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	Moller Skycar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Moller Skycar is a personal VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft: a "flying car" -- called a "volantor" by its inventor Paul Moller, who has been attempting to develop such vehicles for many years.
		Overview of Skycar and transportation Quote: "...The Skycar operates under adverse conditions - its compact shape makes it flyable at night, in fog, in most storms, high winds, microbursts, and conditions other light aircraft cannot handle [--]- however, tornadoes, thunderstorms, severe icing, and hurricanes will need to be avoided...."
		Overview of Skycar and transportation Quote: "...the Skycar is expected to be as quiet as a delivery truck on takeoff and landing - 70 decibels at 50 feet [16 m]..."
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/m/mo/moller_skycar.html (461 words)

	Skycar Possible Military Uses - H Lahore 1993
		However, my estimation back in 1989 showed that the Skycar would be able to "jink" out of the way of the way.
		The skycar is able to "jump" 20 feet in less than 1 second, which is a far faster reaction time than virtually all missiles.
		In order to attract missiles, the Skycar would have to purposely add a heat source to be detected by one type of missile, and some radar reflectors to attract other types of missiles.
	www.skyaid.org /Skycar/possible_military.htm (227 words)

	Moller Skycar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Some believe that the "Moller Skycar" is a (Click link for more info and facts about vaporware) vaporware component of an investment (A fraudulent business scheme) scam.
		The M400 uses (A volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines) gasoline.
		Quote: "...the Skycar is expected to be as quiet as a delivery (An automotive vehicle suitable for hauling) truck on takeoff and landing - 70 decibels at 50 feet [16 m]..."
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/moller_skycar.htm (373 words)

	The California Aggie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		According to NASA, the Skycar will be available to 25 percent of the population in 10 years and 90 percent in 25 years.
		The Skycar's earliest predecessor was successfully flown in 1965 for the first time and for the international press in 1967.
		According to the Moller International website, the Skycar is capable of carrying up to four passengers, can fly at a maximum height of 29,000 feet, has a gross weight of 2,400 pounds, a length of 19.5 feet and a width of 8.5 feet.
	www.californiaaggie.com /article?id=4220 (1271 words)

	Putting the "Car" into the Icarus Fable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Skycar is designed to be so safe and automatic that driver input will not only be unnecessary, but unwanted.
		Moller claims the pressurized Skycar will be capable of climbing more than 1.6 kilometres in a minute, and travel nearly 1700 km at over 563 Km/h and 9144 metres.
		Though Skycars aren’t meant for ground transportation, and may be as graceful on land as a walrus, they can be driven for short distances.
	www.torontofreepress.com /2004/bray091504.htm (796 words)

	"Here Comes the Skycar" by Edward Willett
		Technically, the Skycar is known as a "volantor," a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft capable of quick, agile flight.
		Although initially each Skycar will have to be hand-built and will thus cost about $1 million U.S., if the Skycar is a success, that cost could eventually drop to about the same as a luxury automobile--$60,000 to $80,000.
		And Skycars probably wouldn't have to be replaced as often as automobiles, reducing the consumption of resources.
	www.edwardwillett.com /Columns/skycar.htm (701 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : KnowHOW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The M400 Skycar is being projected as a low-cost vehicle that combines the high speed of aircraft with the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) capabilities of helicopters.
		Moller International, the company developing the Skycar, says a model certified by the US Federal Aviation Authority is four years away and has put an initial price-tag of $1,000,000, which can drop to $500,000 if 1,000 units are picked up by the market each year.
		With computers controlling the stability of the Skycar while it is hovering or transiting from one movement to another, the only thing the pilot needs to do is to control the speed, the rate of climb and the altitude.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050214/asp/knowhow/story_4341771.asp (1705 words)

	Skyaid Org. - Skycar Summary mid 90's
		For trips of 10 to 900 miles, the Skycar used in fleet operations should compete effectively as a passenger-carrying vehicle against the auto, bus, rail, ferry, and short-hop jet.
		Unlike other light aircraft, the Skycar fits into a total transportation system that is easily implemented and represents a huge market opportunity worldwide - the air taxi.
		If the Skycar fulfills its potential, US citizens alone will realize savings in the hundreds of billions of dollars per year from lower accident rates, less smog, increased job productivity, and reduced transportation costs.
	www.skyaid.org /Skycar/summary_1995_98.htm (640 words)

	Moller Skycar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Moller Skycar is a theorized personal VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft: a "flying car" -- called a "volantor" by its inventor Paul Moller, who has been attempting to develop such vehicles for many years.
		The Skycar passed its first real flight tests in 2003, and is now under development towards practical deployment.
		Given the machine's very protracted development and its ambitiousness, skepticism that the machine will work as claimed remains high.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moller_Skycar (327 words)

	Skycar and the World of Tomorrow - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Aerodynamically Stable -- In the unlikely event that insufficient power is available to hover, the Skycar's aerodynamic stability and good glide slope allows the pilot to maneuver to a safe area before using the airframe parachutes.
		Undesirable movement of the Skycar due to wind gusts is automatically prevented.
		The two airframe parachutes, front and rear, will guide the volantor safely and comfortably to the ground without incidence and can be deployed in the event of a critical failure of the aircraft.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=176327 (1393 words)

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		The Skycar is controlled by multiple computers, so the driver programs in a destination, and uses only two levers for basic controls.
		Sitting in the cherry-red Skycar M400, Paul Moller demonstrates: “This is your going-forward, this is your direction, and in the air, this is where you turn left or right.
		The Skycar is designed with back-up systems, and even the equivalent of airbags, he says, to make crashes almost impossible.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/eb/DD8755C8-E262-4A2A-9B40EF235A864258.html (662 words)

	KIROMIJI - The Moller M400 Skycar - FAQ
		Ultimately, the airway network will direct all Skycars in such a manner that, while traveling in a specific direction on a designated computer controlled airway, they will all be going at the same speed and be automatically separated from one another.
		The M400 Skycar was engineered to meet the size and other requirements set forth by the DMV and will be "street legal." It should be noted that the Skycar was developed for short distance ground travel at low speeds as a means to conveniently transport it from storage locations to approved take-off locations and back.
		All of the M400 Skycar vital systems have redundant back-up systems including flight control, navigation, engines, etc. As long as both engines in the same duct do not fail, the Skycar can be landed at a convenient airport.
	home.planet.nl /~kiromiji/en/skycar/en_skycar9.html (1666 words)

	Should the skycar lift off vertically? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A skycar is supposed to have a very little surface.
		At the start of the common usage of skycars I suppose only already existing local airports will be used.
		Skycars are necessary devices, for special purposes or some rich people.
	www.4p8.com /eric.brasseur/skycar2.html (573 words)

	-Open Minds news page
		Known as the Skycar, the vehicle will transport you back and from your office at a speed of 350+mph at 15 miles per gallon.
		Skycars are more like high-tech bats than conventional aircraft.
		Both can land almost anywhere, quickly change direction, fly without crashing into other members of the flock, are not dependent on ground control, and are able to sense range to other objects.
	www.open-minds.net /openminds/index.cfm?section=news&action=detail&item=12 (374 words)

	KIROMIJI - The Moller M400 Skycar - Performance and operation requirements (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Skycar performance exceeds that of any light helicopter, including a top speed that is three times faster.
		When compared to a high-performance airplane, the Skycar has vertical takeoff and landing capability, is safer and potentially less expensive.
		A Skycar is not piloted like a traditional fixed wing airplane and has only two hand-operated controls, which the pilot uses to inform the redundant computer control system of his or her desired flight maneuvers.
	home.planet.nl /~kiromiji/en/skycar/en_skycar5.html (235 words)

	Overview of Skycar and transportation Feb 2001
		The Skycar has more operational flexibility than other small aircraft - it is designed to be used for all lengths of trips, from the short commute in a congested city to the several thousand mile cross-country trip requiring hops of up to 900 miles between fuel stops.
		The Skycar's fans inside ducts (nacelles) utilize Moller's patented muffler technology - the Skycar is expected to be as quiet as a delivery truck on takeoff and landing - 70 decibels at 50 feet.
		The Skycar can be used by military personnel as an "air jeep" or ambulance - going faster, further, and in a greater variety of weather and battle conditions than small helicopters - it can descend for landing in enemy territory in 3 minutes from an altitude of 20,000 feet.
	www.skyaid.org /Skycar/overview2001ALL.htm (7560 words)

	Why are major corporations such as Boeing not involved in the Skycar? - Physics Help and Math Help - Physics Forums
		I would think the biggest threat the skycar poses, at first, is to helicopter service businesses but it could eventually pose a threat to the automobile industry.
		Skycars will always be the transportation of the future because they will always be far more expensive and dangerous than cars.
		The cost of the skycar will be equivalent to current automobile prices, which will further allow for rapid growth much as the car companies have show in the past century.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?p=334716 (2162 words)

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		As an aircraft, the Skycar will be easy for buyers to operate; a computer does the flying as the pilot simply moves the controls in the direction in which he or she wants to go.
		The Skycar features an airframe of mostly fiber-reinforced plastic, which enables it to be both lightweight and strong.
		The least interesting aspects of the Skycar are its applications as a car, in which it is powered by one engine and can achieve a top speed of only 30-35 mph.
	www.charminar.com /flight.htm (778 words)

	KIROMIJI - The Moller M400 Skycar - Savety
		In the unlikely event that insufficient power is available to hover, the Skycar's aerodynamic stability and good glide slope allows the pilot to maneuver to a safe area before using the airframe parachutes.
		Since computers control the Skycar flight during hover and transition, the only pilot input is speed and direction.
		The Skycar can land almost anywhere, and therefore avoid dangerous situations created by a sudden weather change or equipment failure.
	home.planet.nl /~kiromiji/en/skycar/en_skycar4.html (690 words)

	Far News: Skycar Could Be Built In South Africa
		These people would be able to use their expertise to build Skycar or its components at much lower costs than in the US, where Skycar is based.
		Extremely easy to fly, the four-seater Skycar has eight Wankel-type engines that are housed inside four metal housings on the side of the vehicle, and which drive a fan system.
		Although the initial cost of a Skycar will be about $1 million, once it begins to be mass produced that price could come down to as low as $60,000.
	www.100megsfree4.com /farshores/nflycar.htm (526 words)

	skycar home page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Skycar is a Korean entry into the Personal Rapid Transit technology race.
		Little is currently known about the state of development of Skycar, but it is known that the company is actively seeking funds for engineering and testing.
		It appears that the Skycar PRT concept is very similar to the American TAXI 2000 PRT concept with some important differences in the design of the guideway and in the use of an electromagnetic switch instead of a mechanical switch.
	faculty.washington.edu /jbs/itrans/skyhm.htm (443 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Flying Cars Will Work"
		The initial cost of a Skycar will be about $1 million, but once it begins to be mass produced that price could come down to as low as $60,000.
		The four-seat Skycar is powered by eight rotary engines that are housed inside four metal housings, called nacelles, on the side of the vehicle.
		To make the Skycar safe and available to the general public, it will be completely controlled by computers using Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, which Moller calls a fly-by-wire system.
	travel.howstuffworks.com /flying-car2.htm (1011 words)

	Wired News: Flying Car Set for Takeoff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Allison said the Skycar will be legal on the street and capable of cruising roadways at up to 30 mph using its electric engine.
		But under the Highway in the Sky initiative launched by NASA in February, the Skycar and similar vehicles may eventually be flown completely under computer control.
		The Skycar will be fitted with twin joysticks: one to control altitude and rate of climb, the other to determine direction and speed.
	www.wired.com /news/print/0,1294,20017,00.html (677 words)

	...Moller Gets Skycar Competition
		After 30 years, Moller's Skycar is likely the most long-lived of the fly/drive dream and about 75 of the faithful turned up at a recent shareholders' meeting to hear the latest news.
		Moller told the group he's hoping to be at the controls himself when the M400 Skycar makes its first untethered flight over a man-made lake in California sometime next spring.
		Hoping that the Skycar's past performance is the best predictor of its future behavior, another California company, AMV Aircraft, is also closing in on a test flight and Popular Science is already on the story.
	www.avweb.com /newswire/9_48b/leadnews/186161-1.html (322 words)

	Wired 8.01: Over Drive
		Ten years and millions of dollars later, Moller's M400 Skycar continues to justify the early optimism, though it has yet to fly and has plenty of competition.
		The Skycar's normal altitude will be 5,000 feet for short hops, 25,000 feet for longer journeys.
		The Skycar is intended to be completely computer controlled - running a custom operating system on a Motorola 16-bit microprocessor - with dual redundancy: If one computer fails, the other can fly alone.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/8.01/flyingcar_pr.html (862 words)

	Are you ready for the SkyCar? \| Tech News on ZDNet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Technically speaking, Moller's SkyCar is a "volantor," which is defined as "a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that is capable of flying in a quick, nimble, and agile manner." Volantors work much like the British Harrier Jump Jet.
		The SkyCar is also equipped with a parachuting system that will bring the entire vehicle down safely in the event of a catastrophic multi-engine failure.
		The SkyCar is designed to be operated from small airports, as well as what Moller calls "vertiports," which he imagines being built near shopping centers and on skyscraper rooftops.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9595_22-529715.html (763 words)

	Lifting carpet for the skycar
		Using just good motors his little skycar was not able to really go up in the air.
		The electric motors can be a short power supplement to the fuel motors for emergencies, pumping power on the skycar's high power batteries, main motors or on other less solicited ventilators.
		For sideways movements the skycar can be inclined towards the direction aimed at, like a helicopter does.
	www.4p8.com /eric.brasseur/skycar.html (1773 words)

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