B.E.H.A. or just plain old B.S
Well, I can assure you I didn't mention anyones family, pass times or career. There was no vulgarity, no swearing, no personal attacks and, importantly no feedback or dialogue from them until this showed up. Basically we have a file on you and we know who you are!
I have unflattering critique of the design and features of the aircraft, a few times over several years.They don't seem to take criticism very well!
I have unflattering critique of the design and features of the aircraft, a few times over several years.They don't seem to take criticism very well!
Why do you care, Wiz?
The proponents of this aircraft are, like most proponents of developmental aircraft, passionately devoted to the aircraft.
Anyone who wants to take the time can work out who you are from your internet activities and, therefore, work out a bunch of stuff about your employment and family circumstances. Not saying it’s a ‘good’ thing. Just saying it’s reality.
If you feel threatened by what the “Faradair Team” is sending to you, report it to the AFP.
The proponents of this aircraft are, like most proponents of developmental aircraft, passionately devoted to the aircraft.
Anyone who wants to take the time can work out who you are from your internet activities and, therefore, work out a bunch of stuff about your employment and family circumstances. Not saying it’s a ‘good’ thing. Just saying it’s reality.
If you feel threatened by what the “Faradair Team” is sending to you, report it to the AFP.
I once sent a message to a flight school through their online contact form to point out some spelling mistakes on their website. I got back a two page reply saying that I am everything that's wrong with the world.
There are nut jobs everywhere.
There are nut jobs everywhere.
Why do you care, Wiz?
The proponents of this aircraft are, like most proponents of developmental aircraft, passionately devoted to the aircraft.
Anyone who wants to take the time can work out who you are from your internet activities and, therefore, work out a bunch of stuff about your employment and family circumstances. Not saying it’s a ‘good’ thing. Just saying it’s reality.
If you feel threatened by what the “Faradair Team” is sending to you, report it to the AFP.
The proponents of this aircraft are, like most proponents of developmental aircraft, passionately devoted to the aircraft.
Anyone who wants to take the time can work out who you are from your internet activities and, therefore, work out a bunch of stuff about your employment and family circumstances. Not saying it’s a ‘good’ thing. Just saying it’s reality.
If you feel threatened by what the “Faradair Team” is sending to you, report it to the AFP.
I would think they are teetering on the brink and on a hair trigger.
Still pretty bad form IMHO.
Yes, the content manifests the frustration of someone who’s holding on just a little bit too tight and lashing out at the bearer of tidings that don’t want to be faced. The laws of physics are rarely successfully broken.
I’ve had a similar response from Pommie companies, I think it’s why they are such a third rate country these days.
‘’I wrote to a yacht design company managing director about changing my boat propeller to a variable pitch unit. The response I got was that:
1. The yacht design was perfect and no improvement was possible or likely.
2. The propeller salesman was selling snake oil.
3. It was owners like me that were unsatisfied with his perfect product that caused the brand to get a bad name.
When I wrote to him six months later with the improved performance results after tests by an accredited marine engineer, he accused me of lying.
‘’The company went broke.
‘’I wrote to a yacht design company managing director about changing my boat propeller to a variable pitch unit. The response I got was that:
1. The yacht design was perfect and no improvement was possible or likely.
2. The propeller salesman was selling snake oil.
3. It was owners like me that were unsatisfied with his perfect product that caused the brand to get a bad name.
When I wrote to him six months later with the improved performance results after tests by an accredited marine engineer, he accused me of lying.
‘’The company went broke.
Been in further communication with them.
Either it was a lame attempt at gas-lighting or they are just way incompetents'.
They kept alluding to the "numerous times we contacted you"- on pressing for details, turns out they sent a single email in 2016 to someone they thought was me but wasn't.
I then presssed about the "Incessant slanderous comments" i made. It consisted of two- one pointing out the triplane config was chosen because the founder's (who was in marketing, with no engineering or physics background) father had built an RC model in that config (I sh1t you not!!) and another where I thought it would have a 5:1 L/D ratio (NO!!! they have wind tunnel testing showing it's 12:1!!!).
So, yeah- I think they've worked out that no matter how ardent a critic, bringing peoples families up is not a good look.
Either it was a lame attempt at gas-lighting or they are just way incompetents'.
They kept alluding to the "numerous times we contacted you"- on pressing for details, turns out they sent a single email in 2016 to someone they thought was me but wasn't.
I then presssed about the "Incessant slanderous comments" i made. It consisted of two- one pointing out the triplane config was chosen because the founder's (who was in marketing, with no engineering or physics background) father had built an RC model in that config (I sh1t you not!!) and another where I thought it would have a 5:1 L/D ratio (NO!!! they have wind tunnel testing showing it's 12:1!!!).
So, yeah- I think they've worked out that no matter how ardent a critic, bringing peoples families up is not a good look.
The guy seem to keep reinventing himself. In 2014 he was reported as expecting to have it flying in a couple of years. Now its 2022, eight years later and he expects to have it flying two or three years time.
The fact he's still looking for funding means either he's no good at selling the idea or the idea is no good.
His bio is rather like candy floss, plenty of words but no substance.
The fact he's still looking for funding means either he's no good at selling the idea or the idea is no good.
His bio is rather like candy floss, plenty of words but no substance.
In the present 'climate' you could sell anything to the moron climate catastrophe dicks. People actually believe that a Tesla is being environmentally responsible 
you couldn't make this **** up, like, burying a depleted battery is better for the environment than C02. Like, building a Tesla has nothing to do with the mining industry, like, powering the Tesla is awesomely from windmill and solar generated electricity. This fella could raise money for this for the next 50 years.
you couldn't make this **** up, like, burying a depleted battery is better for the environment than C02. Like, building a Tesla has nothing to do with the mining industry, like, powering the Tesla is awesomely from windmill and solar generated electricity. This fella could raise money for this for the next 50 years.
The guy seem to keep reinventing himself. In 2014 he was reported as expecting to have it flying in a couple of years. Now its 2022, eight years later and he expects to have it flying two or three years time.
The fact he's still looking for funding means either he's no good at selling the idea or the idea is no good.
His bio is rather like candy floss, plenty of words but no substance.
The fact he's still looking for funding means either he's no good at selling the idea or the idea is no good.
His bio is rather like candy floss, plenty of words but no substance.
In my communications with them,I pointed out the Tecnam 2012 had been concieved, designed, built and put into production during the time they had been producing computer renditions of pilotless fire-drones- they didn't reply...
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Reading that Flying magazine article, I suspect someone is taking the P*ss out of the readers.
"........the two electric motors will receive supplemental power from solar skin panels and wind turbines." One assumes they must be ultra low drag wind turbines?
"Another source of inspiration for Cloughley was the De Havilland Dragon Rapide." How? By having a couple of 200 HP de Havilland Gipsy 6-cylinder inverted piston engines as auxiliaries, or by installing light weight wicker seats?
"Faradair hopes to raise £20,000 through a Kickstarter campaign by December 25. So far, 19 backers have contributed £1,408." Twenty thousand Quid capitalisation? I doubt that would top up the petty cash tin and is probably a few hundred million Quid short of the equity required to develop a new technology aircraft.
Flying magazine should have published the article in their 1 April edition!
"........the two electric motors will receive supplemental power from solar skin panels and wind turbines." One assumes they must be ultra low drag wind turbines?
"Another source of inspiration for Cloughley was the De Havilland Dragon Rapide." How? By having a couple of 200 HP de Havilland Gipsy 6-cylinder inverted piston engines as auxiliaries, or by installing light weight wicker seats?
"Faradair hopes to raise £20,000 through a Kickstarter campaign by December 25. So far, 19 backers have contributed £1,408." Twenty thousand Quid capitalisation? I doubt that would top up the petty cash tin and is probably a few hundred million Quid short of the equity required to develop a new technology aircraft.
Flying magazine should have published the article in their 1 April edition!
Bear in mind this has been going on since 2014, when the idea of a hybrid-electric aircraft was at least novel. Having achieved zilch in 8 years, they now aren't even proposing anything inovative- just a much worse design than all the ohter "vapour ware" alternative power source proposals. "Bio" because they were going to use bio-mass fuel- something spmeone ELSE would need to produce, and that they could hardly insist customers use.
The whole thing's a little bizare, and if you look up at my experienece with them, almost cultish.
The whole thing's a little bizare, and if you look up at my experienece with them, almost cultish.
