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
Paul, excellent dissertation on "global warming"! I'm sending them off to
some
skeptics I know. Should be fun.
Gary Knutson
Thanks Gary. Feel free I was only kidding about thr copyright :)
Paul Lamar
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