Moller Skycar

Paul

What was the 'thingy' that had a short power cord and ran electric
motors (vs flight engines) on shore power to get airborne and check
out the controls, etc?

Didn't that group come on rac or here on rap and try to find a
ejection seat to put in the 'thingy'?

Probably a clone of the "Skycar"?

One major thing I see about that kind of air vehicle/concept is that
if you lose power you go from a 'flying rock' to a 'falling rock'.
Even Helio's will flutter down if they lose power.

Big John


On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:46:43 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, Big John said:
Wasn't the proto up for sale 6-9 months ago on e-bay or am I again
having the change of life )

No, you're thinking of that thing that was like a jet pack with two ducted
lift fans.

I can't decide if Moller is a con man or a publicity whore, but either way
he's been making outrageous claims on extremely limited proof for decades.
I don't expect to see the Skycar flying in my life-time.

Big John wrote:

One major thing I see about that kind of air vehicle/concept is that
if you lose power you go from a 'flying rock' to a 'falling rock'.

It also looks to me that failure of any of the four engines would result in
complete loss of control.

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.

Big John wrote in message . ..
Paul

What was the 'thingy' that had a short power cord and ran electric
motors (vs flight engines) on shore power to get airborne and check
out the controls, etc?

Didn't that group come on rac or here on rap and try to find a
ejection seat to put in the 'thingy'?

Probably a clone of the "Skycar"?

One major thing I see about that kind of air vehicle/concept is that
if you lose power you go from a 'flying rock' to a 'falling rock'.
Even Helio's will flutter down if they lose power.

Big John


On Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:46:43 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, Big John said:
Wasn't the proto up for sale 6-9 months ago on e-bay or am I again
having the change of life )

No, you're thinking of that thing that was like a jet pack with two ducted
lift fans.

I can't decide if Moller is a con man or a publicity whore, but either way
he's been making outrageous claims on extremely limited proof for decades.
I don't expect to see the Skycar flying in my life-time.


I'd put my money on the con man side of the coin. It's been a long
time in actually producing a machine that works.
So far every year is going to be -the- year.
And nothing happens