Gossamer Albatross-Missing Products-Market/World

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I've been arguing for years now that we live in a concentration camp type of world where the economy is literally fake, like as if army generals were literally picking prices and determining market supply regardless of what would be true demand with a veneer privatization distracting most people most of the time... this isnt something that will ever be verifiable but its something we should be able to extrapolate given observations of distortions... easiest to see would be how labor is detached from supply and demand (human vending machines), less easy to see would be the missing products that would obviously be there if the whole "profit" narrative in a free society was honest... the easiest example to see would be the Gossamer Albatross...


as if they couldnt wrap it a few more layers... as if the design cant get any stronger with a second wing 3ft above... use two of the 350 watt motors, two propellers on either side... this is not complicated... its like they tried Gossamer and then got distracted for 40 years or something... there is no market...​

 
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The Gossamer Albatross human-powered airplane was pedaled by an athletic cyclist. During its historic crossing of the English Channel, it achieved a maximum speed of 18 mph, and an average altitude of 5 feet. Its wingspan is 97 feet.

An amazing vehicle, but there are better (and still green) options for commuting and travel.
 
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The Gossamer Albatross human-powered airplane was pedaled by an athletic cyclist. During its historic crossing of the English Channel, it achieved a maximum speed of 18 mph, and an average altitude of 5 feet. Its wingspan is 97 feet.

An amazing vehicle, but there are better (and still green) options for commuting and travel.
They would be popular at the beach or other water ways... the plains would have them too...
 
The Gossamer Albatross human-powered airplane was pedaled by an athletic cyclist. During its historic crossing of the English Channel, it achieved a maximum speed of 18 mph, and an average altitude of 5 feet. Its wingspan is 97 feet.

An amazing vehicle, but there are better (and still green) options for commuting and travel.
Not sure how much more altitude you would get after adding a 350 watt motor when he's already 5ft just on his own...
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Ultralight recreational aircraft (“powered parachutes”) can be purchased today. We occasionally see people flying them near the Southern California beaches. However, these aircraft have small gas engines, and are built differently than the Gossamer Albatross (which is too gossamer to withstand recreational use).
 
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Ultralight recreational aircraft can be purchased today. We occasionally see people flying them near the Southern California beaches. However, these aircraft have small gas engines, and are built differently than the Gossamer Albatross (which is too gossamer to withstand recreational use).
I bet EPP (bicycle helmet foam) could do 100 ft like that... which is substantially more money I guess... the point was he was able to do it with so much less... as if they couldnt wrap it a few more layers... as if the design cant get any stronger with a second wing 3ft above... use two of the 350 watt motors, two propellers on either side... this is not complicated... its like they tried Gossamer and then got distracted for 40 years or something... there is no market...

Wrapping it a few layers is very strong
 
The Gossamer Penguin, made by the same company as the Albatross, is an experimental solar powered aircraft.
 
Who needs power when you can just float

How do you refill those helium cannisters? Google search has it $50 for a thing the size of those rhino gas canisters... Thats more expensive than solar electric if you are going to do it more than once a year or whatever it is
 
as if they couldnt wrap it a few more layers... as if the design cant get any stronger with a second wing 3ft above... use two of the 350 watt motors, two propellers on either side... this is not complicated... its like they tried Gossamer and then got distracted for 40 years or something... there is no market...