Another vehicle that needs rotary power! ;-)
    http://www.aeromobil.com/

    Dan G.


    Quite remarkable. Unfortunately it will never make it in the US as it
    does not meet DOT car rules for all sorts of things let alone side impact.

    My 1973 RX2 weighed about 2000 pounds. My 2004 RX8 weighs
    3000 pounds with the same engine weight and a smaller body thanks
    to the draconian  and do good wacko Democrats:)

    This extra weight results in 15% worse MPG at 60 MPH where rolling
    resistance is equal to aerodynamic drag.

    The Renault Clio I rented in Europe this year is about the same
    size as the RX2 and larger than the RX8 with more room weighed 2100 pounds.
    I don't think the death rate is any higher in Europe despite the lack of
    speed limits on the Autobahn. The Clio would do 180 clicks. Renault
    claims 63 MPG for the Clio. I am sure not at 180 clicks :)


    Paul Lamar

    The use of four wheels makes this Aeromobil subject to the Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for automobiles.  However if three wheels were used it could be qualified as a motorcycle and would not need to meet all the crash tests required for automobiles.  The best configuration with three wheels is one rear driving wheel and two front wheels steering.  Not only does it give the best highway stability it also offers the greater simplicity by reducing the parts count.

    The Rotax 912 does not seem like the best choice of engines for highway use because some form of forced air cooling system is
necessary.   I think the Mazda rotary engine would be a better choice.

    Bob Young


    You have not seen a BIG storm, we get them every 3 days, Yes you are going
    to get a LOT of rain, according to the weather sat image.
Interesting this
    Global Warming , we have a dock built in 1930 that was at least 4 to 5 feet higher
    than High Water Mean level.

    now its just kissing the bottom timbers, any idea's Paul !

    Steve Carlisle


    Your dock is sinking into the mud. Put some ice into a glass of water.
    Mark the water level in the class.  Let the ice melt. Note the final water level
    in the glass. It will be lower. Ice is lower density than water.

    Therefore the melting arctic ice (if any) has nothing to do with it. Perhaps it
    is melting ice from Greenland. Greenland is a bowl. When the ice and
    snow melt (if ever) Greenland would become a land of lakes with the
    water seeping mostly into the aquifer (if the permafrost ever melted)
    and not necessarily running off into the ocean.

    Global warming is a product of academia. Most college professors
    suffer from a contagious mental illness called Emotional Belief System.
    Narcissism is part of it. They got it from their teachers that got it from
    their teachers and so on and so on. None of them every had a real job
    so they are totally naive on how the world works. Pardon the pun.
    They never emotionally matured. That takes a job in the dog eat dog
    real world.

    The other flaw in academia is how a person gets a PHD.
    They must write a thesis. The Emotional Belief System is the happy
    hunting ground for subjects to write a thesis on.

    The other problem with global warming is old tools were used to measure
    the temperatures prior to satellites.

    Measuring tools have three necessary characteristics. Accuracy
    (is it 86.6 or 85.5?), resolution ( is it 85.51 or 85.52?) and
    repeatability. Another problem was random samples from
    isolated locations around the world with non certified measuring tools
    were used.

    In order to accurately measure the  average temperature of a relatively
    non conducting object one must divide the surface of the object into a
    uniform grid and add all the temperatures measured with the same tool
    and divided by the number of grids.

    When satellites became available this was done. The data showed the
    earth was cooling off .  Academia was shocked. It did not correlate
    with their EBS so they starting lying about the data.  They got caught
    when some if not all of their emails were hacked.

    To save face they changed the name of the program to Climate Change.
    Rain today sunny tomorrow.

    Copyright Paul Lamar 12-12-2014.



With a couple of exceptions, you only know what you have
been taught or learn from reading. Like a computer. Develop
a program for a given task, input information or data and
look for solutions. To get a different solution some
criteria needs to be altered.
The criteria for exceptions are; free thought and the
ability to analyze with an open mind. Academia requires
students to spit out information compatible with the
professors knowledge and abilities. If you challenge
this too much you get labeled as radical or trouble
maker. Many from the Renaissance
 thinkers were condemned or ridiculed for their
outrageous thoughts or claims at the time. Some make
it through the cracks by recognizing the issues and
making a show of complying until they get the the degree
they were seeking and then carry on with free thought.

Dale Davies

Is Steve saying that the water level is higher
today than it was years ago. I grew up on Botany
Bay South of Sydney and we knew where the water
was going to be at what time. I thought that the
melting in the Northern Hemisphere was covered by
the extra ice at the South Pole.
Peter Duffecy


Interesting. Do they have any calculations on the volume of the ice floating
near  antarctic?

The world's surface is 70% water as I recall and it is 5000 feet deep
in places. That is one whole heck of a lot of water.
It is unlikely to be 5 feet deeper world wide.

Peter, are you coming to the Aust Sport Aviation show next year.
Neal and I be there.

Paul Lamar

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