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    Seawind 3000 Safety issues

    I've been dreaming about doing just that. I live near where it went down and I keep finding myself drawn to that location. Flown over several times, even landed on the water there one calm morning, and sailed over it a couple times. Not a chance of seeing anything 300 feet deep, but I keep...
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Sounds to me like he's saying the goal was to build a fanbase by promising the world, deliver next to nothing promised, and see whether a lot of the fans stick with him. In that way, he has been pretty successful. The aircraft was incidental. Could have been anything.
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Henryk, not sure how that's relevant to what you quoted from me. I'm talking about Peter's electric ducted fan that is supposedly better than any EDF built before, although it does not exist in the physical world yet. The Albi is cool and I want one just for fun, but it is neither electric nor...
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    Raptor NG Discussion

    Henryk, not sure how that's relevant to what you quoted from me. I'm talking about Peter's electric ducted fan that is supposedly better than any EDF built before, although it does not exist in the physical world yet. The Albi is cool and I want one just for fun, but it is neither electric nor...
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Hasn't even started building this "special" ducted fan yet and he's already promising it's much better than anything out there. The man's unwarranted confidence sure hasn't been shattered by his previous exploits not working out the way he proclaimed. Maybe he really did come up with something...
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    We can't expect him to go to aviation people just because he's building an aircraft. Barely did that the first time around. Not going to be some established aviation company we'd be familiar with.
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Tossing his engineer under the bus because people keep suggesting he get more expert help:
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Peter reused the airframe about 40-50 times before "retiring" it. Does that count for something?
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Is the missing detail the vertical part? I don't know, could be right. He was proud of the fact that it could fit in a 2 car garage even though "you won't be flying it to your house."
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Unintended benefit: ozone is pretty good at killing viruses. But yeah, not great for people in large amounts.
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Ah, but you're thinking about crafts. They like concepts more than crafts. Concepts don't have to conform to reality, just look cool and make bold claims. If they wrangle enough money, sometimes they end up with a craft and yes, then they usually have some issues with reality.
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Think about it like a successful tech guy with money to burn. I talk to some of them on a regular basis in my day job, although most of them are not at all interested in our pitches because we deal in real businesses that are already producing and selling boring real things rather than exciting...
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Sounds like they weren't planning to use it for anything but a static display anyway. The reputation of the original isn't great publicity, but they probably plan to change the name and promote it to people who haven't followed this saga anyway. We're a relatively small group. Even among his...
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Yep, that's what I've been saying to anyone who will listen (and my wife who couldn't care less). To a conservative aviator like me, it's insanity. Risking your life for a static display? There was no utility to the test flights or the ferry flights of the original after deciding to go with the...
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Well, it does look cool. Other than that, I'm just laughing. How many millions did they get out of Silicon Valley with this concept?
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    I thought the childish jokes were a nice alternative to kicking him while he's down by rehashing all the many ways he brought this outcome upon himself through poor design, poor execution, and poor judgment. I am certain that if Peter was hurt, there wouldn't be all these jokes. In that way...
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Great news from Peter: "We're actually going transport it directly to Boise where we have what we need." It's the obvious way to go, but I wasn't confident he wouldn't try to patch it together at the nearest airport and again try to fly it to Idaho.
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    I did it in a Chevy Suburban at about 80 mph. Didn't last long. Corn slows you down real quick. I imagine much quicker if you're 30+ feet wide and (relatively) light.
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    Gear up probably would have been a better choice, but maybe he was going for the road.
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    10/23 Raptor Video

    From Nebraska State Patrol's Facebook page
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