Moller skycar still kicking

Richard Riley wrote:


I bet this could fly from point A to point B without speed limits. See
www.vranek.ch/aerocar.htm

Maybe. http://www.fordpinto.com/mitzar1.htm


Thanks for the link, Richard. From the "update" section of that web
site, "The wing struts were attached to the Pinto's body panels with
sheet metal screws and everything was really bad. The guy died over
Oxnard when the struts detached and the wings just folded."

And from http://www.airspacemag.com/ASM/Mag/I...6/DJ/ccsf.html

In the 1950s and '60s, Leland Bryan produced a series of
highway-certified folding-wing Roadables that used their pusher
propellers for both air and road power. Bryan died in the crash of his
Roadable III in 1974. And in 1973, Henry Smolinski, mimicking the
ConVairCar rental unit concept, fastened the wings, tail, and aft
engine of a Cessna Skymaster to a Ford Pinto. The wing struts
collapsed on its first test flight, killing Smolinski and the pilot.

David O -- http://www.AirplaneZone.com

"David O" wrote in message
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Richard Riley wrote:


I bet this could fly from point A to point B without speed limits. See
www.vranek.ch/aerocar.htm

Maybe. http://www.fordpinto.com/mitzar1.htm


Thanks for the link, Richard. From the "update" section of that web
site, "The wing struts were attached to the Pinto's body panels with
sheet metal screws and everything was really bad. The guy died over
Oxnard when the struts detached and the wings just folded."

And from http://www.airspacemag.com/ASM/Mag/I...6/DJ/ccsf.html

In the 1950s and '60s, Leland Bryan produced a series of
highway-certified folding-wing Roadables that used their pusher
propellers for both air and road power. Bryan died in the crash of his
Roadable III in 1974. And in 1973, Henry Smolinski, mimicking the
ConVairCar rental unit concept, fastened the wings, tail, and aft
engine of a Cessna Skymaster to a Ford Pinto. The wing struts
collapsed on its first test flight, killing Smolinski and the pilot.

David O -- http://www.AirplaneZone.com


And now for the NTSB report:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=84720&key=0#

KB