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Re: Not really a great idea

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:53 pm
by Left Seater
Thanks, but no. Looks to be both a crappy car and a crappy plane. You will have to drive the thing to an airport to take off. Why not just drive a good car to the airport, park and get in a good plane?

Re: Not really a great idea

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:56 pm
by Van
What's to stop someone from simply taking off while hauling ass down I-5? Seems like it would make for an awesome getaway vehicle.

Re: Not really a great idea

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:08 pm
by Left Seater
Van wrote:What's to stop someone from simply taking off while hauling ass down I-5? Seems like it would make for an awesome getaway vehicle.
The FAA for one! As for a get away car/plane. As soon as that thing clears the ground it will be visible to radar. Then ATC can direct law enforcement directly to it.

Not to mention I bet you have to get out of the car and manually extend the wings and horizontal stabilizer. The weight required to automate it would prevent it from lifting off.

Re: Not really a great idea

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:22 pm
by Derron
KC Scott wrote:
On the plus side 80 of them will be dead within 90 days of delivery
Exactly...bad value for a plane or car. But people will line up to buy them..be just like the days when this plane came out

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All the rich boys had to have these and they became know as the V tailed doctor killers.

I have a little instructional time in an A 36 Deb, and you need to pay the fuck attention. Not for the every other week flyer.

Re: Not really a great idea

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:27 pm
by Left Seater
I would much rather see the infrequent pilot in a high wing.

Re: Not really a great idea

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:58 pm
by MgoBlue-LightSpecial
Left Seater wrote:As for a get away car/plane. As soon as that thing clears the ground it will be visible to radar. Then ATC can direct law enforcement directly to it.
Yeah, but it'll be a lot more fun on COPS when the crackhead bails from a few hundred feet in the air instead of a cul de sac.

Re: Not really a great idea

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:25 pm
by The Seer
Yeah. Imagine seeing a female korean heading in your direction in one of those.... :shock:

Re: Not really a great idea

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:37 pm
by Felix
for $279,000 you could buy

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or this

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this would be a tough decision