http://ohgizmo.disqus.com/enTue, 31 Mar 2009 09:35:25 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7674578<p>Fake</p><p><a href="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/the-hotelicopte.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://blog.wired.com/cars/2009/03/the-hotelicopte.html">http://blog.wired.com/cars/...</a><br></p>dTue, 31 Mar 2009 09:35:25 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7674528<p>Scamorama Hoaxinburger</p>mcmanTue, 31 Mar 2009 09:32:45 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7663121<p>April's fool anyone?</p>Sn0zzTue, 31 Mar 2009 04:27:42 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7655725<p>I call fake: The airframe on which this is based, the Mi-12 broke the record of helicopter carrying weight at 44205 kg. According to this article, this monster would have a takeoff weight at 105628 kg. That would be significantly heavier than anything carried by a helicopter before.</p><p>Couple this with the fact that the pictures look more like 3D renders than photos, and that no one in the industry has ever heard of this thing before (even after their supposed first flight) makes be think this is just an elaborate hoax.<br></p>RealistMon, 30 Mar 2009 23:29:50 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7647558<p>Outed as hoax<br><a href="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-not.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-not.html">http://gadgets.boingboing.n...</a></p>GregMon, 30 Mar 2009 18:31:54 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7646684<p>Looks like something out of Thunderbirds</p>DENOMOLUSMon, 30 Mar 2009 17:59:03 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7643832<p>wow, looks awesome! I'm dying to know how much it costs...</p>bob rossyMon, 30 Mar 2009 16:35:59 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7639849<p>That's a beautiful hoax. This phenomenon will go harder and harder with the incredible development of 3D softwares.</p>JedMon, 30 Mar 2009 14:35:54 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7638416<p>Sorry. To be clear, the photos of the outside of the 'copter are rendered. The interior could be genuine but still somewhat faked. Who wants windows from the hall into their room?</p>mooMon, 30 Mar 2009 13:41:26 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7638355<p>I call hoax. Every one of those photos was rendered as well as the video.</p>mooMon, 30 Mar 2009 13:38:19 -0000http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/03/30/hotelicopter-is-perfect-for-joining-the-less-than-a-mile-high-club/#comment-7634492<p>Sorry about that .. they were all my roaches. One man gathers what another man spills.</p>Blairf FelgenheimerMon, 30 Mar 2009 11:42:13 -0000