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israel 08-14-02 05:45 PM

Have you guys seen this before? 8 rotor skycar
 
perhaps proof the rotary engine is the greatest?

http://www.moller.com/centerimage/main1-skycar.gif
The Article
Moller Aviation

searching for "kansas city rx7", somehow i found an article on this that was done back in 1999, so this may be old news, but i didn't see anything about it on the forums before.

rxtasy3 08-14-02 11:24 PM

Yep, I already knew about that. I think it may have helped the rotary move into the application of aviation.

cmartinp28 08-14-02 11:30 PM

8 rotors?!? that thing must drink gas like a fish drinks water

rxrotary2_7 08-15-02 03:07 PM

do fish actualy "drink" water? i know they breathe air from the water via their gills....
j/k lol
yeah i have seen that.

gen2ForCe 08-15-02 04:34 PM

pretty cool

cmartinp28 08-15-02 05:06 PM

how much how much?

Scalliwag 08-17-02 03:26 PM

They said it is $950,000 but the guy hopes to get them around $60,000 in the future.

Jeff20B 08-17-02 10:58 PM

I thought he wanted to get it down to $30,000 (the same as a luxery car) or a helecopter, or maybe the current price is as high as a helecopter? I can't remember. That was the story back in '97-'98 when I first learned about it and the Rotapower engines it uses. It has eight 530cc twin rotor engines. That means if one fails, seven will still be running and you can land safely. Not bad.

repuguru 08-18-02 11:03 PM

The was some show on "Discovery" where a guy made a hovering craft out a disc with 8 rotary engines turning horizonal fans mounted in the craft.
It didn't look near as safe as the one above.

protlewski 09-03-02 06:02 PM


Originally posted by repuguru
The was some show on "Discovery" where a guy made a hovering craft out a disc with 8 rotary engines turning horizonal fans mounted in the craft.
It didn't look near as safe as the one above.

thats the same guy doing this rotary sky car. Paul Moler
He did the disc to prove that the engines would do the job.:D :cool:


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