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Posted by: Mark Henry Dec 3 2008, 06:47 PM
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Aerocar-N103D-Flying-Plane-Car-Single-Engine-Auto-Fly_W0QQitemZ200280604815QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Aircraft?hash=item200280604815&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1215|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318
Posted by: scotty b Dec 3 2008, 06:58 PM
I'm gonna start smoking crack so all of my junk will be valuable
Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Dec 3 2008, 07:41 PM
Posted by: championgt1 Dec 3 2008, 08:42 PM
3.5 mil for a plane last inspected in 1976.
YEAH OK!!!!
Posted by: Vacca Rabite Dec 3 2008, 09:21 PM
^^^^
I'm not exactly sure what I have just been implicated in. I am going to assume that it is suitably awesome, and go to bed knowing that my awesomeness had been observed.
Zach
Posted by: r_towle Dec 3 2008, 09:23 PM
QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ Dec 3 2008, 10:21 PM)
^^^^
I'm not exactly sure what I have just been implicated in. I am going to assume that it is suitably awesome, and go to bed knowing that my awesomeness had been observed.
Zach
damn you must be tired...
A simple setup from Scotty...and you.....ahhh never mind..go to bed.
Rich
Posted by: Vacca Rabite Dec 3 2008, 09:26 PM
Infants will addle your brain. I'm living proof.
I'm going to go find a pillow before my forehead smacks the keyboard.
Zach
Posted by: So.Cal.914 Dec 3 2008, 09:39 PM
Would be fun though. Not 3.5 mil worth...But fun.
Posted by: Jake Raby Dec 3 2008, 09:59 PM
That thing is dying for a Lycoming 540 and a 52" variable pitch prop :-)
Posted by: ConeDodger Dec 3 2008, 10:30 PM
QUOTE(Jake Raby @ Dec 3 2008, 07:59 PM)
That thing is dying for a Lycoming 540 and a 52" variable pitch prop :-)
Careful Jake, a variable pitch prop is probably what killed Amelia Airhart. They suspect she never adjusted her prop pitch!
Posted by: LarryR Dec 3 2008, 10:33 PM
Man that is awesome!!! not for the price but you got to love it... inovation at its best. I could make short work of my bay area commute with that
Now If I could find one about a few orders of magnitude cheaper ...
Posted by: Phoenix-MN Dec 4 2008, 11:14 AM
Don't forget this classic
Posted by: So.Cal.914 Dec 4 2008, 01:33 PM
....
Posted by: scotty b Dec 4 2008, 06:28 PM
QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ Dec 3 2008, 07:21 PM)
^^^^
I'm not exactly sure what I have just been implicated in. I am going to assume that it is suitably awesome, and go to bed knowing that my awesomeness had been observed.
Zach
It's o.k. Zach, Rich has some fascination with the color red, and my junk. It worries me ....but not too much, he's not very close to me. I just hope I never spill any red paint on my junk, he'll be right there before I know it
Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Dec 4 2008, 06:38 PM
QUOTE(scotty b @ Dec 4 2008, 04:28 PM)
QUOTE(Vacca Rabite @ Dec 3 2008, 07:21 PM)
^^^^
I'm not exactly sure what I have just been implicated in. I am going to assume that it is suitably awesome, and go to bed knowing that my awesomeness had been observed.
Zach
It's o.k. Zach, Rich has some fascination with the color red, and my junk. It worries me ....but not too much, he's not very close to me. I just hope I never spill any red paint on my junk, he'll be right there before I know it
Posted by: yellow914 Dec 4 2008, 06:39 PM
I seem to remember a saying that went something like this: "when you try to make something that is 1/2 this and 1/2 that you usually end up with something that is less than 1/2 as good as either"
That said, has anyone ever seen on the discovery channel way back when (1990's) an invention that was like a homebuild plane but it only flew 10 feet off the ground on a cushion of air created by the body and wing angle...it looked a bit like it had short bat wings with a boat shaped body...really cool....of course it may have been a crack enduced dream of mine
Posted by: dlestep Dec 4 2008, 07:33 PM
QUOTE(Jake Raby @ Dec 3 2008, 10:59 PM)
That thing is dying for a Lycoming 540 and a 52" variable pitch prop :-)
...540 people killed in Wyoming by a 52" vibrator welding bitch cop?
what did he saayyy....ahh never mind.
Posted by: Mark Henry Dec 4 2008, 09:07 PM
QUOTE(yellow914 @ Dec 4 2008, 07:39 PM)
That said, has anyone ever seen on the discovery channel way back when (1990's) an invention that was like a homebuild plane but it only flew 10 feet off the ground on a cushion of air created by the body and wing angle...it looked a bit like it had short bat wings with a boat shaped body...really cool....of course it may have been a crack enduced dream of mine
You mean the Ecronoplane, invented by the Russians in the 50's-60's. Any/all others is just a copy of their invention, although it's said that Alexander Graham Bell may have built something like it.
http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1CHMI_en-USCA292CA303&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=ecronoplane
Posted by: biggy72 Dec 4 2008, 09:09 PM
QUOTE(ConeDodger @ Dec 3 2008, 08:30 PM)
QUOTE(Jake Raby @ Dec 3 2008, 07:59 PM)
That thing is dying for a Lycoming 540 and a 52" variable pitch prop :-)
Careful Jake, a variable pitch prop is probably what killed Amelia Airhart. They suspect she never adjusted her prop pitch!
I'm pretty sure most newer planes have a self governing pitch prop. I know ours does anyway. I know where you can get a plane that flies much much better and will require much less maintenance than that one earlier in the post....
http://www.soloy.com/Aircraft+for+Sale/default.aspx
I'm pretty sure I'd get a raise if I could sell one, but I really doubt there are too many people here looking for a turbine powered Cessna.
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Posted by: biggy72 Dec 4 2008, 09:16 PM
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Dec 4 2008, 07:07 PM)
You mean the Ecronoplane, invented by the Russians in the 50's-60's. Any/all others is just a copy of their invention, although it's said that Alexander Graham Bell may have built something like it.
http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1CHMI_en-USCA292CA303&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=ecronoplane
http://www.hydrofoils.org/
I had this guy as a prof at WSU. You want to talk about an unassuming guy... real monotone and boring in class, but he has done and seen some pretty incredible stuff.
Posted by: yellow914 Dec 5 2008, 11:07 AM
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Dec 4 2008, 07:07 PM)
QUOTE(yellow914 @ Dec 4 2008, 07:39 PM)
That said, has anyone ever seen on the discovery channel way back when (1990's) an invention that was like a homebuild plane but it only flew 10 feet off the ground on a cushion of air created by the body and wing angle...it looked a bit like it had short bat wings with a boat shaped body...really cool....of course it may have been a crack enduced dream of mine
You mean the Ecronoplane, invented by the Russians in the 50's-60's. Any/all others is just a copy of their invention, although it's said that Alexander Graham Bell may have built something like it.
http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1CHMI_en-USCA292CA303&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=ecronoplane
Okay it drove me nuts enough to look for what I was "trying" to convey. I believe it was called the Airfish and it is a type of vehicle designated as a "Flarecraft"...but the version I saw was definitely a homebuilt...they apparently have a max altitude of like 3 meters or so....google it and see what you find!
Posted by: mudfoot76 Dec 5 2008, 12:27 PM
QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Dec 4 2008, 10:07 PM)
You mean the Ecronoplane, invented by the Russians in the 50's-60's. Any/all others is just a copy of their invention, although it's said that Alexander Graham Bell may have built something like it.
http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1CHMI_en-USCA292CA303&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=ecronoplane
I
ekranoplan!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYmSnpQ360
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