I’d be less concerned about electrical problems than I would be about inhaling a cylinder worth of water. But looks like he got lucky.

So you won’t be dropping off assault troops from this thing anytime soon. But you should be able to evacuate 1-2 wounded. More, if you aren’t evacuating them very far.

No no, gliding is how you get to the crash.

I looked at the promised 1,000lbs payload, but it would be better to use the 1,400lbs actual. At top speed it uses 360lbs fuel/hr.Lets assume 200lbs/ passenger.

They have wings, so they should be able to glide.

10 passengers? It’s really more like 3 and a little over an hour worth of fuel. assuming 200lbs/passenger.

Very nice!

How does the top speed compare to other helicopters?

Nice find.

Just ignore the low load section of the above illustration. If you are optimizing for power, you aren’t going to be concern about what happens at low engine load.

So for a racing engine that is going to spend most of its life at full load (when not idling) this system should work great. It should be ok for a wanna-be racing engine (most gsxrs are not raced, but ridden in an aggressive manner. Not many riders complain about fuel economy.)

Sportbikes are pretty cheap, or at least were when I rode them. Not 2k cheap, but a pre wrecked one and fixed one could be had for 3.

I wonder if that boat could support that much weight and remain afloat, even with a perfect loading. My favorite part was when the boat started listing to one side, and all the people run to the other side. Really guys? What good is that going to do?

Thats a loosing battle. We’re talking about 1950’s technology here, how long can we reasonably expect people to go on without being able to figure it out? If you think it’s bad now, just wait till nukes are within reach of small time warlords, evil corporations, and large gangs.

Why not put a small turbine that would spin a generator, and give the user some controls? (Also ducted fans)

That settles it. screens are the new cupholders.

Doug, you bought a humvee, drove it over another car, filmed it and put it online.

Needs a small screen integrated into the turn signal stalk.

The humanoid typhoon is at your service.

“He has transcended humanity and become a godlike car person.”