Hello this is my first post and I am happy to be here.
I was thinking that the when the Moller Skycar has to be certified by the FAA the aircraft must be able to fly on half of it’s power (ie.2 engines) but on the website they say that it is able to keep flying as long as two engines on the same side don’t fail so what is going to happen when they need to certify it? :confused:
By: mike currill - 6th April 2006 at 08:07
Anyone heard anything recently about the bright red 5 (or is it six) engined Moller? that’s the one I really want. Sorry folks take no notice of me, my sig says it all. The machine I was referring to is the M400 though I’m sure I recall seeing a pic somewhere of a similar machine in the same colour with a fifth fan in place of the centre fin which is what I really had in mind. Oh sod it I’ll just admit I don’t really know what I meant.
By: Barnowl - 5th April 2006 at 22:36
EWWWWWWWWW
I’d rather have a Skycar than one of those jobbies…
BARNOWL
By: SteveO - 3rd April 2006 at 14:56
Here are some other interesting civilian VTOL aircraft – the AMV211 Aircraft http://www.amvaircraft.com/ and the Skywalker VTOL aircraft http://www.skywalkervtol.com/
By: Barnowl - 1st April 2006 at 23:51
Seconded Mike…
By: mike currill - 25th March 2006 at 08:31
The Moller Sky Car. I want one.
By: wessex boy - 2nd March 2006 at 15:30
Welcome to the Forum F100-F!
Ahh yes the Moller Sky Car, I have spent many a boring meeting trying to work out how to create a Radio Control one of these using a combination of Mechanical links and the computer mixing on my Tranny…. 😉
By: SteveO - 2nd March 2006 at 15:26
The Skycar also has dual ballistic parachutes among it’s safety features http://www.moller.com/skycar/safety/
By: Trinny - 2nd March 2006 at 11:47
The Moller actually has eight engines, two per nacelle.
In the likely event that it is certificated under FAR 23, it will be exempt from engine-out climb performance restrictions by virtue of its weight. There are no other FAR 23 engine-related requirements which would necessarily be limiting for the aircraft.
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