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the_ignored
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 Posted - 06/30/2010 : 08:11:50
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Does this thing look like it'll fly?
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 06/30/2010 : 11:08:12 [Permalink]
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The wings looks like they are double-folded. In such case, the wing span could probably* support flight.
*my personal opinion |
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 06/30/2010 : 12:40:48 [Permalink]
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Yes, the wings fold out and there is a vertical stabilizer tail. (I personally don't want to fly it though.) To me, cars are cars, planes are planes.
Now if someone built an actual, functioning Star Trek shuttle craft that really worked and could get you from Earth to Mars on a day trip - well maybe I'd be into that - or a WWI Nieuport 28.  |
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
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Posted - 06/30/2010 : 13:39:15 [Permalink]
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| TV footage today all over the place with the thing flying around like a bird, so I guess it's real, all right. Sticker price $200K. |
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 06/30/2010 : 15:13:33 [Permalink]
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| I wonder how long it will last in the marketplace as gas prices climb. For that matter, will it have the freedom to fly as often as one would like on their commute? How convenient would it be to have to fly from airport to airport? My guess is it will not be convenient for many people. |
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2010 : 16:02:47 [Permalink]
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| We hear about these things at least once a year in mags like Popular Mechanics, people have been trying to push them for about 80 years. But they always seem to forget one thing - the streets are full of people who can't walk, bicycle, or drive a car safely, why the hell would we want them all in the air? |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 07/01/2010 : 04:10:11 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by bngbuck
TV footage today all over the place with the thing flying around like a bird, so I guess it's real, all right. Sticker price $200K.
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Surely you remember the Taylor Aerocar, vintage late '40s?
"Nothing new under the sun," eh?
Flying automobiles were less than practical then and remain so today.
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2010 : 05:08:06 [Permalink]
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And this abomination, the unholy union of a Cessna 337 and a Ford Pinto, it crashed killing its designers:
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Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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bngbuck
SFN Addict
USA
2437 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2010 : 07:26:49 [Permalink]
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Rat.....
Pretty cold, but I almost think justice was done!
Both for the Pinto and the folks that created that hideous hybrid.
Filthy.....
That is the butt-ugliest IFO I have ever seen! |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 07/01/2010 : 07:34:41 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
And this abomination, the unholy union of a Cessna 337 and a Ford Pinto, it crashed killing its designers:
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Heh. One of the few deaths in the Pinto that the Ford manufactures didn't have to shell out after a wrongful death suit , I suppose. |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 07/01/2010 : 11:01:22 [Permalink]
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| Actually the Pinto exploded after backing into a luggage tram at 5mph. |
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podcat
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sailingsoul
SFN Addict
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Posted - 07/02/2010 : 06:44:04 [Permalink]
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This must use airports, which is different than taking off from any place. However this news/project is closer to reality than any of the previous attempts posted so far, to actually producing a viable product. At $200,000 all it really permits is the ability to use one conveyance to get to an airport, fly to another and have ground transportation at a destination. Seems like more trouble than it's worth.
I figuring this is not as practical to use as your everyday car, which is what you use now to get to an airport. All this does is eliminate the need to rent a car upon arrival at a distant airport. Hell, why not just leave your wings at the airport and drive around without them. Seeing how you have to go back to the airport to fly again. If it could land and take off from rough terrain that might make it worth while. SS |
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2010 : 18:45:26 [Permalink]
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About a decade ago the Moller Skycar was being touted as the Next Greatest Thing!
It made some tethered flight tests in 2003, and hasn't done much since other than collect dust and suck in some unwise investors.
And it's something you would never catch me flying, or flying in. You can tell by looking at it that if there was an engine failure you are well and truly screwed. There is not enough wing to provide lift for gliding, and not enough rotor to auto-rotate like a helicopter. The very concept of that type of vehicle should be illegal. |
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
1370 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2010 : 18:55:13 [Permalink]
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Just found that Wikipedia has an entire page devoted to lots of different Flying cars.
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Bailey's second law; There is no relationship between the three virtues of intelligence, education, and wisdom.
You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church? - The Bishop of Bath and Wells, Blackadder II
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2010 : 02:00:15 [Permalink]
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Its interesting that the flying car remains a silly idea. Though some have gotten into the air, they are basically bad airplanes forced to have road car characteristics which ultimately hinder complete or most airworthy design solutions.
However the seaplane remains a viable design concept. Seaplanes with central hulls are in essence flying boats. Seaplanes with pontoons are in essence flying catamarans - though they're not called that, just float planes. I think this is because the seaplane doesn't sacrifice aeronautics. In other words, its a 100% airplane that can takeoff and land on water, not a ship that turns into an airplane. |
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Flying car? Really?
