Comments on: Hotelicopter is Perfect for Joining the Less than a Mile High Club

By: d

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:25 +0000

Fake

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/the-hotelico...

By: mcman

mcman — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:32:45 +0000

Scamorama Hoaxinburger

By: Sn0zz

Sn0zz — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:27:42 +0000

April's fool anyone?

By: Realist

Realist — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:29:50 +0000

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

Greg — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:31:54 +0000

Outed as hoax
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/03/30/hoteli...

By: DENOMOLUS

DENOMOLUS — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:59:03 +0000

Looks like something out of Thunderbirds

By: bob rossy

bob rossy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:35:59 +0000

wow, looks awesome! I'm dying to know how much it costs…

By: Jed

Jed — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:35:54 +0000

That's a beautiful hoax. This phenomenon will go harder and harder with the incredible development of 3D softwares.

By: moo

moo — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:41:26 +0000

Sorry. To be clear, the photos of the outside of the 'copter are rendered. The interior could be genuine but still somewhat faked. Who wants windows from the hall into their room?

By: moo

moo — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:38:19 +0000

I call hoax. Every one of those photos was rendered as well as the video.