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> OT: 160hp aircooled car that really flys down the road, Got an extra $3.5mil hanging around?
Mark Henry
post Dec 3 2008, 06:47 PM
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post Dec 4 2008, 06:39 PM
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I seem to remember a saying that went something like this: "when you try to make something that is 1/2 this and 1/2 that you usually end up with something that is less than 1/2 as good as either"

That said, has anyone ever seen on the discovery channel way back when (1990's) an invention that was like a homebuild plane but it only flew 10 feet off the ground on a cushion of air created by the body and wing angle...it looked a bit like it had short bat wings with a boat shaped body...really cool....of course it may have been a crack enduced dream of mine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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post Dec 4 2008, 09:07 PM
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QUOTE(yellow914 @ Dec 4 2008, 07:39 PM) *


That said, has anyone ever seen on the discovery channel way back when (1990's) an invention that was like a homebuild plane but it only flew 10 feet off the ground on a cushion of air created by the body and wing angle...it looked a bit like it had short bat wings with a boat shaped body...really cool....of course it may have been a crack enduced dream of mine (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)


You mean the Ecronoplane, invented by the Russians in the 50's-60's. Any/all others is just a copy of their invention, although it's said that Alexander Graham Bell may have built something like it.

http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1CHMI_en...p;q=ecronoplane
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post Dec 4 2008, 09:16 PM
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QUOTE(Mark Henry @ Dec 4 2008, 07:07 PM) *

You mean the Ecronoplane, invented by the Russians in the 50's-60's. Any/all others is just a copy of their invention, although it's said that Alexander Graham Bell may have built something like it.

http://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1CHMI_en...p;q=ecronoplane



http://www.hydrofoils.org/

I had this guy as a prof at WSU. You want to talk about an unassuming guy... real monotone and boring in class, but he has done and seen some pretty incredible stuff.
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Mark Henry   OT: 160hp aircooled car that really flys down the road   Dec 3 2008, 06:47 PM
scotty b   I'm gonna start smoking crack so all of my jun...   Dec 3 2008, 06:58 PM
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So.Cal.914   Would be fun though. Not 3.5 mil worth...But fun. ...   Dec 3 2008, 09:39 PM
Jake Raby   That thing is dying for a Lycoming 540 and a 52...   Dec 3 2008, 09:59 PM
ConeDodger   That thing is dying for a Lycoming 540 and a 52...   Dec 3 2008, 10:30 PM
dlestep   That thing is dying for a Lycoming 540 and a 52...   Dec 4 2008, 07:33 PM
LarryR   Man that is awesome!!! not for the pri...   Dec 3 2008, 10:33 PM
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Phoenix-MN   Don't forget this classic   Dec 4 2008, 11:14 AM
So.Cal.914   ....   Dec 4 2008, 01:33 PM
yellow914   I seem to remember a saying that went something li...   Dec 4 2008, 06:39 PM
Mark Henry   That said, has anyone ever seen on the discovery...   Dec 4 2008, 09:07 PM
biggy72   You mean the Ecronoplane, invented by the Russian...   Dec 4 2008, 09:16 PM
yellow914   That said, has anyone ever seen on the discover...   Dec 5 2008, 11:07 AM
mudfoot76   You mean the Ecronoplane, invented by the Russian...   Dec 5 2008, 12:27 PM
biggy72   [quote name='Jake Raby' post='1108069' date='Dec ...   Dec 4 2008, 09:09 PM

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