I was a champion of the Moller vehicle in the 1980s and even prepared an internal argument for why Boeing should invest in it. But 40 years have come and gone, and there is not much to show for it. So, as much as I like it, I have to put it in the category of "Some Day My Prince Will Come."
As for the electric stuff, developments are going full bore over an amazing range of potential competitors, but my own view is to think of them as equivalent to a helicopter with "Tesla" on the side. I expect charging delays and the inevitable passenger crash to put a crimp in the market.
I absolutely agree that this has taken a long time, but the back story is that he was attacked by the SEC and put under a gag order. This apparently caused the stock price to tank, which meant that the investors' virtually lost their money and everything ground to a halt.
But within the last couple of years, he has been able to get Freedom Motors making and selling engines and the hope is that this will eventually be able to fund the restart of development of his flying cars.
Here is a paper that Paul published advising against using batteries only:
I was a champion of the Moller vehicle in the 1980s and even prepared an internal argument for why Boeing should invest in it. But 40 years have come and gone, and there is not much to show for it. So, as much as I like it, I have to put it in the category of "Some Day My Prince Will Come."
As for the electric stuff, developments are going full bore over an amazing range of potential competitors, but my own view is to think of them as equivalent to a helicopter with "Tesla" on the side. I expect charging delays and the inevitable passenger crash to put a crimp in the market.
I absolutely agree that this has taken a long time, but the back story is that he was attacked by the SEC and put under a gag order. This apparently caused the stock price to tank, which meant that the investors' virtually lost their money and everything ground to a halt.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180731181458/http://mis2003.org/
https://web.archive.org/web/20180731080105/http://mis2003.org/our_story.html
But within the last couple of years, he has been able to get Freedom Motors making and selling engines and the hope is that this will eventually be able to fund the restart of development of his flying cars.
Here is a paper that Paul published advising against using batteries only:
https://moller.com/brochures/Critique-of-Battery-Powered-Flying-Cars-7-28-17.pdf
Thanks for the backstory. Life is busy, but I had always wondered what happened with him.