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Pug

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UPDATED LINK: http://www.moller.com/videom200x.htm



A flying saucer that glides 10 feet off the ground and carries two passengers has gone into commercial production.

Moller International, based in Davis, Calif., has begun to manufacture parts for its Jetsons-like personal flying pod, the M200G Volantor.

The M200G is the size of a small car and is designed to take off and land vertically.

Company founder Paul Moller, in a press release, called the craft "the ultimate off-road vehicle" as it is able to travel over any surface.

"It's not a hovercraft, although its operation is just as easy," said Moller, a retired professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California at Davis. "You can speed over rocks, swampland, fences or log-infested waterways with ease, because you're not limited by the surface."

http://www.moller.com/files/M200_Brochure.pdf

Gotta get me one of those...with a trailer for my X!
« Last Edit: August 02, 2007, 06:16:59 PM by Pug »
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Re: I KID YOU NOT! -- California Company Starts Making Flying Saucers
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2007, 06:12:12 PM »

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Re: I KID YOU NOT! -- California Company Starts Making Flying Saucers
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2007, 12:15:49 AM »

This bloak was on discovery channel last week.  Last I heard he was having trouble with foward flight.  Looks like he figured it out....Range is still limited.
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Re: I KID YOU NOT! -- California Company Starts Making Flying Saucers
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2007, 05:56:01 AM »

Woked this time. He must not be very confident. He has a crane there hooked to it!
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