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[serious1]

Are those really the facts or only what we know.

Facts:

1. We don't know the Facts
2. JV with Mexico
3. Strat and Raytheon put their technology on our Strat.
4. Vkoening doesn't know any more than we do or he'd say so.
5. Brazil still going until notified.
6. GTEM will re-state financials.
7. Lawsuit still around but mostly dismissed.
8. Bashers are trying really hard to get us out.
9. We are and continue to be on the Sho list.
10. Brokerage firms will not let us buy online must call
this alone could do a lot for the share price staying low.
11. Our share price has not moved much up or down in about
two weeks.
12. None of us and I mean None of us know what is
really going on until we get a PR and the financials are
out.
13. Bashers will bash and bash no matter how good the news.
14. Last but no least the Fact that we are all pissed off
about not getting enough or any of our answers, answered
is the biggest fact of all.

Hope this helps! I still am long and will continue to be long and that for all is the last of my facts.

BASHERS NEED NOT RESPOND..............

[vkoenig]

Deadhead: Your guess is as good as mine insofar as the status of the Strat is concerned. As you know, GTEM was touting the Strat would make a tethered test flight last July. Well, next July is less than 60 days away and still no word from the company. I am inclined to believe that the Strat problems involve more than just a faulty wiring harness.

Did anyone see the the Strat's props turning during the Raytheon demonstration? I sure didn't see it nor did I see any rudder or elevator movement as well. That leads me to believe the Strat had no battery in.

If power was a problem, they could easily have powered it through the mooring cable. In fact, they might have been able to operate it off the tow truck's battery and alternator.

I know they had a battery of some sorts because I saw it in the background of one of the Jones photo-ops news articles. It appeared to be wired in series (to crank up voltage) as opposed to series parallel (to bump up the amps). There was a placard in the background which warned of high voltage. I suppose someone could have inadvertantly connected a servo wire to the high tension line in error and burned up the entire harness. Anything is possible. However, for the most part, wiring harnesses are relatively simple devices.

I don't think the control servos would require a large amount of power in order to operate, but the electric propulsion motors are another story. It seems to me that the propulsion motors would have relatively heavy cables from the battery to the motor controllers to the motors themself and not be included in the wiring harness.

Each of the control servos would require two wires leading to and from the power source and controllers. Unlike an automobile where everything is grounded to the chasis and body, only one wire is needed to operate each device. There is a heavy cable leading from the negative (-) battery terminal to the frame. Electricity flows from negative to positive (except through the battery). The Strat is plastic and therefore requires double leads to each device. I'm having difficulty understanding how a relatively low voltage device, such as a servo, could burn up a harness. Didn't they put breakers or fuses into the system? If so, they most certainly would have a back-up system. Or did they?