My friend got his RX-7 running.  Ended up being the
fuel pump,  worked fine statically but didn't deliver
when the engine was running.  Needed Viagra I guess.

Anyhow, I digress again.  

Anybody see this at Oshkosh BTW?  Engine details?...

 It's a dream that has eluded aircraft designers for
almost a century but a California engineer and A&P
mechanic says his strange-looking craft will end the
quest. "Real freedom of flight is when you don't have
to use an airport," said AMV Aircraft owner and
designer Atilla Melkuti. A six-foot vaned fan under
the belly would provide lift for vertical takeoffs.
After the aircraft transitioned 26 degrees forward the
fuselage and wing lifting surfaces would take over.
With a turbocharged 450-horsepower Mazda rotary
engine, Melkuti predicts a 5,000-fpm climb for the
900-pound aircraft (gross 1800), 280-mph maximum speed
(250 mph at 60-percent power) at 10 gph. First test
flight is set for August. Melkuti's friend Imre Nagy
has a different dream, one that has also been tried
many times but never really caught on. Nagy has always
thought that airships offered the best of all worlds
in aviation. He's designed a kind of personal airship
that offers 1,500 square feet of living space and the
go-anywhere flexibility of aircraft that don't need to
use the National Airspace System. Nagy said the
airship is also amphibious because all the
accommodations and systems are inside the waterproof
hull. "You can just land on a lake and hang a fishing
line into the water," he said. Four Mazda rotaries on
revolving pylons provide power and control. "Since you
don't need to take off from a runway, anyone can fly
it," he said. The self-financed project is on hold for
now until Nagy can sell some real estate to finish the
prototype.


Joa


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