Comments on: “Flying jeep” proposal http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/2010/07/08/flying-jeep-proposal/ Quotations, comments, and whatever else I'm interested in at the moment. Tue, 22 May 2012 11:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris Taylor http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/2010/07/08/flying-jeep-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-1734 Chris Taylor Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:55:23 +0000 http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/?p=4436#comment-1734 On the plus side, looks cool. Like a car and a Cessna 337 Skymaster had some unholy offspring. And ducted fans <i>are</i> a lot quieter than your average helo. On the downside, there is absolutely nowhere in that thing to hide an engine with enough oomph to power four ducted fans. To say nothing of the fuel required to drive four ducted fans; in its current configuration it would drain the wing tanks in about an hour. On the plus side, looks cool. Like a car and a Cessna 337 Skymaster had some unholy offspring. And ducted fans are a lot quieter than your average helo.

On the downside, there is absolutely nowhere in that thing to hide an engine with enough oomph to power four ducted fans. To say nothing of the fuel required to drive four ducted fans; in its current configuration it would drain the wing tanks in about an hour.

]]> By: Penman http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/2010/07/08/flying-jeep-proposal/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Penman Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:59:01 +0000 http://quotulatiousness.ca/blog/?p=4436#comment-1732 If the picture is even remotely accurate then it would be difficult to drive around anywhere with normal width streets because it still has quite a large wingspan. on the plus side, Awesome, flying cars. If the picture is even remotely accurate then it would be difficult to drive around anywhere with normal width streets because it still has quite a large wingspan. on the plus side, Awesome, flying cars.

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