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To: BwanaNdege

Most of them are held up due to government, not technology. So no, no sarc tag required. Each one has had flying tech demonstrators for years.


24 posted on 07/21/2011 3:47:30 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (explosive bolts, ten thousand volts at a million miles an hour)
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To: Dead Corpse

IIRC, Moller only flew on a tether under a crane. Moller is a very capable scam artist. I’ve seen a progression of “The Future is Here, NOW!” magazine articles about Moller for what seems like 30 or 40 years. He just puts a swoopier fiberglass body on it every decade and gets a new crop of followers.Work the physics of airfoil thrust and fuel weight to power conversion - it ain’t gonna do what he claims.

As far as “held up due to government”, that may apply to “certification”, but you can do almost whatever you want under “Experimental” category. Lots of people have made money selling plans & kits of their strange and wonderful aircraft. Check out the Experimental Aircraft Association.


25 posted on 07/21/2011 11:18:00 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (For those who have fought for it, Life bears a savor the protected will never know.)
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