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Cruise-capable eVTOL flying motorcycle rocks tilting thrusters
newatlas.com ^ | May 30 2024 | Joe Salas

Posted on 06/02/2024 6:54:59 PM PDT by martin_fierro

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To: Paal Gulli

“...But it took off horizontally using wing-generated lift to get airborne instead of fan-generated thrust....”


The Wright Brothers also used a derrick with a heavy weight - attached to cables and pulleys to pull the aircraft forward on a track to achieve lift-off.

Gustave Whitehead needed no such ‘help’ when he flew a powered aircraft 28 months before the Wright Brothers...

https://gustavewhitehead.info/about-gustave-whitehead/


21 posted on 06/03/2024 4:56:38 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: martin_fierro

I guess I’m just an old fart.

I ain’t giving up my 93FXR for nuttin.


22 posted on 06/03/2024 5:28:23 AM PDT by left that other site (For what is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed ...to be brought out. Mk 4:22)
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To: martin_fierro

You’d probably get it keyed for taking 6 parking spaces at Walmart.


23 posted on 06/03/2024 5:58:54 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: Jonty30

Heh


24 posted on 06/05/2024 12:46:40 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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