Is Moller at it again?

There's video of a tethered "flying saucer" in flight, with a typically clueless anchorperson describing it. The company building it is in California, and Annie Anchor said they would only fly 10' off the ground, thereby sidestepping FAA clearance & licensing issues. I thought I saw the word "Moller" on it, anyone know more?

"Chris Wells" wrote in message
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There's video of a tethered "flying saucer" in flight, with a typically
clueless anchorperson describing it. The company building it is in
California, and Annie Anchor said they would only fly 10' off the
ground, thereby sidestepping FAA clearance & licensing issues. I
thought I saw the word "Moller" on it, anyone know more?




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Chris Wells

See Rec.Aviation.Homebuilt for recent discussion on this.

Al G

In article ,
Chris Wells wrote:

There's video of a tethered "flying saucer" in flight, with a typically
clueless anchorperson describing it. The company building it is in
California, and Annie Anchor said they would only fly 10' off the
ground, thereby sidestepping FAA clearance & licensing issues. I
thought I saw the word "Moller" on it, anyone know more?

How do you mean "at it again"? Moller has been in business for
many years. They have had several highly successful products,
and they continue to develop their prototypes for flying vehicles.

-john-

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In a previous article, "John A. Weeks III" said:
many years. They have had several highly successful products,

Name one.


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(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, "John A. Weeks III" said:
many years. They have had several highly successful products,

Name one.

The "SuperTrap" line of motorcycle mufflers. The production
and sales of which employs 200 full time people.

-john-

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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "John A. Weeks III" said:
many years. They have had several highly successful products,

Name one.


Super-Trapp muffler.

Al G

"JW" == John A Weeks, John writes:

JW How do you mean "at it again"? Moller has been in business
JW for many years. They have had several highly successful
JW products, and they continue to develop their prototypes for
JW flying vehicles.

If a business can consist of promoting a completely impractical
machine, and products being successfully scammed grants and
investments, then I agree with you.
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Bob Fry wrote:

"JW" == John A Weeks, John writes:

JW How do you mean "at it again"? Moller has been in business
JW for many years. They have had several highly successful
JW products, and they continue to develop their prototypes for
JW flying vehicles.

If a business can consist of promoting a completely impractical
machine, and products being successfully scammed grants and
investments, then I agree with you.

So, do you consider the Wright Brothers and Bell Helicopters
to be scams, also? One used a bicycle shop to fund a 20 year
long quest for powered flight, while the other spent 15 years
and 1.5-billion developing the tilt-rotor aircraft. How is
that any different from Moller manufacturing products like
mufflers and motors, and doing contract R&D, to fund his
dream of the flying car? In your world, would you have
put someone like Dean Kaman in prison for using profits from
his dialysis machine to fund the design of the Segway human
transporter? I guess you would have been leading the effort
to have Galileo blinded for looking into the heavens with
his telescope.

-john-

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John: I've included the statement used below by AirScooter in publisizing
their products. This kind of stuff is common with Moller also. While I
like and have used his Super Trapp exhaust, there has yet to be a flying
machine produced by him that even approaches the outlandish advertisements
and claims.
It is my personal opinion that businesses practicing this kind of stuff are
to be avoided.
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"John A. Weeks III" wrote in message
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In article ,
Bob Fry wrote:

"JW" == John A Weeks, John writes:

JW How do you mean "at it again"? Moller has been in business
JW for many years. They have had several highly successful
JW products, and they continue to develop their prototypes for
JW flying vehicles.

If a business can consist of promoting a completely impractical
machine, and products being successfully scammed grants and
investments, then I agree with you.

So, do you consider the Wright Brothers and Bell Helicopters
to be scams, also? One used a bicycle shop to fund a 20 year
long quest for powered flight, while the other spent 15 years
and 1.5-billion developing the tilt-rotor aircraft. How is
that any different from Moller manufacturing products like
mufflers and motors, and doing contract R&D, to fund his
dream of the flying car? In your world, would you have
put someone like Dean Kaman in prison for using profits from
his dialysis machine to fund the design of the Segway human
transporter? I guess you would have been leading the effort
to have Galileo blinded for looking into the heavens with
his telescope.

-john-

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Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com
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In article
,
"John A. Weeks III" wrote:

In article ,
Bob Fry wrote:

"JW" == John A Weeks, John writes:

JW How do you mean "at it again"? Moller has been in business
JW for many years. They have had several highly successful
JW products, and they continue to develop their prototypes for
JW flying vehicles.

If a business can consist of promoting a completely impractical
machine, and products being successfully scammed grants and
investments, then I agree with you.

So, do you consider the Wright Brothers and Bell Helicopters
to be scams, also? One used a bicycle shop to fund a 20 year
long quest for powered flight, while the other spent 15 years
and 1.5-billion developing the tilt-rotor aircraft. How is
that any different from Moller manufacturing products like
mufflers and motors, and doing contract R&D, to fund his
dream of the flying car? In your world, would you have
put someone like Dean Kaman in prison for using profits from
his dialysis machine to fund the design of the Segway human
transporter? I guess you would have been leading the effort
to have Galileo blinded for looking into the heavens with
his telescope.

-john-

There is a HUGE difference between the Wrights, Sikorsky and BEll from
Moller.

The former used a methodical engineering and scientific approach to
developing their machines BEFORE they announced them, whereas Moller,
for at least 30 years, has announced his machines before they flew
successfully.

He does not hold an aeronautical engineering degree, is not a pilot and
apparently has no clue as to how aircraft fly or operate. His machine is
a Rube Goldberg contraption with 8 engines, all of which must be
operating in perfect tune and "electronically synchronized".

He has never had even one successful test flight without a tether or a
crane keeping the thing in the air.

How many ways can you spell "scam" or pronounce "snake oil"?