http://www.tomrafteryit.net/the-jetsons-ride-again/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:51:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/the-jetsons-ride-again/#comment-50150 Not a Fan Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:53:08 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/views/?p=43#comment-50150 Hi Just to set the record straight. None of these flying cars has ever flown off of it's 50 foot safety tether. So, none of them has ever been tested vs. a helicopter, or anything else. The latest vehicle, which, by Moller's own admission is underpowered, consumes 80 gal/hour in hover flown unmanned and otherwise unloaded, with 8 gal of fuel on board. (yikes!) That's way more than a similarly sized piston helicopter, like a Robinson R22, which burns about 11 or the R44, which burns about 16 . Oh, and the helicopter can actually fly and carry a payload - something the Moller vehicle has yet to do in a meaningful way. Hi
Just to set the record straight. None of these flying cars has ever flown off of it’s 50 foot safety tether. So, none of them has ever been tested vs. a helicopter, or anything else. The latest vehicle, which, by Moller’s own admission is underpowered, consumes 80 gal/hour in hover flown unmanned and otherwise unloaded, with 8 gal of fuel on board. (yikes!)
That’s way more than a similarly sized piston helicopter, like a Robinson R22, which burns about 11 or the R44, which burns about 16 . Oh, and the helicopter can actually fly and carry a payload - something the Moller vehicle has yet to do in a meaningful way.

]]> http://www.tomrafteryit.net/the-jetsons-ride-again/#comment-3877 Eligijus Masiulionis Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:00:13 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/views/?p=43#comment-3877 We do have RAID 1 0 on the DB servers, a live backup running now, and have done a few other things to ensure this wont happen again. The timing was unfortunate because things were still in transition because of the datacenter move. We do have RAID 1 0 on the DB servers, a live backup running now, and have done a few other things to ensure this wont happen again. The timing was unfortunate because things were still in transition because of the datacenter move.

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