Nieman-Marcus and the Moller Skycar

Posted Sun Oct 2, 2005 in Technology

A long time ago I wrote about the Moller Skycar. At the time, I wondered when the machine would become available.

Well, I recently read that the prototype M400 Skycar will be sold by Nieman-Marcus for the paltry sum of $3.6M. I verified that the Skycar is in the Nieman-Marcus Christmasbook (you can find it on pages 84-85).

This is too cool! Even if I can’t even think about owning one myself, the idea that the machine will be sold is astounding.

Later: You know, I love the idea of the Skycar. I was just reading on the Moller website and came across the Letter from the President. It is well worth reading. One of the interesting parts of the presentation is the figure showing the relation between fuel economy and airspeed (I assume crusing airspeed). If Moller can get the Skycar running and through the approval process, this will be a significant engineering success.

The image is from the Moller site. I hope they don’t mind me borrowing it. I looked, but saw no copyright on their images.