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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
The point is, if you have an idea and it doesn't immediately work profitably - forget it.
Good thing there were no message boards when Edison was working on the light bulb.
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Clearly you don't know Edison. Edison understood that there are things we know, and things that we don't (didn't) know . . .such as how long a lemon peel will last in a vacuum with enough current to make it glow. ...Edison found out.
When it comes to engineering projects like this plane, it is nothing more than applying/repackaging what is
known. ....from an engineering/ invention perspective, there is nothing of interest here. just some optimization of materials AND CONDITIONS to eek out the illusion of doing something real. This is NOT like dropping a rover on mars (where some information is gained). This is right up there with human powered flight. --no useful machine is the result. Rather, just a really tired pro cyclist who was able to take advantage of perfect conditions and a super fragile machine to say "it
can be done." ...which, btw, is a far cry from saying that it
should be done.
Although, I do see that it gives some Hope to the Prius driving idiots to dream of a solar powered flying car, in their future. ...if only someone would harness the power of unicorn farts, and build it.
Oh, and French-Fry; you sir are an emotional pot-stirring frog-wannabe.