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	<title>Comments on: From the Runway to the Road: Terrafugia Redefines the Flying Car—Make That Drivable Airplane</title>
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		<title>By: lily</title>
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		<dc:creator>lily</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hmmm,seems magnificent,i suppose it will need good springs to confirm flying car&#039;s qualilty. see www.wire-spring.net to get more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hmmm,seems magnificent,i suppose it will need good springs to confirm flying car’s qualilty. see <a href="http://www.wire-spring.net" rel="nofollow">http://www.wire-spring.net</a> to get more.</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick from Paperless Office</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick from Paperless Office</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As many people mentioned above, this is really much more of a driveable plane than a flying car-- the Jetsons are not here quite yet!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As many people mentioned above, this is really much more of a driveable plane than a flying car– the Jetsons are not here quite yet!</p>
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		<title>By: WebService: Web Design Company</title>
		<link>http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/05/08/from-the-runway-to-the-road-terrafugia-redefines-the-flying-car-make-that-drivable-airplane/comment-page-2/#comment-162974</link>
		<dc:creator>WebService: Web Design Company</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Beautiful post. Keep up inventing. This is the only way people will evolve.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beautiful post. Keep up inventing. This is the only way people will evolve.</p>
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		<title>By: Plastics Springs</title>
		<link>http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/05/08/from-the-runway-to-the-road-terrafugia-redefines-the-flying-car-make-that-drivable-airplane/comment-page-2/#comment-162971</link>
		<dc:creator>Plastics Springs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Keep dreaming and inventing! Good work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keep dreaming and inventing! Good work.</p>
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		<title>By: P. from Weston MA</title>
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		<dc:creator>P. from Weston MA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the autopilot could fly itself you wouldn&#039;t have to worry about people talking on their cellphones...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the autopilot could fly itself you wouldn’t have to worry about people talking on their cellphones…</p>
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		<title>By: siddharth desai</title>
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		<dc:creator>siddharth desai</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this is a good project but what about success?it can projected copter concept instead of plane straight take of vertically and land vartically.no airstrip required and also use as car on road.it can float on water like hydrofill.three concepts in one kind of light vehicle.possible on air theory or technology with out using any type fuel but with elctromagnate system.how?contact me</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this is a good project but what about success?it can projected copter concept instead of plane straight take of vertically and land vartically.no airstrip required and also use as car on road.it can float on water like hydrofill.three concepts in one kind of light vehicle.possible on air theory or technology with out using any type fuel but with elctromagnate system.how?contact me</p>
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		<title>By: andrew</title>
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		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>this sucks because if you wreck you die and i hope you have ejectable seats</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>this sucks because if you wreck you die and i hope you have ejectable seats</p>
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		<title>By: SUSAN</title>
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		<dc:creator>SUSAN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I want one. We have a business that requires alot of flights. I hate the hassle of commercial flight. This is an affordable way to do business. There is a small airport next to my house for landing and take off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I want one. We have a business that requires alot of flights. I hate the hassle of commercial flight. This is an affordable way to do business. There is a small airport next to my house for landing and take off.</p>
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		<title>By: Lakers</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lakers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I fell in love with the Merlin 300 back in the early 80&#039;s and I would still love to see that aircraft make it into production.  The VTOL made it seem just about perfect and the ease of flying it seemed too good to be true, and I guess that it just may be.  It just looked so aerodynamic it looked like something from the future and I guess that the future just aint here yet.  Bummer....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I fell in love with the Merlin 300 back in the early 80′s and I would still love to see that aircraft make it into production.  The VTOL made it seem just about perfect and the ease of flying it seemed too good to be true, and I guess that it just may be.  It just looked so aerodynamic it looked like something from the future and I guess that the future just aint here yet.  Bummer….</p>
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		<title>By: Lyle</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lyle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think this is a great idea, although it may not be practical today.  It is forward thinkers such as this who have made this country great, and I salute Mr. Dietrich and his team for the effort.  If I had an extra $200,000 to spend, I would buy one!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think this is a great idea, although it may not be practical today.  It is forward thinkers such as this who have made this country great, and I salute Mr. Dietrich and his team for the effort.  If I had an extra $200,000 to spend, I would buy one!</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can you imagine the average selfish, cell-phone distracted moron trying to handle one of these clunkers at low altitude or near power lines? Now let&#039;s add five hundred more people to the same general airspace and see what sort of nightmare we have. Design issues notwithstanding, the underlying reason that flying cars are a bad idea is that most people do not have the focus or the discipline to be pilots. The average driver safety manual is only about 60 pages long, and they can&#039;t even be bothered to learn those rules. 

The mag-lev cars from the movie &quot;Minority Report&quot; are a more practical idea than this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can you imagine the average selfish, cell-phone distracted moron trying to handle one of these clunkers at low altitude or near power lines? Now let’s add five hundred more people to the same general airspace and see what sort of nightmare we have. Design issues notwithstanding, the underlying reason that flying cars are a bad idea is that most people do not have the focus or the discipline to be pilots. The average driver safety manual is only about 60 pages long, and they can’t even be bothered to learn those rules. </p>
<p>The mag-lev cars from the movie “Minority Report” are a more practical idea than this.</p>
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		<title>By: Phil</title>
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		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I haven&#039;t seen any mention of the fact that the placement of the rear wheels/landing gear seems problematic for the takeoff and landing phase.

Having the wheels (rotation point) so far aft of the center of pressure/lift of the wings requires that a much greater airspeed be gained before rotation. I believe their website said Vr was 70 kts...much more than if the wheels were more centrally located (as is the case with most tricycle gear aircraft). As an example, think of trying to lift 20 lbs in your hand, versus 20 lbs on the end of an out-stretched hockey stick. The amount of lift required to cause rotation is considerable. Once rotation happens – the relatively high airspeed would translate into an excessive nose up attitude...who knows where it would go from there; gross over-correction and nose dive or perhaps a stall. Perhaps the canard on the nose helps to over come this in some way.

Then as you touch down in the flared attitude, your rear wheels, being the point of rotation, would cause the nose to come crashing down on the runway. In a typical Cessna 172, the best practice is to keep the nose off the pavement for as long as possible. I&#039;m pretty sure that would be very hard to do in the Transition.

Anyway, those are just my thoughts from seeing the photos, videos and taking a few flights in the X-plane model they have for download on their website. I do not have my PhD in aero/astro-whatever, just a CPL and half an instructor rating.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven’t seen any mention of the fact that the placement of the rear wheels/landing gear seems problematic for the takeoff and landing phase.</p>
<p>Having the wheels (rotation point) so far aft of the center of pressure/lift of the wings requires that a much greater airspeed be gained before rotation. I believe their website said Vr was 70 kts…much more than if the wheels were more centrally located (as is the case with most tricycle gear aircraft). As an example, think of trying to lift 20 lbs in your hand, versus 20 lbs on the end of an out-stretched hockey stick. The amount of lift required to cause rotation is considerable. Once rotation happens – the relatively high airspeed would translate into an excessive nose up attitude…who knows where it would go from there; gross over-correction and nose dive or perhaps a stall. Perhaps the canard on the nose helps to over come this in some way.</p>
<p>Then as you touch down in the flared attitude, your rear wheels, being the point of rotation, would cause the nose to come crashing down on the runway. In a typical Cessna 172, the best practice is to keep the nose off the pavement for as long as possible. I’m pretty sure that would be very hard to do in the Transition.</p>
<p>Anyway, those are just my thoughts from seeing the photos, videos and taking a few flights in the X-plane model they have for download on their website. I do not have my PhD in aero/astro-whatever, just a CPL and half an instructor rating.</p>
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		<title>By: Kerry Peters</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kerry Peters</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I saw the mockup of this vehicle at Oshkosh 2008.  As a pilot, aircraft homebuilder, and working engineer with degrees in aeronautical and mechanical engineering, I have to say that this design is not one I would want to fly.  It is overweight and underpowered as an aircraft.  The combination of low power and high wing loading makes for a flying machine with very little operating envelope. The single engine pusher configuration uses a small diameter propeller with a long driveshaft.  This configuration will have critical speed problems, and the prop will have to run at high rpm to get any decent thrust.  This will be very noisy.  As a car, this vehicle might be OK, but with no more utility than a Smart Car and not nearly as easy to park.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I saw the mockup of this vehicle at Oshkosh 2008.  As a pilot, aircraft homebuilder, and working engineer with degrees in aeronautical and mechanical engineering, I have to say that this design is not one I would want to fly.  It is overweight and underpowered as an aircraft.  The combination of low power and high wing loading makes for a flying machine with very little operating envelope. The single engine pusher configuration uses a small diameter propeller with a long driveshaft.  This configuration will have critical speed problems, and the prop will have to run at high rpm to get any decent thrust.  This will be very noisy.  As a car, this vehicle might be OK, but with no more utility than a Smart Car and not nearly as easy to park.</p>
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		<title>By: Dana Christie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dana Christie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi - I was just wondering if the gentleman who is making a car that flies could give me some info.  I am a teacher for gifted and talented students and am trying to make such a car, but need serious help.  Thanks, Dana Christie</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi – I was just wondering if the gentleman who is making a car that flies could give me some info.  I am a teacher for gifted and talented students and am trying to make such a car, but need serious help.  Thanks, Dana Christie</p>
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		<title>By: James Peter</title>
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		<dc:creator>James Peter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have to say that it&#039;s about time.  I am a student pilot as well as a potential investor in the Terrafugia Transition.  I have been waiting for this for my whole life.  I only wish that the transition was completely electric, or lithium ion battery operated.  After all, the first vehicles were electric and not gas powered in the early 1880&#039;s.  I know it&#039;s hard to believe, yet very true.  I believe the transition will become more eco friendly.  I guess we cant get everything over night.  Or can we?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to say that it’s about time.  I am a student pilot as well as a potential investor in the Terrafugia Transition.  I have been waiting for this for my whole life.  I only wish that the transition was completely electric, or lithium ion battery operated.  After all, the first vehicles were electric and not gas powered in the early 1880′s.  I know it’s hard to believe, yet very true.  I believe the transition will become more eco friendly.  I guess we cant get everything over night.  Or can we?</p>
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		<title>By: ing.raul ramos prudencio</title>
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		<dc:creator>ing.raul ramos prudencio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>quisiera saber mas sobre este diseño creo se podria  perfeccionar</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>quisiera saber mas sobre este diseño creo se podria  perfeccionar</p>
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		<title>By: aluguel de carros</title>
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		<dc:creator>aluguel de carros</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>EAA is right in my back yard.  Do you know if they completed in time for the event?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EAA is right in my back yard.  Do you know if they completed in time for the event?</p>
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		<title>By: christopher</title>
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		<dc:creator>christopher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hi my name is christopher,am from nigerian am a student to be an earonuatic eng please i will like to know the easyway to take to get my admission or tranfer into uc college.
                             thanks
                               emal.... walechristopher@yahoo.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hi my name is christopher,am from nigerian am a student to be an earonuatic eng please i will like to know the easyway to take to get my admission or tranfer into uc college.<br />
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                               emal…. <a href="mailto:walechristopher@yahoo.com">walechristopher@yahoo.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Richard A. Strong</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard A. Strong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You are cordially invited to see my flying car project at my website, 
www.strongware.com/dragon .
You can see a video of the full-size mockup model I built.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You are cordially invited to see my flying car project at my website,<br />
<a href="http://www.strongware.com/dragon" rel="nofollow">http://www.strongware.com/dragon</a> .<br />
You can see a video of the full-size mockup model I built.</p>
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		<title>By: Ben</title>
		<link>http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/05/08/from-the-runway-to-the-road-terrafugia-redefines-the-flying-car-make-that-drivable-airplane/comment-page-2/#comment-19711</link>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m amazed at how many of you there are that just don&#039;t get it.  I understand somewhat the non-flying non-airplane owning group that can&#039;t imagine the logistics of going places in a personal airplane.  I own a small 4-seater plane and rarely drive any distance more than 100 miles.  But it is a big hassle to arrange rental cars everywhere I go, and often can&#039;t get one at the time or place I need one, not to mention the cost.  I agree my airplane costs me over $100/hr to operate, but most of that cost would be eliminated with the Transition, (hangar, non-LSA maintenance, etc.) and I undoubtedly would  fly many more hours, further reducing the &quot;hourly&quot; cost.  We all own cars and I don&#039;t know anyone who actually figures out the cost per mile, adding up ALL their car expenses and dividing it by the mile.  I know that the transition would be hands down the most economical way to travel by air!  
Why is everyone so worried about damage to the vehicle on the road?  how often do you all get it accidents?  In the last 10 years of driving I haven&#039;t been in an accident...and if it does happen, isn&#039;t that  what insurance is for???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m amazed at how many of you there are that just don’t get it.  I understand somewhat the non-flying non-airplane owning group that can’t imagine the logistics of going places in a personal airplane.  I own a small 4-seater plane and rarely drive any distance more than 100 miles.  But it is a big hassle to arrange rental cars everywhere I go, and often can’t get one at the time or place I need one, not to mention the cost.  I agree my airplane costs me over $100/hr to operate, but most of that cost would be eliminated with the Transition, (hangar, non-LSA maintenance, etc.) and I undoubtedly would  fly many more hours, further reducing the “hourly” cost.  We all own cars and I don’t know anyone who actually figures out the cost per mile, adding up ALL their car expenses and dividing it by the mile.  I know that the transition would be hands down the most economical way to travel by air!<br />
Why is everyone so worried about damage to the vehicle on the road?  how often do you all get it accidents?  In the last 10 years of driving I haven’t been in an accident…and if it does happen, isn’t that  what insurance is for???</p>
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