You might want to check the archives, this whole thread was fairly thoroughly discussed not too long ago when the air car made it's debut (and no, it wasn't an April 1st joke). One major thing you're forgetting is weight -- lead is extremely heavy, air ain't. And personally, I don't see anything wrong with the engine design -- heck, if you want to see some strange engines, come to the EAA in Oshkosh next Summer. Some are fairly mind-boggling, but they run nonetheless. I'm sure the aircar people have some running prototypes, whether or not they can actually make a marketing success is a different issue. There are plenty of examples of people with excellent ideas and designs who can't make it to market for one reason or another. I recall about 15-20 years ago a company that was building a very neat little flying saucer sort of aircraft, had 6 or 8 engines running ducted fans around the perimeter which first ran straight upwards, lifting the craft up as high as you wanted, then flipped to provide forward thrust. Funny thing is, this company is still around, still building prototypes, still trying to make it. Check out:
http://www.moller.com/ On Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 08:03:28PM -0000, motie_d wrote: > Did you read the explanation of how the engine works? Was this first > posted on April 1? > I have an idea that is just as good, that would use existing > technology, and follow nearly the same principles. The use of a > trailer would be a drawback for parking, though. > (Not serious) > Buy an electric car. Buy a trailer to pull behind it to carry extra > batteries. Put a generator to each of the trailer wheels to charge > the batteries while going down the road. One generator to keep the > car battery charged, and one to charge the 'extras'. When you get > home, hook the fully charged batteries to an inverter to provide > electricity for your home. When the batteries get low on charge, > drive around the block a few times. > The same principals of physics are involved, and my theoretical > concept car will be every bit as efficient as the Aircar. > Another similarity is that neither of them will actually work. > > Motie > -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. FREE Money 2002. http://us.click.yahoo.com/orkH0C/n97DAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
