finally! a flying car!

[jonathan_matos5]

'Flying Car' Landing in a Driveway Near You?




can i borrow a couple hundred thousand dollars?

[C.Linton]

? That basic design has been around since at least the 60's and it's just now getting certified?

[jonathan_matos5]

Originally Posted by C.Linton

? That basic design has been around since at least the 60's and it's just now getting certified?

apparently the delay was about it being street legal, and a couple hurdles about classification by the faa, and finding a market.

but hey it is still a car that can fly!

[Mark Wilson]

Is the entire world not a good enough market?

[fhm555]

Where's the upside besides being able to poke your tits out and tell your friends you have a flying car?

It requires a runway so you can't just fly up to your house unless you live on an airport.

After you drive to the airport, you have to then configure it as an aircraft, fly it to whatever airport you are headed for, then reconfigure it as a ground vehicle.

It's too small to be useful for flying long distances so unless you are a corporate bigwig in Tiny World, it's like a chocolate dipped soft serve, A novelty reserved for those with the disposable income to afford it. Beyond that, it's as goofy and pointless now as it was in the late 40's when the first of it's type saw the light of day.

Until some practical form of VTOL craft is developed, and one simple enough for your average soccer mom to operate without turning into a depressing statistic on traffic deaths, the flying car as POV will remain the stuff of science fiction.

[R. Laevinus]

Lots of soccer moms end up as depressing statistics already, with current technology. I don't think that the technology is the problem... I think it's the soccer moms.

[jonathan_matos5]

Originally Posted by R. Laevinus

Lots of soccer moms end up as depressing statistics already, with current technology. I don't think that the technology is the problem... I think it's the soccer moms.

i dont think it is the moms its hauling around a whole soccer team that is distracting them from the road.

ive hauled around a car full of my younger cousin and his friends it gets loud and annoying.

[R. Laevinus]

Could be that. Personally, I think it has something to do with not being able to handle eating a sandwich, making a sandwich, applying makeup, smacking your kid, talking to a passenger, talking on a cellphone, texting on another cellphone, rocking out to music, and smoking; while driving, simultaneously.

[Richland123]

I would assume you would need a pilot's license and training to fly one since you are dealing with airports, air traffic controllers, and the FAA. It is quite a different thing than an ultralight or hot air balloon.

[bmc]

Flying cars have been around since the early 60's. The Molt Taylor Aerocar was the first successful machine. There are few still around.

This machine, here, is a new design.

[duff beer]

Too many people now don't pay attention to what is to the sides, the front, or behind them. The last thing we need to do is add vehicles above and below.