nausicaa s glider

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"'As reported on slashdot.jp, Opensky is a project led by media artist Kazuhiko Hachiya to implement a working, jet-powered version of Moewe, the vehicle (pic) that the heroine rides on in 'Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind'. They've successfully test-flown (.mov, 8.6MB) a 1/2 scale model, and are moving into phase 2, which includes interviewing for test pilots (women only!). Can anybody knowledgeable in experimental aeronautics speculate on how doable this is? While it's not designed for general production (riders must be less than 50 kg/120 lbs), this would certainly beat Segway any day!'"

I loved Nausicaa, it was a great great anime. It would be so hot to have one of these things to just zip around the state in. Too bad I don't weigh 120 lbs. Hopefully they will develop a larger version for us, *ahem* larger men.

It's always interesting to see what people do with stuff from anime. I saw battlesuits designed from BubbleGum Crisis 2040 that were really hot. Only really small girls could fit inside them.

I also saw an auction on ebay where you could send in your measurements to the guy and he would produce Yuna from Final Fantasy X-2's outfit.

Either this is really weird, or really kewl.