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Doug
Malewicki's
inventions, engineering projects and fun stuff.
(Doug's
BIO
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Feb 2012.
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Inventor/Engineer
Doug Malewicki
is an Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineer with a MS from Stanford
University. Doug holds patents on inventions in the
diversified fields of aerospace, medicine, transportation and
toys. Doug is also an avid trail runner, cyclist and backpacker. Doug strongly believes exercise is a very important part of staying healthy in his geezer years. He has been running since 1972 and loving trail running since 1998. He has cycled the 540 miles from San Francisco to LA down beautiful Pacific Coast Highway 1 five times since 1982. Doug has also been doing week long backpack trips every summer in the Sierra’s since 1982. He has trekked up to the summit of Mount Whitney (14,496 feet elevation - highest spot in the contiguous 48 states) five times since 1995 (Pictures). |
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Doug Malewicki is
President/Chief Scientist for AeroVisions Inc., a company he founded in
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TRAIL RUNNING |
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Jedi Master Yoda better approve! (He
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2014 is half over. On February 15, 2014 at the Winter Trail Run Series 21K, a half marathon with 2,850' of climbs, my streak of 20 FIRST PLACES in a ROW in AGE 70+ came to an end. 72 year old Peter Rowat from San Diego is my new hero. His time was better than my best times for this same race back when I was in my early 60's. Truth be told at half my races there was NO other 70+ competition. I could have stopped, drank a beer, taken a nap, then resumed running to the finish and still earned 1st in age! I am most proud of running two 26.2 trail Marathons A WEEK APART in 2012 and getting a first in age at both events! |
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 June 8 - Shadow of the Giants 50K ultra in Fish Camp, CA. 3,750' of climbs in 98 degree heat! |
 With Shadow 50K Race Director Big Baz Hawley. 1st place in age 70+. Daughter Michelle won 1st woman overall!www.BigBazTrailRaces.com |
 April 6, Irvine Lake Mud Run. I beat #2 in my age group by 31 minutes. 7,000+ crazy runners (Geezer Doug proudly included, of course!) |
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Doug was named the Orange
County Register's
"Sportsman of the Year"
in their Jan 2, 2012 OUTDOORS edition. Article and photos by
columnist David Whiting:
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 The California Old Goats crossing the finish line on Day 4. Was our best day of the 6 days. We beat 23 of the 97 teams! |
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Gore-Tex TRANSROCKIES 2012 was Doug's 5th year in a row running the 6 day TransRockies race. Gordy & Dous are already signed up for the 2014 TransRockies! Doug's 6th year. |
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May 28 & 29, 2012 Grand Canyon R2R2H2R A grand adventure!  |
 Looking across at Roaring Springs on the way down from the North Rim at 8,200' elevation. 4 of us did it - Jon Resnick, Bill Hegardt, Peter Duerst & I. |
 YEAH! Back at the South Rim. This round trip run from the South Rim to the North Rim & back totaled 45 miles & involved 10,315' of climbing per the GPS. R2R2R means running Rim to Rim to Rim non-stop. We geezers prefer to run R2R2H2R - the H being our overnight hotel with a shower, beer, dinner & a bed! |
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March 2013: I hit 74 on March 28, 2012. To celebrate my 74th birthday I ran a bit more than 74 miles of my favorite trails in 4 days (74.13 miles according to my Garmin GPS).
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SkyTran - Personal MagLev Transportation |
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Malewicki has been an invited keynote speaker on SkyTran and our new Wind Turbine retrofit business (based on our SkyTran technology and patents) to Dubai (April 2010 with Dr. Greg Smedley CEO/founder of One-Cycle-Control, Inc.) and to Macau, China (July 2011). Details on these and several local presentations in California HERE
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My SkyTran interview videos were posted on March 31, 2010 on BigThink.com! See: http://bigthink.com/dougmalewicki And the link to the Future in Motion series page, which features one of the segment videos: http://bigthink.com/series/27 The interview is mostly about my SkyTran invention, but also talks about the advanced Wind Turbine work we are doing and even the low cost electric first stage boosters for Micro-satellite launches. Some of that was discussed in the IEEE paper that you can read below. |
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 IEEE is the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
November 2009: My invited Point of View paper "Silicon is About to Change the World -- AGAIN!" was published in the IEEE's PROCEEDINGS magazine. Click HERE to read it. | ||||
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Just
as the automobile replaced the horse in one generation and the Internet
has largely replaced snail mail letters, newspapers, FAXes and libraries
in one generation; power electronics will replace mechanical
transmissions in your generation. This was also the first public unveiling of the full size SkyTran MagLev (Magnetically Levitated) prototype on its short LSM (Linear Synchronous Motor) powered guideway at NASA Ames in Mountain View, CA MORE. |
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Check out: www.SkyTran.us |
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SKYTRAN
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The California Commuter - 157 MPG at freeway speeds |
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Gasoline prices
are now past $4.50
per gallon! Get ready for high priced
gasoline by
building your own 155 MPG California Commuter street & freeway
legal commuter vehicle. Plans - Click
here.
The California Commuter PLANS & TECHNICAL BOOKLET |
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THE CALIFORNIA COMMUTER In the early 1980’s, Doug set two Official Guinness World Records for high mileage efficiency with his lightweight, streamlined, street & freeway legal California Commuter. 157.192 MPG - gasoline record - LA to SF. Just 2.87 gallons to travel 451.3 miles! 156.53 MPG - diesel record - Anaheim, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. Just 1.68 gallons of diesel to travel 263.4 miles while climbing 7,993 feet of elevation gains. |
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eCC - THE
ELECTRIC CALIFORNIA COMMUTER The updated Electric California Commuter (eCC) will be a licensed street & freeway legal, all-electric "Green" vehicle. It is is designed to set a world record in electric-mileage efficiency at freeway speeds. We want to prove that the technology to change the world is already here, we just need to change how people THINK about transportation.
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Robosaurus - the FIRE BREATHING monster robot |
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ROBOSAURUS
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THE FIRE BREATHING, CAR
EATING, ELECTROHYDROMECHANICAL, 40 foot tall, 58,000 pound, TRANSFORMING MONSTER ENTERTAINMENT ROBOT. One man sitting up in the creature’s cranium controls Robosaurus. Doug had to develop an innovative wearable control system to enable a single pilot to simultaneously control 18 proportional hydraulic motions. Each hydraulic valve is controlled by a P-Q Control’s Inc. of Bristol, Connecticut computer valve board that converts the simple on-off electrical switch signals given by the pilot in the head into proper proportional fluid flow rates to the various hydraulic cylinders and pumps. 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. |
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FLYING and DARPA FLYING MACHINES |
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FLYINGDoug is a licensed pilot, who worked as a Senior Flight Test Engineer at Cessna’s Military - Twin Division in the late 1960’s. He was involved in FAA certification flight-testing to document take-off, landing, stall, single engine climb and autopilot failure performance. He also did performance analysis for Cessna’s first business jet - the Cessna Citation. Doug was the 10th person ever to fly in the N500CC prototype. He is shown here, 35 years later - in January 2004, enjoying sharing the cockpit of a Cessna Citation Jet 2 at 41,000 feet during a flight between Connecticut and Florida.
In the early 60’s, Doug worked on the Apollo Saturn V - man
to the moon program. As a Senior Structural Loads Analyst he was involved
with structural dynamic response analysis on the
Lunar module/Service
module docking ring structure. The analysis showed that this
connecting ring had to be beefed up to withstand a possible hard-over
thruster engine failure. He also worked on the
Launch Escape Abort
System doing dynamic analysis and software for the pyrotechnic event
that deployed stabilizing canards.
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UMAAV’s (Unmanned Morphing Aerial Attack Vehicles) a conceptual development contract for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency).
Rather than just doing a extensive theoretical aerodynamic and structural
analysis for his innovative designs, Doug's company AeroVisions, Inc. built and flew Radio Control
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DAREDEVIL Engineering Projects |
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NOTICE: April 18, 2014 AeroVisions, LLC and the Big Ed (Beckley Media LLC) have mutually terminated the relationship to build a rocket powered motorcycle system for Big Ed to jump the Snake River Canyon. We are no longer involved in engineering or developing his jump bike system. There were numerous reasons we could not participate:1)
AeroVisions negotiating with Beckley Media's attorney for months
without reaching a fair agreement. 5)
Extending the jump date to July 4th, 2015 was also unacceptable
to Beckley Media. |
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EVEL KNIEVEL's X-1 rocket Skycycle
The internationally renowned daredevil and famed LAST GLADIATOR hired Doug Malewicki to design & engineer his canyon jumping rocket. Doug Malewicki was the designer and engineer of Evel Knievel's steam rocket powered SkyCycle X-1 canyon jumping motorcycle. Doug is shown here shaking hands with Evel at the machine's unveiling at the Twin Falls, Idaho Snake River canyon jump site on May 6, 1972. On the left is rocket pioneer, Robert Truax who invented and holds the patents on Steam Rocket engines. Wearing sunglasses is Facundo Campoy, one of Truax's partners. |
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Look, up in the sky, it's the
Kite Cycle!
July 4, 2008 - National Hot Rod Association Article Inside National DRAGSTER by: Phil Burgess  |
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RB 2000
- PERSONAL ROCKET BELT
Rocket belt pilot, Bill Suitor, first flew this improved rocket belt in 1995. Bill flew for Bell back in the 60’s and still holds all the rocket belt speed and distance world records. Click HERE to see a video of Bill Suitor flying the Bell belt in England in 1966. Click HERE to see the HISTORY CHANNELS great 8 minute rocket belt video. Doug was hired as a consultant by the RB2000 Texas principals to design the 90% strength Hydrogen Peroxide monopropellant catalyst pack; do the internal flow analysis; size the supersonic nozzles for optimum thrust performance; and calculate the improved flight durations using non-linear analysis. (Click HERE for a list of the "Rocket Scientist's" articles on Rockets!) |
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NUCLEAR WAR - Doug's 1965 Game Invention |
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GAME
INVENTIONS
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Doug's ©1965
Nuclear War Game has taken on a life of its own! My 48 year old mildly sane invention is going electronic! This is the first component to be released of my very goofy game that 2 out of 3 times EVERBODY LOSES! It has won all kinds of awards over the years. I came out with it when I was a mere 26 years old! This spinner is just a precursor to the complete electronic Nuclear War Game & can be used now with the existing board game version. Much more fun than the ancient mechanical spinner ever could be! You use the touch screen to swipe the arrow to get it moving. As it spins, it makes Geiger Counter ticking sounds. When it stops – you will hear the results. Hilarious voiceover comments in an over-the-top Russkie accent by actress Claudia Christian, well known for her TV character - Commander Ivanova of the SciFi hit series Babylon 5. [Special thanks to Rick Roszko, Rick Loomis & Steve Johnson] NEW: YouTube video INSTRUCTIONS "How to play the Nuclear War game": www.youtube.com/user/FlyingBuffaloGames?feature=mhee |
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The LOST WORLD series of fantasy combat books is produced
by Flying
Buffalo, Inc., the same company that manufactures Nuclear War &
expansion games! LOST WORLDS - Doug's daughter, Michelle Barton is a featured Lost Worlds Medieval super heroine combat character named Mischa Redblur - Ultra Sorceress (Pictures & story) Michelle has taken up trail running like her dad & has evolved into a top ranked ultra distance speedster. Over the years Michelle set numerous female course records for 50K and 50 mile race distances - including six as overall winner where she "chicked" all the men! She won first female & fourth overall at the Javelina Jundred 100 mile trail race in Arizona in a 19:42 time. She was 4 hours ahead of the second place female! Pictures HERE. She also earned the coveted Badwater buckle for finishing that 135 mile race held in Death Valley in July when the day time temperatures run 120 degrees and above in under 48 hours. |
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Click HERE to see MORE pictures of Doug Malewicki's other inventions and read his free TIPS for new inventors. |
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Doug's favorite quotes (besides Yoda!) |
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Master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and
his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education
and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both." - Zen Buddhist Text |
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"If history repeats itself, I am so getting a dinosaur!" |
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"What would MacGyver do?" |
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"Life is what you make it; always has been; always will be." -- Grandma Moses |
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"Dear Optimist and Pessimist, While you guys were busy arguing about the glass of beer being half full or half empty, I drank it! Sincerely, your pal the Opportunist Engineer." |
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