysis. Nozzle design and sizing to obtain desired thrust levels. Non-linear flight duration analysis.
