derrick@mcc-db.UUCP (Dwayne Derrick) (03/13/85)
I hope this topic doesn't bother you hard-core aviators, it is somewhat off the wall. In regards to my question about the Fabled Neiman-Marcus flying saucer. A gentleman said it hovered 3 feet off the ground? Is that all you get for $500K? As a wheeling and dealing 12 year old, I bought a fully manufactured (not a toy) hovercraft. It had a 40 horse Kolher motor and a 3 bladed airplane prop. It would hover 1 foot off the ground, pull a water skier, and do as many 30 mph floating donouts as my little stomach could handle. I would fly down our front yard (very large) as fast as I could go, and then, put the machine into a hard turn, it start doing donouts while maintaing its foward speed, it beat the hell out of anything the carnival could offer! Anyway, the point is, with the kind of power and pressure this Neiman Saucer would put out, I would think the thing could fly higher than 3 feet. Another reason I ask about this machine, I have thought (briefly) about making a small radio controlled device similar to it, and was looking for leads. Anyone else no anymore about this?? Maybe since I like in Austin, for any leads. Can anyone fill in these gaps? Since I live in Austin TX., maybe I'll give the Dallas store a call... Dwayne Derrick (any errors in the above shows a strong desire to ask,yet, a poor desire to use vi :-)