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Old 08-04-2007 | 11:51 PM
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Rotary Powered Flying Saucer

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/company...00010000000001

Powered by 8 Rotary Engines!

Also sounds like it waste fuel as much as the RX8
Old 08-05-2007 | 08:19 AM
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Looks like a one way ticket to the grave.
Old 08-05-2007 | 09:38 AM
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I would love to invest in this company. It sounds as great as the satellite phone business did a few years ago, and DSL, and...
Old 08-05-2007 | 09:40 AM
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^ You better be joking.

8 rotary engines pointing down instead of propelling the car forward... it's getting just over 1 mpg.
Old 08-05-2007 | 09:45 AM
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Old 08-05-2007 | 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by mysql101
^ You better be joking.
Of course. I've learned my lesson from those other ventures. I've got a better chance of recovering my money if I tossed it out on a windy day.

That saucer looks like one of those old vacuum cleaner motor powered hovercraft I saw in the back of comics as a kid.
Old 08-06-2007 | 10:15 AM
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exactly what I was thinking^
Old 08-06-2007 | 02:12 PM
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Not exactly RX8 related, but definitely Rotary news

A company is now making flying saucers with rotary engines :-)
Talk about space-age technology..

http://www.livescience.com/technolog...ng_saucer.html
Old 08-06-2007 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by mysql101
^ You better be joking.

8 rotary engines pointing down instead of propelling the car forward... it's getting just over 1 mpg.
But it runs on beer

No speed limiter, but it has an altitude-limiter..
Looks like limiters are standard on any rotary-based vehicle
Old 08-07-2007 | 03:56 PM
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that is pretty awesome. Especially if it goes 50mph!
Old 08-08-2007 | 03:47 PM
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wankel powered flying car

http://jalopnik.com/cars/jalopnik-lo...ion-282449.php

must get one
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