Did you listen to this video ? He wants to double the 4) 70 hp engines
to a total of 560 hp !!! There goes all of the "figures" for range and
fuel consumption. Further, at the end he says for the M400 to succeed
"The government needs the highway in the sky." !! I guess he never went
to the FAA seminars at Oshkosh.

-dave

Dave

Yes he will need more hp. for vertical take offs and landings.  As you can
see in the video, as soon as he gets out of ground effect the craft suddenly
sinks. Given enough power you can make an elephant fly or even a helicopter
which is much more efficient as a door to door device and is already
developed.  The question is how fast the M-400 will be able to cruise?
Ducted fans are draggy. And when you lose an engine or two what is the glide
ratio.  At least an helicopter can auto rotate and when the learn to make
fat airfoils that can be stopped  in flight then perhaps we will see some
real cross country speeds. I admire that Moller hasn't given up on his dream
but I personally think door to door travel is a little over-rated in over
developed societies that have no time to live anymore. Soon to come. "Scotty
beam me up":)


Doug in Japan

Why should he give up? People still buy stock.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

I firmly think this is simply about selling stock. Even the video
reporters notes these videos are 10 years old !!!  Notice to create
engines of twice the power he now uses a "Fresh out of college engineer"
in this "close control" - Translation from Detroit - cheap labor with no
practical knowledge you can shape to your needs...  Guys, my comment
about the doubling the HP was tung and cheek. If he was serious about
his calculations - and remember I posted his comments to me back to this
group when he said his speed and such were correct "calculations" - then
he as an aeronautical professor should certainly not have been off by
200% - We all know that even at that he will not reach 400 mph or even
the 300 mph he now claims. Not within reason. Less than 200 mph cruise
even with 600 hp he could reach even with F-22 flight control systems.
:-)  This being his latest claim that the FAA must provide something
they already have shown the avionics provider will and have provided -
high way in the sky. The stock buying public doesn't understand this is
a software concept and not an infrastructure asset.

-dave

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