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NASA flying-car man designs electric VTOL podcraft

Thursday 21st January 2010 16:50 GMT john 154

its been done....

Seriously tho'....the PAV was solved about 20 yrs ago by the Voljet. It uses a standard turbine to copress air and squirt it out of the tips of the rotors. No need for a boom (tail) as in standard helicopters. Its quiet, safer than most helios and can be flown with no hands ! so its easy to train people. Those megacorp helicopter manufacturers wont take it up tho' because amongst other things it requres much less maintenance than a standard heli.

Watch the video on youtube. Its a big file but look at what it does at 7 mins into the video. Rises vertically like its on elastic !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDOuoG6ljZA

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New mega offshore windfarms could supply 2% of UK energy

Tuesday 12th January 2010 13:26 GMT john 154

just build....

...more feckin nukes.....this green crap has been going on for too long....I met it in the seventies when the world was going to freeze....wot's wrong with nukes anyway ?

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'CRU cherrypicked Russian climate data', says Russian

Thursday 17th December 2009 16:49 GMT john 154

I for one..

want to be warm

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VTOL gyro-copter flying car mates with killer robot

Wednesday 25th November 2009 00:13 GMT john 154

Steve Evans...

hmmm Fixed winger ?.....by the way the Fairy Rotordyne was brilliant but the real interesting aircraft for the future is this baby....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDOuoG6ljZA.

Its the tip jet. It has all the advantages of a heli without the mechanical complexity and training. Look towards the end of the video if you really want to see what this beaut can do...vertical take off like a rocket !!!

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Tuesday 24th November 2009 23:40 GMT john 154

Dirk Koopman.....

The PPL-G in the UK also requires you to do a landing without power....check this guy out in the states .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajM3yOojPbg...as I said most fixed wingers dont understand that the latest gyro's are ''''''safe''''' note the quotes !

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US monster-truck roboguns to blast enemies autonomously

Thursday 19th November 2009 16:41 GMT john 154

I for one..

...am tired of welcoming new overlords.....

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Volcanic African 'unzipping' could see continent divided

Thursday 5th November 2009 13:35 GMT john 154

isnt it ?

AGW I mean?....you mean people really do believe in AGW ?

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Think you're tech savvy? You won't be when you're old

Monday 26th October 2009 13:08 GMT john 154

hmmm...tasty

1.5m dollars.....just to quote the obvious....where can I get a research grant ?

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US Navy boffins put an end to drought

Monday 28th September 2009 15:27 GMT john 154

I mean...

screw the co2, I need a drink....

but seriously SCREW THE CO2........if I'm on the titanic I might as well go first class.......the elephant in the room ? wayaaaayyy too many people on the 'ship'....

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