Posted by News on February 14, 2012, 10:03 pm
harry k wrote:
>> The air car is a reality. It works. Obviously big corporation fried
>> your brains.- Hide quoted text -
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> Please give me the address of a place selling them. I'll be right
> down. If you have forgotten, you couldn't even provide the address of
> a factory building them.
Again..."The air car is a reality. It works." It is not a computer
generated design . It is metal reality. This may be difficult for a bird
brain to understand.
Posted by harry k on February 15, 2012, 4:52 am
> harry k wrote:
> >> The air car is a reality. It works. Obviously big corporation fried
> >> your brains.- Hide quoted text -
> >> - Show quoted text -
> > Please give me the address of a place selling them. I'll be right
> > down. If you have forgotten, you couldn't even provide the address of
> > a factory building them.
> Again..."The air car is a reality. It works." It is not a computer
> generated design . It is metal reality. This may be difficult for a bird
> brain to understand.
So you can't give us a dealer's name? Can't cite an driving test
article? Not a surprise.
Harry K
Posted by News on February 15, 2012, 8:38 am
harry k wrote:
>> harry k wrote:
>>>> The air car is a reality. It works. Obviously big corporation fried
>>>> your brains.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>>>> - Show quoted text -
>>
>>> Please give me the address of a place selling them. I'll be right
>>> down. If you have forgotten, you couldn't even provide the address
>>> of a factory building them.
>>
>> Again..."The air car is a reality. It works." It is not a computer
>> generated design . It is metal reality. This may be difficult for a
>> bird brain to understand.
> So you can't give us a dealer's name?
Again..."The air car is a reality. It works." It is not a computer generated
design.
Jet cars are reality, the first was in 1950, and one raced, but you can't
buy one of those either.
Posted by Jim Wilkins on February 15, 2012, 3:24 pm
> ...> Again..."The air car is a reality. It works." It is not a computer
> generated design.
> Jet cars are reality, the first was in 1950, and one raced, but you can't
> buy one of those either.
I've helped build some pretty exotic lab prototype vehicles that need a
full-time mechanic to keep them running, the same as race cars and fighter
planes.
They were "real" and functioned as intended but were nowhere near practical
or ready to sell to the public, which is the true goal that developmental
prototypes should lead to. Otherwise they are just engineers playing at
their hobby and trying to sucker you into paying for it, the way the
entertainment industry does.
Even GM can build a failure, as with the Wankel engine. The problems that
kill them are never mentioned in the press releases. Research the
thermodynamic efficiency of a steam locomotive, for a good example.
A high-maintenance homemade example at work:
https://picasaweb.google.com/KB1DAL/HomeMadeMachines#5280467615509112306
jsw
Posted by News on February 17, 2012, 3:59 pm
>> ...> Again..."The air car is a reality. It works." It is not a computer
>> generated design.
>>
>> Jet cars are reality, the first was in 1950, and one raced, but you can't
>> buy one of those either.
> I've helped build some pretty exotic lab prototype vehicles that need a
> full-time mechanic to keep them running, the same as race cars and fighter
> planes.
> They were "real" and functioned as intended but were nowhere near
> practical or ready to sell to the public, which is the true goal that
> developmental prototypes should lead to. Otherwise they are just engineers
> playing at their hobby and trying to sucker you into paying for it, the
> way the entertainment industry does.
Jet turbines in cars were ready for production if need be. One raced the
LeMans 24 hrs. They did not need a mechanic standing next it to make it go.
They just were not fuel efficient enough and the engine characteristics did
not lend it to road car usage.
But they worked reliably well.
> Even GM can build a failure, as with the Wankel engine.
GMs may have been a failure but the Wankel overall is not. Many milliosn
have been made - it is still made today and used in a variety of roles.
Audi are considering it as a hybrid range extender only turning a genny.
Very small and efficient when running at it "sweet spot".
>> your brains.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
> Please give me the address of a place selling them. I'll be right
> down. If you have forgotten, you couldn't even provide the address of
> a factory building them.