Air cars will never fly (911 more reasons)

Bob Fry wrote:

Anyway, why telecommuting isn't being promoted more is a
mystery to me...

That's simple enough. Company policies are actually enforced by fairly low-level
managers. If they can't cruise by your cubicle or office to make sure you're
really working, many of them aren't comfortable, so they will make up reasons
why you must appear in person. Managers who are insecure in their jobs also
tend to be meeting schedulers so that it will appear that they are hard workers.
I worked for a firm that had an official policy that employees telecommute when
possible, but somehow it was rarely possible. At the time I left, they were
moving to a six-day work week, with a mandatory standing meeting on Saturday
morning.

George Patterson
The British drink warm beer because they all own Lucas refrigerators.

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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 23:06:51 +0200, Gilles KERMARC
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6) Navigation in an air car would be a nightmare since it can be hard
enough to reach a destination with defined roads and street markings.
How would people know where they were, especially at night?

Heard about the GPS ?

GPS was covered in some detail in the original 1998 thread. GPS just
isn't accurate or reliable enough for a lot of fast-moving objects in
a crowded space. I've used a GPS handheld extensively and would not
bet my life on its resolution of 14 feet, or even 1 foot if such
accuracy was possible for the public.

Besides, GPS is just one of many flaws in the concept.

A.J.

Obviously, Al is NOT a pilot! Otherwise, he would know enough to look
outside the cockpit for other traffic! Gadgets are a useful SUPPLEMENT
to the Mk I eyeball -- NOT a substitute!

As for the Moller Aircar: IMHO the thing is a first order scam.
Technically, Moller's design is a controls nightmare -- eight engines
with a completely fly-by-wire control system. What happens when one or
more engines shut down?

Moller, like Al, is not a pilot - his attitude is that flight training
would "disrupt his train of thought," rather than provide him with
insightful soultions.

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 05:59:19 GMT, wrote:


GPS was covered in some detail in the original 1998 thread. GPS just
isn't accurate or reliable enough for a lot of fast-moving objects in
a crowded space. I've used a GPS handheld extensively and would not
bet my life on its resolution of 14 feet, or even 1 foot if such
accuracy was possible for the public.

Besides, GPS is just one of many flaws in the concept.

A.J.

Galileo plans to go to 1 meter resolution. Enhanced GPS will have a
similar resolution. A SkyCar or similar vehicle is well below the
maximum speed threshold for GPS.


Eric Pinnell

(Author, "Claws of The Dragon", "The Omega File")

For a preview, see: http://www.ericpinnell.com and click on "books"

On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 23:06:51 +0200, Gilles KERMARC
wrote:



wrote:


6) Navigation in an air car would be a nightmare since it can be hard
enough to reach a destination with defined roads and street markings.
How would people know where they were, especially at night?

Heard about the GPS ?


Which one?



Christopher
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"Kites rise highest against
the wind - not with it."
Winston Churchill

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Almost five years ago I started a thread critiquing the technological
and aesthetic problems associated with air cars [...]

Back then, I was surprised to see so many defenders of this insanely
complex, unsafe, environmentally disruptive nightmare, but I think
today's new world has put the final nail in the coffin.

You came back five years later just to say "I told you so"?

Not that I believe you really had that many people disagreeing with you
anyway. Not in the rec.aviation.piloting newsgroup. But doesn't your post
strike you as just a little petty?

Pete

("Peter Duniho" wrote)
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You came back five years later just to say "I told you so"?


Seven years is the statute of limitations on *I told you so's* ...anything
after that falls under the asperses of unearthing repressed memories.

--
Montblack

"Montblack" wrote:
...asperses...

Merriam Webster let me down on this one.

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"Montblack" wrote:
...asperses...

Merriam Webster let me down on this one.

I assume he meant "auspices".

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"Montblack" wrote:
...asperses...

Merriam Webster let me down on this one.


Asperse: To spread false rumors; to strew upon or over; to slander or
calumniate (as to asperse a man's motives).
From Webster's Unabridged.

"Casey Wilson" wrote:
Asperse: To spread false rumors; to strew upon or over; to slander
or
calumniate (as to asperse a man's motives).

I saw that, but that's a verb.