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XM-2 Skycar In 1962, Dr. Moller built a
six to one scale model of the XM-2. Two years later in the garage of
his residence in Davis, CA he began construction of the full size
aircraft. As Moller Aircraft Corporation, Dr. Moller completed
construction of this prototype using two 2-cycle McCulloch drone
engines which produced enough power to allow the XM-2 to hover in
ground effect in 1965. With the success of his first VTOL flight, Dr.
Moller began to re-engine the XM-2 in 1966 with two Mercury outboard
engines
Under UC
Davis sponsorship. The re-engined XM-2 was then flown for the
International Press at the UC Davis airport in 1966. In 1968 Dr. Moller
received his first patent on this VTOL XM-2 configuration.
Click here to see the XM-2 test flight.
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