Quoting Russell Duffy <13brv3@bellsouth.net>:

>   They are related to the Moller Skycar,  
>  
> I'm afraid this tells me everything I need to know about Freedom Motors :-)
>  
>
> At least they are a modern engine and parts availability shouldn't be an
> issue if the company succeeds.
>
> I'm pretty sure the company has already succeeded.  They appear to have made
> off with huge sums of investor money, with nothing to deliver in the near
> future as a product.  
>
>         On the other end of the scale... Back in the early 70's when over a
> hundred manufactures built a snowmobile (Harley, Avon, to name a few, hmmm I
> wonder if Tupperware got into it?:-), there were a few with rotary engines
> in the 35-45hp range. Arctic Cat was probably the most successful of these.
> I did a search and found a link to one on e-bay but the link was dead. It
> may be fun to play with one of these but you'd better be good at making
> parts on that mill of yours! Not too sure I'd like to fly behind one.
>
>  Thanks.  I knew there were a number of old versions of the engines out
> there, but as you say, parts would be a problem.  Even if you found several
> engines, like those auction engines I pointed out a couple weeks ago, you'd
> still end up needing O-rings and such, and would probably never find them.  
>
> BTW, I never figured out who made those auction engines, but one batch of 5
> engines sold for $10,900.  There were also several batches of 4 engines that
> didn't meet the reserve price.  
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rusty (the tourists are here)
>
>
Rusty,
Same applies here at the University of Texas.  I once heard a V.P. say that the
university would be a great place to work, if it weren't for all those students
everywhere.  

Mark S.
(students are gone for the summer... and all is well)