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On Jun 23, 10:36*am, Gig 601Xl Builder
wrote: Le Chaud Lapin wrote: Software doesn't make airplanes fly. And as I mentioned I think this is your problem, you think it does. Might something be invented in the next 10 years that makes PAV an option? Sure, I have no idea what might be invented in the next 10 years. Somebody might invent Mr. Fusion. What I can guarantee is that no SOFTWARE is going to be written in the next 10 years or ever that is going to make current hardware able to fulfill your idea of a PAV. There are a lot of very smart software people out there and there are also a lot of folks who build homebuilt aircraft. There is bound to be a subset in there of the two and none of them have done it. I have scoured the web for these homebuilt craft, and most of them conform to the tractor model, which automatically precludes many possibilities, even the ones with folding wings. I'll repeat there is no way SOFTWARE could make current technology do what you want to do. If you think I'm wrong prove it. It is up to the person making the wild ass claims to do so. Otherwise your are asking us to prove a negative and we can't do that. What do you mean by "current technology"? Do you mean taking a standard aircraft or kit and adding software to it? If so, I would agree that software will not help here. As mentioned before, a $100,000 plane, it would be impossible to take something that already costs $100,000 and add more to it and make it cost less than $100,000. A systemic approach must be taken, one that does not presume the pre- existence of the $100,000 aircraft as a base. A different dollar amount would have to be sought, perhaps something in the $40,000- $50,000 range. Naturally, this would automatically exclude the possibility of pre-built aircraft. So, if "current technology" does not mean the $100,000 tractor-model aircraft, but something else, which might or might not use the fundamental components of the $100,000 aircraft (steel, aluminum, plastic, gears, RAM, capacitors), software could help immensely. For example, one thing that could be done is to eliminate the ICE, which would obviate many other expensive components. -Le Chaud Lapin- |
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