Not wanting to put words into his mouth, but I seem to recall Nick once saying that his main concern on the vibration front was the interaction between blade wake and the pusher prop at high speeds.
Interesting quote from Mark Miller in the article posted by CEFOSKEY ("open to teaming or investors"). Reminiscent of the lukewarm commitment to the project's future given by some of SAC's execs over the past year. Without wanting to provoke Mart (again
), I'm beginning to wonder whether we will ever see an application for the technology, or whether the beancounters are now questioning its cost/benefit ratio in the marketplace.
Regardless, Jeff Pino himself seems more optimistic about the project's progress once flights resume, saying last week that he expects to see the 250 kt milestone achieved by July.
I/C