Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 9/27/83; site hplabsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabsb!bl From: bl@hplabsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: flying saucer Message-ID: <2829@hplabsb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 12:58:26 EST Article-I.D.: hplabsb.2829 Posted: Fri Mar 8 12:58:26 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 08:19:11 EST Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 11 Too bad no one asked about it two weeks ago; I just threw out the newspaper article that I had posted on my wall. However, I'll relate what I remember. The article had a picture of it in flight, albeit hovering three feet of the ground. It has eight engines driving eight ducted fans. It's not clear if it ever flew any distance horizontally as the inventor likened its aerodynamics to that of a rock. Apparently, translational flight would be accomplished by tipping it in the direction one wants to go. The newspaper article was a "gee wiz" type of writing and did not give too many technical details such as how one controls the thrust on eight engines at the same time. The last line said that the inventor had abandoned the current design for something with more aerodynamics that would resemble a sting ray.