michel123456 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 This flying machine comes from 1974. I first thought it was a hoax. It is not, it is abandonned technology. Why? My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 because it was only a novelty it served no practical purpose that would encourage financial investment. I know nobody likes to think of it in terms of money but developing single person flying machines is difficult and costly and there doesn't tend to be a lot of demand for them outside a novelty market. nobody wants to invest millions in perfecting one only to have it cost as much as a house, be very few in existance and then the owners won't be able to actually fly them to to aviation regulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainteaserfan Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 (edited) This flying machine comes from 1974. I first thought it was a hoax. It is not, it is abandonned technology. Why? My link My guess -too expensive -too noisy -too dangerous (tippy?) -too hard to fly -gas eater Edited June 12, 2011 by Brainteaserfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal. Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Maybe , there were restrictions on information available to the public and as more is made widely available , somebody with enough money to burn will take that idea and make a very modern toy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C.MacSwell Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Maybe , there were restrictions on information available to the public and as more is made widely available , somebody with enough money to burn will take that idea and make a very modern toy . Like this? http://www.tecaeromex.com/ingles/RB-i.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal. Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I was quite young in 1984 but did see the olympics then . I thought the actual flying done was a hollywood trick like the A-Team . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekan Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 No company would dare sell one. In case the buyer fell off it, or crashed into something - then engaged a lawyer, who'd sue the company to beggary. For a similar reason, we can't have "flying wing" airliners. Even though they'd be much more efficient. A "flying wing" would be a radical design change. This change would be blamed, by the lawyers, for causing any subsequent crash. So the aircraft companies keep on making the existing crude design: a tube body, with two wings stuck on it. Which is no advance from the Boeing-707 of the late 1950's. Further progress in civil aviation, would require the suppression of the lawyers, but aren't they too powerful, especially in America? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxtrom Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 This flying machine comes from 1974. I first thought it was a hoax. It is not, it is abandonned technology. Why? My link My guess is that it probably lacks in range. A soda can with a jet engine, not too much space for fuel! I bet the military evaluated an attack version with a minigun and hellfire missiles, though! Further progress in civil aviation, would require the suppression of the lawyers, but aren't they too powerful, especially in America? Rule of lawsuit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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