Comments on: Hotelicopter is Perfect for Joining the Less than a Mile High Club http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: d http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/comment-page-1/#comment-405929 d Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:35:25 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=22659#comment-405929 Fake <br><br><a href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/the-hotelicopte.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/the-hotelico...</a> Fake

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]]> By: mcman http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/comment-page-1/#comment-405930 mcman Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:32:45 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=22659#comment-405930 Scamorama Hoaxinburger Scamorama Hoaxinburger

]]> By: d http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/comment-page-1/#comment-395377 d Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:25 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=22659#comment-395377 Fake <br><br><a href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/the-hotelicopte.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/the-hotelico...</a> Fake

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]]> By: mcman http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/comment-page-1/#comment-395376 mcman Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:32:45 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=22659#comment-395376 Scamorama Hoaxinburger Scamorama Hoaxinburger

]]> By: Sn0zz http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/comment-page-1/#comment-395371 Sn0zz Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:27:42 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=22659#comment-395371 April's fool anyone? April's fool anyone?

]]> By: Realist http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/comment-page-1/#comment-395367 Realist Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:29:50 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=22659#comment-395367 I call fake: The airframe on which this is based, the Mi-12 broke the record of helicopter carrying weight at 44205 kg. According to this article, this monster would have a takeoff weight at 105628 kg. That would be significantly heavier than anything carried by a helicopter before.<br><br>Couple this with the fact that the pictures look more like 3D renders than photos, and that no one in the industry has ever heard of this thing before (even after their supposed first flight) makes be think this is just an elaborate hoax. I call fake: The airframe on which this is based, the Mi-12 broke the record of helicopter carrying weight at 44205 kg. According to this article, this monster would have a takeoff weight at 105628 kg. That would be significantly heavier than anything carried by a helicopter before.

Couple this with the fact that the pictures look more like 3D renders than photos, and that no one in the industry has ever heard of this thing before (even after their supposed first flight) makes be think this is just an elaborate hoax.

]]> By: Greg http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/comment-page-1/#comment-395362 Greg Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:31:54 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=22659#comment-395362 Outed as hoax<br><a href="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-not.html" rel="nofollow">http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/03/30/hoteli...</a> Outed as hoax
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/03/30/hoteli…

]]> By: DENOMOLUS http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/comment-page-1/#comment-395361 DENOMOLUS Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:59:03 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=22659#comment-395361 Looks like something out of Thunderbirds Looks like something out of Thunderbirds

]]> By: bob rossy http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/comment-page-1/#comment-395360 bob rossy Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:35:59 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=22659#comment-395360 wow, looks awesome! I'm dying to know how much it costs... wow, looks awesome! I'm dying to know how much it costs…

]]> By: Jed http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/comment-page-1/#comment-395359 Jed Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:35:54 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=22659#comment-395359 That's a beautiful hoax. This phenomenon will go harder and harder with the incredible development of 3D softwares. That's a beautiful hoax. This phenomenon will go harder and harder with the incredible development of 3D softwares.

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