http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/ Engadget Comments for Moller M200G hovercraft heading into production http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
Think about it...]]>Jul 21st 2007 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
I think this model first flew in the 70's and they're just bringing it to market NOW? So is the four-passenger M400 going to take 35 years to get into production too?]]>Jul 21st 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Aug 3rd 2007 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
...One blended head, coming right up!]]>Jul 21st 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
I once accidentally inhaled some cranium smoke, and I briefly hallucinated flying cars.]]>Jul 21st 2007 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 22nd 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/]]>Jul 21st 2007 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
We had to wait for the technology to catch up to the concept!

Great stuff! I wish 'em all the best.

(Get bent, Luddites)]]>Jul 21st 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 23rd 2007 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
Seriously, you didn't notice the big ass crane in the background?

Plus, I've seen this video a million times... well a million and one, now.]]>Jul 21st 2007 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 22nd 2007 4:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
Also take a look at this photograph, you can see another one of Dr. Moeller's cars with a cable attached and it too is slacked.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Moller_M400_hover_test.jpg]]>Jul 22nd 2007 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
http://www.segway.com


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But it's several years later, and Segways are still obscure. I mean, you see one now and again, and when you do its like "hey look, a Segway!". The way they positioned the device was that they'd be as ubiquitous as bicycles. Not the case. I can't recall the last time I said "hey look, a Schwinn!"

And face it, if Segway is having trouble penetrating a staid transportation market at $5k, imagine the negligible impact a $90k vehicle would have?! Maybe a few rich celebs, drug lords, and tech millionaires might by one, but that's about it.

And further, I live in Los Angeles... people here drive like they're having seisures behind the wheel. Can you imagine those same people above your head in flying lawnmowers?

I don't want to be the first person decapitated by a soccer mom who was trying to put on make-up while hovering. I say this company should cut their losses and maybe focus on something to help further the use of electric or hybrid vehicles. Flying cars are so, 1950.]]>Jul 22nd 2007 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Sep 18th 2007 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
It doesn't really seem that cool to just grill someone who's spent the better part of their life trying to push technology forward and revolutionize... and probably spent a lot of money doing so.

But whatever, flame away net_starz!]]>Jul 21st 2007 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
Presumably the same engine that's been blowing smoke out their collective ass and into investors' faces for 40 years now.]]>Jul 21st 2007 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
i do agree, however that this particular craft is more of a joke.]]>Jul 21st 2007 9:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Moller_M400_hover_test.jpg]]>Jul 22nd 2007 4:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/Jul 21st 2007 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/
Having spent almost a decade working for this guy, I can tell you it’s a dilusional scam. I think Moller believes it can work, but he has no idea how, in as much as the details are concerned. he has always been trying to push a “showroom” looking product, usually non-functional. There is NO power plant in production for this vehicle. The unit which has hovered briefly (now three years ago…) was powered by one of a kind (eight of a kind :-)) hand tweaked engines.The design is changed (improved?) every few years, just to keep the program going - meaning putting money in Moller’s pocket. He has made a thirty-plus year career out of this scam. The sad thing is that a few of the ideas and machines (like small robotic flyers) coming out of Moller might work, but that would mean actually building and selling a product - the last thing he wants to do. Hundereds of people have come and gone at Moller, many of them very talented and dedicated. He systematicly prevents their work from becoming a reality - that’s why he can’t keep anybody for long, especially these days. Remember that the M400 you have seen is over ten years old now, and has only hovered a few times under remote control, carrying only a few percent of it’s rated payload - read: fuel, electronics, passengers, avionics, etc. Its a scam, pure and simple. He is promising BIG things this year, so get ready to laugh some more….Personally I’m keeping an eye on the engine they are developing which will run on half diesel, and half water. Oh yeah!

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Given the machine's very protracted development and its ambitiousness, skepticism that the machine will work as claimed remains high. In 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Moller for civil fraud (Securities And Exchange Commission v. Moller International, Inc., and Paul S. Moller, Defendants) in connection with the sale of unregistered stock, and for making unsubstantiated claims about the performance of the Skycar. Moller settled this lawsuit by agreeing to a permanent injunction and paying $50,000. In the words of the SEC complaint, "As of late 2002, MI's approximately 40 years' of development has resulted in a prototype Skycar capable of hovering about fifteen feet above the ground."]]>Jul 22nd 2007 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/21/moller-m200g-hovercraft-heading-into-production/It's unique.

www.netpreneur.cybersiti.com
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