Moller: Can you believe it?

El Maximo wrote:
"Richard Isakson" wrote in message
...
"Dale Alexander" wrote ...
Jetson flying car a reality...we'll see.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...3398892&page=1
I had a mental vision of this thing a couple of weeks ago. Picture a
1950's
Disney cartoon with Goofy, in this case played by a Moller investor,
flying
happily along with thr computer keeping the craft level. But wait! The
car
is approaching a downward cliff! The computer can't see the cliff, it's
hard to detect a cliff. Goofy isn't even looking. Out into free space
the
car goes. Without ground effect, the car can't maintain altitude and
"Yahahaoheychrunch" goes poor goofy. Ah the Moller ground effects
machine,
a wonderful invention.

Rich



Anyone know how to do a flash animation and put it on youtube?


Another variation would be flying over a storm drain....

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

On Jul 24, 5:41 am, Dan wrote:
El Maximo wrote:
"Richard Isakson" wrote in message
...
"Dale Alexander" wrote ...
Jetson flying car a reality...we'll see.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...3398892&page=1
I had a mental vision of this thing a couple of weeks ago. Picture a
1950's
Disney cartoon with Goofy, in this case played by a Moller investor,
flying
happily along with thr computer keeping the craft level. But wait! The
car
is approaching a downward cliff! The computer can't see the cliff, it's
hard to detect a cliff. Goofy isn't even looking. Out into free space
the
car goes. Without ground effect, the car can't maintain altitude and
"Yahahaoheychrunch" goes poor goofy. Ah the Moller ground effects
machine,
a wonderful invention.

Rich

Anyone know how to do a flash animation and put it on youtube?

Another variation would be flying over a storm drain....

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired- Hide quoted text -

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I keep thinking of all the "my mower won't start, my weedeater
died,...etc threads. Just how long is the average person going to
keep 8 of those engines running simultaneiously?

Harry K

Harry K wrote:

I keep thinking of all the "my mower won't start, my weedeater
died,...etc threads. Just how long is the average person going to
keep 8 of those engines running simultaneiously?

Harry K


That's the beauty of it, Harry.

They're NOT!

But that won't stop the money from rolling in...

In a previous article, cavelamb himself said:
Harry K wrote:
I keep thinking of all the "my mower won't start, my weedeater
died,...etc threads. Just how long is the average person going to
keep 8 of those engines running simultaneiously?

Harry K


That's the beauty of it, Harry.

They're NOT!

The computers will take care of it. Just like they make sure the cable
company never screws up your service or your cell phone bill is always
perfect fair and comprehensible.


--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
[Y]ou should write for the comprehension of the next programmer who
looks at your code, keep it clean and sensible, and *not* play
any obscure Jedi mind-tricks. -- Anthony de Boer

On 2007-07-22 08:49:48 -0700, "Dale Alexander" said:

Jetson flying car a reality...we'll see.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...3398892&page=1

Dale Alexander

Even if he got it to work, the 45 - 90 minute range and the 250 lb.
useful load are deal killers. At 10 feet off the ground, the thing
would have all the handling of an air hockey puck.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor

"Richard Isakson" wrote in message
...
"Dale Alexander" wrote ...
Jetson flying car a reality...we'll see.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...3398892&page=1

I had a mental vision of this thing a couple of weeks ago. Picture a
1950's
Disney cartoon with Goofy, in this case played by a Moller investor,
flying
happily along with thr computer keeping the craft level. But wait! The
car
is approaching a downward cliff! The computer can't see the cliff, it's
hard to detect a cliff. Goofy isn't even looking. Out into free space
the
car goes. Without ground effect, the car can't maintain altitude and
"Yahahaoheychrunch" goes poor goofy. Ah the Moller ground effects
machine,
a wonderful invention.

Rich

One other problem is that would travel downhill very well, but probably
wouldn't climb anything steeper than a very shallow hill. So, no matter
where it starts, it'll end up trapped in the saddle between two hills.

Ooh what fun!

KB