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Honda takes to the skies

Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 08:04
by WhisperJet
Your next Civic? B-)

http://hondajet.honda.com/

A good weekend to you all,

Nick

Re: Honda takes to the skies

Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 11:18
by 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

Re: Honda takes to the skies

Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 11:26
by 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 :lol:

Seems not :doh:

Re: Honda takes to the skies

Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 15:43
by John
Garry Russell wrote: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 :lol:

Seems not :doh:
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 ;)

Re: Honda takes to the skies

Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 17:10
by Garry Russell
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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 :worried: :hide:

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

Re: Honda takes to the skies

Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 21:22
by 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.

Re: Honda takes to the skies

Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 21:35
by Garry Russell
I knew I'd be floored :lol:

Re: Honda takes to the skies

Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 22:32
by John
TSR2 wrote: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

Re: Honda takes to the skies

Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 22:49
by 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 :-O

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 :lol:

Re: Honda takes to the skies

Posted: 24 Nov 2012, 22:57
by 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. :lol:

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