Honda takes to the skies

[WhisperJet]

Your next Civic?

http://hondajet.honda.com/

A good weekend to you all,

Nick

[cstorey]

Crikey ! Shades of the VFW 614 , and I do wonder whether you will get a strong nose-up pitch with a sudden engine failure

[Garry Russell]

What a silly looking contraption.

I remember a couple of years ago stuff about this under development, I though perhaps they'd come to their senses

Seems not

[John]

What a silly looking contraption.

I remember a couple of years ago stuff about this under development, I though perhaps they'd come to their senses

Seems not

So what's wrong with it Gary? :-(

John

PS I spent 14 years in the marketing department at Honda UK and wound up as product planner for the UK

[Garry Russell]

Hideous...like a sci fi imagination

Engines on top of the wing just look wrong.

OK the figures might be good as an operation, but like some cars I would never buy due to ugliness.

I must be old fashioned as just about every modern car I find repulsively ugly

I don't think though, I will ever be in a position to be choosing a biz jet

[TSR2]

I love it, and im big Honda fan, they are a very innovative company and I have much admiration for the stuff they do.

[Garry Russell]

I knew I'd be floored

[John]

I love it, and im big Honda fan, they are a very innovative company and I have much admiration for the stuff they do.

It wasn't the first jet that we (they) built...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... un_Lab.jpg
http://www.ae.msstate.edu/rfrl/pics/air ... onda16.jpg

KInd regards

John

[speedbird591]

I read through the thread before clicking the link and I'd already decided that I was going to quote Garry admitting to being old fashioned. Then I looked at it

Garry. I'm with you on this one! It's soooo ugly. I'm sure it's efficient but why can't it be efficient and attractive? Why make it ugly FFS? In the old days you knew if something were good because it looked good. Nowadays these young 'uns make some thing good and then uglify it. It's probably a phase, I tell myself...

Ian

[Garry Russell]

Even the earliest 125's were neat despite their time. In those days it was the twinkling of the designers eye. They were modern for their age, looked it, but had natural beauty.

I found the earlier 125 better looking than the later.

This looks like they asked the computer several questions and used the best answers without any thought as to if the bits match.

One thing that can't be disputed it it is very up to date but again I draw the comparison to it's contemporaries in the motoring world.

The best bit though is that we all have different opinions and are not afraid to express them