Hi Mike.
Thanks for sharing those links. If the skycar is
susposed to be a viable project, then it makes me suspicious that they are
selling the prototype.
It might work just barely good enough to hover, but
if it is so wonderful, why are they selling the prototype? I hope this concept
is pursued further,
but I have my suspicions about this. It could be a
white elephant they want to unload that doesn't work that great or isn't very
stable even if it does
hover. Rember the "Needlefish" submarine for sale a
while back? Another white elephant that was trying to be pawned off on the
unsuspecting.
Bill Akins.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 6:22
AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Flying
car
Akins wrote:
> These
are the first photos I have seen of it hovering. I wonder how
> stable
it is? I notice a tether line attached to it. Thanks for
> sharing
them.
This is from a google group:
Neiman Marcus has
just unveiled its 2005 Christmas Catalog of Fantasy
Gifts last Tuesday, and
one of the items up for purchase is the
prototype M400 Skycar from Moller
International (for only $3.5 million
US). If you've ever dreamed of owning
a Skycar, this may be your only
chance." From the Skycar site: "Can any
automobile give you this
scenario? From your garage to your destination,
the M400 Skycar can
cruise comfortably at 350+ MPH and achieve up to 28
miles per gallon. No
traffic, no red lights, no speeding tickets. Just
quiet direct
transportation from point A to point B in a fraction of the
time. Three
dimensional mobility in place of two dimensional immobility. No
matter
how you look at it the automobile is only an interim step on
our
evolutionary path to independence from gravity. That's all it will ever
be.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/27/news/midcaps/neimanmarcus_christmas/
http://www.moller.com/skycar/ <http://www.moller.com/skycar/>