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To: gnarledmaw
In the 70s Moeller promised me a flying car that had more of a Battlestar Gallactica Viper fighter look, Id prefer that one.

Too bad we won't see Moeller's Volantor anytime soon.
48 posted on 10/19/2025 5:44:09 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: RandallFlagg

“Too bad we won’t see Moeller’s Volantor anytime soon.”

My ears hurt just seeing that. EIGHT barely muffler equipped rotary engines at full WFO throttle just to hover 1000+horsepower its drinking 20+gallons per min to hover.It’s disk landing is atrocious. There is a reason helo rotors are large disk loading.

As with all powered from that aircraft has dead man’s zone twice every flight, no amount of rocket fired ballistic or airbags can solve tbat. Nope nope nope. As Dr.Krieger would say.


71 posted on 10/21/2025 4:58:58 AM PDT by GenXPolymath
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