I have no answers at the moment.. Come Monday.. expect I may contact the
web site and see if it's just a concept or actually certified for flight
and for sale..
If I grasp the design details correctly.. it has an on board fuel engine
that runs generator which drives electric motors.. actually,
On August 9, 2015 at 2:05 AM G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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To fly it needs FAA certification.. That is no small feat..
Hadn't the FAA successfully stymied virtually all advances in private aviation
by 1970, simply by
making it prohibitively expensive to certify a new
Things like multi-copters really need electric motors to be able to fly,
they have to be continuously adjusted and gas engines don't work that
way. So electrics make sense for the lift rotors but then the ducted
fan could be used for level flight. Not sure how the Ospreys handle the
rotors,
Computer control is probably critical to flight stability, read Osprey, and it
would be beyond the average drivers/fliers ability to control, sans said
computer control.I'm still waiting for the Jetson's flying car, though this
seems to be a great idea and hopefully successful.Licences will be
At 6:53 PM -0700 8/8/15, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/D4uSWtazRCM?rel=0
Gerry Anderson beat them to it in 1960!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8m9Z010pM4
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IT is a computer generated visualization. I'm guessing that is the
furthest state of development. Type certification requires real
aircraft. If real aircraft existed, we'd have seen more than a
visualization. It is someone's dream, but I doubt there is enough
money behind the dream to
Terrafugia has been testing the Transistion flying car for a few years
now. They are still trying to get a waiver from the FAA for exceeding the
weight limit for the Light Sport category of aircraft, so it's not
certified yet. The impact resistance requirements for cars makes it heavier
than it
We are from FAA and we are not happy until you are not happy
It is not just new aircraft certification, it is certification of any part
or improved part, for any airplane ever built. The simple 4 place airplane
[no retractable gear, no controlled pitch prop] will now price out deeply
into the
HH is a zoo for rich old white people but it might be half tolerable
weather-wise though it can still be chilly. I don't know what you would
do there other than hang at the beach, I guess there are restaurants and
such around.
Savannah is nice to walk around, some good restaurants there.
The thing is, you can buy or rent an airplane that does airplane stuff
well, and rent a car or uber at your destination, and that does ground
transpo really well. Other than a curiosity I am not sure these
carplanes have a lot of appeal.
I remember when I was young there was a guy in town
Mitch wrote:
They must have gotten that power by the clause in the Constitution that gives
fedgov the power to prevent interstate commerce.
They should have been wise back in the day of bicycle mechanics from
Dayton, and we might not have airplanes as we know today. Stifle
innovation and
Mitch wrote:
They must have gotten that power by the clause in the Constitution
that gives
fedgov the power to prevent interstate commerce.
They should have been wise back in the day of bicycle mechanics from
Dayton, and we might not have airplanes as we know today. Stifle
innovation and
Supposedly there is a local gullah kulture too, but they may have
been displaced by the poor lil rich folk from newyawk and bahston and
deecee. HH was maybe my last choice. They have a 9 hole course
where you try to kick a soccer ball into a bushel sized hole. So
far, that and watching tv
Thanks Don.. as I suspected... in development.. still..
Let's just throw a few more billion at it and make it work... seems to be
the operative plan with government.. why doesn't it work in industry?
H ... Apparently, Terrafugia needs to invest in more lobbyist and buy
some
With a little more work, they make it a boat also - fly out to our favorite
fishing spot . . .
Yes, I agree that anything that tries to satisfy everything, will be good
at none of them. Tailor the vehicle to the mission, one mission. That's why
I have a pickup, a sedan, the airplane equivalent of
Rich I are just a couple maybe three hours north (Rich is much closer to HH
than I), make a day trip or two up to Chuck Town once you get bored down there.
Send the dates off list, Dillons may or may not be available.
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Max Dillon
Charleston SC
'87 300TD
'95 E300
On August 9, 2015 3:04:58 PM
There is, but a lot of the folks were displaced by the white folks and
developers. there are a coupla smaller islands down there where the
Gullah folk still hold sway over part. There is a movie that came out
in the mid 70s, called Conrack, that you might find interesting to
watch. I got a
But what do you do in not quite wingless craft with a 150 mph stall
speed
and folding helicopter rotors when you're used to having a computer land you
VTOL?
It's that often used but seldom practiced aviation maneuver called Duck
and Kiss ... which involves bending over far enough to kiss your
Well, I would imagine either the passenger or the computer could deploy the
parachute, if that is designed and built into it. I know that some GA planes
have them, used to be a pilot in my reserve unit with one that flew up to
Charleston from Florida for drill weekends. Supposed to be able to
So, we have only ever had a blender. We are now growing enough basil to
make several batches of pesto. The blender does a lousy job of chopping and
mixing the thick goop. The cook book calls for a food processor, but they
look like a wide version of a blender, so we've never purchased one. Would
a
BZZZT WRONG It's Ho mah beer n watchiss
--R
On 8/9/15 6:42 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
Unless you are a real redneck, then you just say Hold my beer and watch
this...
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The fuselage will have to develop a LOT of lift to fly on
those little wings with four people on board, full fuel, etc. As Wilton
often points out, the laws of physics ALWAYS win.
Especially when you lose power.
A normal airplane can glide indefinitely at 5:1 or better until you
run out of
My Dodge has something like 345hp and got 15mpg delivering a 240D to Dimitri.
Averaged 21mpg commuting a couple weeks ago...
Curt
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On Sun, 9 Aug 2015 14:20:29 -0700 Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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My Dodge has something like 345hp and got 15mpg delivering a 240D to
Dimitri. Averaged 21mpg commuting a couple weeks ago...
Just as riding a bicycle is more efficient than walking, so driving a
truck is
The fuselage will have to develop a LOT of lift to fly on
those little wings with four people on board, full fuel, etc. As Wilton
often points out, the laws of physics ALWAYS win.
Especially when you lose power.
A normal airplane can glide indefinitely at 5:1 or better until you
run out
You die.
On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Especially when you lose power.
A normal airplane can glide indefinitely at 5:1 or better until you
run out of AGL. A helicopter can auto-rotate with a little skill on the
part of the pilot.
But
Unless you have a parachute like these airplanes.
http://cirrusaircraft.com/
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'95 E300
On August 9, 2015 7:45:42 PM EDT, OK Don via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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You die.
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Yep, I thought I had Loren on a technicality. I thought he'd said A 300HP
engine uses but he actually said 300HP uses for which my statement makes no
sense.
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Max writes:
Unless you have a parachute like these airplanes.
http://cirrusaircraft.com/
Good luck with that.
http://airfactsjournal.com/2012/05/dicks-blog-whats-wrong-with-cirrus-pilots/
Rick
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On August 9, 2015 at 9:41 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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Holiday Inn Express has a pancake machine. Push a button and 2 minutes later
pancakes come out.My liberal friends hate it when I point to the kiosks at
Panera as $15 minimum wage worker replacements. They
On August 9, 2015 at 9:28 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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Would have been fun if the craft pulled up at a McDonald's and the pilot
stepped out, dressed in his Micky D outfit for his day job flipping burgers.
We'll have robotic burger flippers by then.
What's liberal have to do with it? I use the checkout person instead of
the self check out machines for that reason - keeping jobs.
On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Holiday Inn Express has a pancake machine. Push a button and 2 minutes
Yeah, a Cuisinart makes short work of pesto.
Made blueberry ice cream from almond milk, frozen blues, sugar, vanilla,
and ice cubes. Took less than a minute in the Blendtec and it was smooth
and surprisingly tasty (although next time I will halve the sugar). The
vanilla compensated for the
On August 9, 2015 at 9:41 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com
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Holiday Inn Express has a pancake machine. Push a button and 2 minutes later
pancakes come out.My liberal friends hate it when I point to the kiosks at
Panera as $15 minimum wage worker replacements.
Would have been fun if the craft pulled up at a McDonald's and the pilot
stepped out, dressed in his Micky D outfit for his day job flipping burgers.
On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 9:17 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
Unless you have a parachute like these airplanes.
Holiday Inn Express has a pancake machine. Push a button and 2 minutes later
pancakes come out.My liberal friends hate it when I point to the kiosks at
Panera as $15 minimum wage worker replacements. They point out that the robot
maintainers will make much more than minimum wage and I point out
SWMBO chose hilton head for a week this winter. Main factor was
availability of a 3 br for the week so the whole clan can stay
together. So AL, GA, AZ, NV, TX, CA and FL lost out. Last year was
destin FL.
We will be looking for interesting things around there and Savannah
that don't
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