Jay Walsh wrote:


I think it works on the same principles a theese craft.
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question...cs/q0130.shtml I kind
of figured that you would have come across this before Pat.


I know all about these loony things, but they generally aren't designed
to go out of ground effect.
I'd love to see someone pull the Caspian Sea Monster up into a 90 degree
climb and see what happens.
As near as I can figure, the thing has a damn near 100% power to weight
ratio, and the wings (or whatever you call the things joining the
pontoons and center body) must work almost entirely for control rather
than being true lifting surfaces.
One of their ads talked about how their machines incorporate
autostabilization.
I think what this is is an example of RC fly-by-wire.
It's completely unstable, but uses self stabilization technology via
constant control inputs that it does itself, rather than operator
control inputs.

Pat