Grant, I can just see you watching the Wright Brothers lift off, saying "they will never be able to compete with trains - that silly contraption can only carry one or at most two men"
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:24 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > wrote: > I raise no arguement with experimentation and exploration what so ever. > > I do raise arguement with the segment of thinking that leaps forward with > the assumption it is a finished and practical appliction product accepted > by public use. > > It's not there yet.. it's not even close, yet.. Perhaps, but not yet. > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 7:07 PM, OK Don via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > Solar Impulse 2 (stuck in China last I heard waiting for enough good > > weather to cross the Pacific Ocean at 35 mph): "with a massive 263-foot > > wingspan, the same as a Boeing 747. Yet even with that massive wingspan > > loaded with more than 17,000 monocrystalline silicon solar cells, and > more > > than 2,000 pounds worth of lithium-ion batteries, the entire plane weighs > > in at just over 5,000 pounds. This allows the 17.5 horsepower to push the > > Solar Impulse 2 along at a maximum speed of… 35 MPH." > > > > Now, there was a time when most people scoffed at the idea of a home > > computer, and what would you do with one any way? A digital camera that > > would fit inside a portable phone? Impossible, or at least not good > enough > > to use! Just because we can't see how it can be done now, doesn't mean > that > > it's not possible, just that we don't know how - yet. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:08 PM, G Mann via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > > > And..... The useful load for that Experimental category airplane is > ???? > > > > > > Zero passengers.. Zero cargo.. but.. It is able to travel at almost 80 > > > MPH... most days when the sun shines... for a while.... > > > > > > Soon... your majesty.. very soon... I'll be able to turn lead into gold > > and > > > you will be incredibly rich.. I do need just a little more equipment > and > > > funding.... > > > > > > Reality surely sucks, doesn't it.. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > What about the pure solar plane flying around the globe - as we > speak? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! > > > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of > > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who > > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > > for themselves." > > > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
