I have read this a couple of times, and, even knowing that:
The MaverickJet is more a pipedream than reality… (yes, there is a prototype flying, but the FAA does not consider it a plane (very long story)).
It is illegal to sell the thing as anything other than a paperweight
Ain’t nobody stupid enough to buy one (IMHO)
there is still this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1875050018&category=26428
Can YOU tell me what godisgreat777 is trying to sell?
3 points:
Anyone willing to pay $3,000,000 for a jet isn’t going to just send that kind of money through the post to an e-bay seller (even if it is a bank check).
Just look at the grammer used by the seller. Seriously, if you were selling a 3 million dollar jet on e-bay don’t you think you’d take a few minutes to check the grammer first?
No-one of sound mind will put any bids in, anyway.
Strangely the range is 8.500 miles. It’s a decimal, not a comma. Not very practical.
Someone should bring the attention of Ebay Mugwumps that this is not just a con, but a breathtakingly stupid con.
Hmmm…could someone take a moment to educate me on the MaverickJet and why its illegal to sell? (and why its not techncaly a plane?)
Just curious, sounds like a neat story.
In some countries, periods are used where us Merkins use commas, so that may not mean anything.
Comma or decimal, it’s bullsh*t:
Snippet:
“The 747-400ER passenger airplane has a range of 7,670 nautical miles (14,205 km).”
They claim it’s worth $43 million. If I were sure of that, and if this were legitimate, I’d find some way to borrow the $3 million to buy it, and then sell it and retire off the $40 million profit.
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I hope noone is taking this seriously.
I TOLD you it’s a long story…
At this point, the Maverick in an “in-development” and/or “experimental” design.
Until the FAA (US - other countries have different certification bodies) says it’s an airplane, it ain’t an airplane (no, fly-people, I don’t want to go into part 108 ultralights).
The Maverick (last I heard) was going the “experimental” route - they could sell you a kit, you could assemble the kit, and apply for FAA approval - if the FAA was satisfied you HAD built at least 51% of the plane, you could get a “one-off” license for the plane (under the provision of the “Experimental - Homebuilt” rules). If somebody ELSE built the plane, the FAA is to reject your application and possibly prosecute the folks who sold it to you (really long story).
This gets into “aircraft certification” and its sub-components - “type certification” (it is an airplane) and “production certification” (you are authorized to build the airplane). The Maverick has no type certificate (“is not an airplane”), so noone has a production certificate (nobody is authorized to put one together and sell it).
For tons of info on the experimental nook of US aviation, see www.eaa.org
For type and produciton certification, see FAR parts 21 and 23 (IIRC, and may not)
What happyheathen said. Also that text about extending length and height, and adding a third engine, is pure gibberish.
Looks like the Nigerian scam has been adpated for on-line auctions.
Thank you very much.
If I may ask another silly question, what’s cool about it? Why would anyone want to get it as a kit and build it?
Actually, kits are common (as the FAA and tort lawyers have all but killed small airplanes) see http://www.kitplanes.com/index.asp
It’s just when the planes start getting large, that very few people want to build - but, if someone were to put together a fabrication plant offshore, and get a friendly gov’t to certify the design, a “kit” starts to make sense.
But yes, the superior small planes today come from kits. One that stretches the imagination is the Lancair IV-P (as in pressuirzed).
This is a 4-place, 350 mph pressurized bullet:
poor pic, but - http://www.lancair.com/images/airpower/iv-p.jpg
This design is so complex that it is widely assumed that those who purchase the kits hire others to assemble them - not quite legal, but…
p.s. $3 mil for a bizjet is cheap.
This doesn’t mean that experimentals can’t be sold, though. If I build a plane, get an experimental certificate, and then sell it, I have done nothing wrong. Just clarification for the non-flying folk.
If I try to certify one that I didn’t build, THEN I get into trouble. If this Twinjet is already built and has an airworthiness certificate, it is perfectly fine to sell. This doesn’t take into account all the BS associated with this particular plane, as I am sure it doesn’t exist.
After all, company prototypes get sold all the time.
