My brain hurts thinking about this...

[Zaphro]

Doing something because it can be done doesn't always mean it's a good idea.

http://www.4yachting.com/articles.php?aid=1901&ref=nf

 

[gpd955]

Someone needs to make up their mind. Do they want to fly or sail? Must be nice to have that kind of $$ to do something completely crazy like that!

 

[kloudie1]

"More money than sense" is the phrase that comes to mind..

 

[Ross]

It is very nice looking but so are several of the female stars in show business and I can't afford them either.

 

[DianaOfBurlington]

And like all compromises it will do none of the three well.

I find it laudably typical that this brainchild remains stillborn on someone's computer, 'alive' only by CG and wishful thinking.

And when it's done, then what? Should we work on a bionic hybrid of an elephant with wing implants that can cook Chinese good?

 

[kpgraci]

gezzz...I'm usually not one to care too much about what people do with their time or money but I can't help wonder how may people you could feed (or educate, or employ) with what it cost to build that thing. :naughty:

 

[Ross]

gezzz...I'm usually not one to care too much about what people do with their time or money but I can't help wonder how may people you could feed (or educate, or employ) with what it cost to build that thing. :naughty:

In this case how many people will it employ to build and crew this thing?

 

[DianaOfBurlington]

Or in this case how many people will be employed to recycle this thing? (Unless of course it falls to Dr Robert Ballard.)

 

[kloudie1]

i can hear the engineer now... " but boss, we are going to have to make the feet about thirty feet wider to keep the sails from turning us over!"
Would be a fun and unique thing to work on !!

 

[Freedom77]

Lifestyles of the rich and famous. Meanwhile in the streets of Oman, as in our own country, children are going hungry without a place to sleep.:cry: We are a species in decline. Just another day in paradise.

 

[dscribner]

Never gonna happen

 

[JoeWhite]

I would like whatever they are taking ....

 

[zeehag]

butterfly on crack comes to mined... wow...

 

[Joe]

It's the new Mac 26whf.

 

[rgranger]

gezzz...I'm usually not one to care too much about what people do with their time or money but I can't help wonder how may people you could feed (or educate, or employ) with what it cost to build that thing. :naughty:

That is exactly where my mind went. It drives me nuts when I hear people say we steal oil from the mid-east only to hear stories of solid gold toilet seats or garages that hold a fleet or Rolls Royces.

 

[kendall]

For the man who has everything and doesn't think it's enough

Would be a neat thing to have though, 'sail' to the islands on the weekend and be home in time for the meeting Monday.....

 

[Skipper]

Howard Hughes built a flying yacht over 60 years ago. He was an old-school yacht builder; he used wood.

 

[Snotter]

The project wiill keep many engineers and other technical people busy for many years. It is a good thing when the filthy rich spend their money.

 

[Rick Webb]

It is No More intended to fly or Sail...

then Mona Lisa was to make lasagna

It is just a picture a guy drew of an idea. I would not even call it a concept just an artists’ imaginings.

 

[Joe]

then Mona Lisa was to make lasagna

It is just a picture a guy drew of an idea. I would not even call it a concept just an artists’ imaginings.

Right....... it's just a guy with a CAD program. The sails roll into the masts... the masts become wings... I'm no engineer (thank god) but the design flaw is obvious... it will neither sail, nor fly.