Still Waters Posted March 17, 2012 #1 Share Posted March 17, 2012 If waiting in traffic jams leaves you ready to explode, the solution is finally here.Drivers can switch from the road to the air in minutes at the wheel of the world's first flying car - which is on the market at a sky-high price of £800,000. The two-seat automobile can reach speeds of 60mph on land and up to 110mph at 12,000 feet, despite being more than 60 years old. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhantomFlanFlinger Posted March 17, 2012 #2 Share Posted March 17, 2012 (edited) Thats....well...daft...its a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.. Edited March 17, 2012 by BrianPotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Raven Posted March 19, 2012 #3 Share Posted March 19, 2012 people drive bad enough on normal roads, god, i dont want to see most of the drivers i see daily in "flying cars" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoParanormal Posted March 19, 2012 #4 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Yes, can you imagine the issues we will have, when people start driving in a 3 dimensional plain? They can't grasp the ability to turn left right, forward and reverse!!! God help us all with people being able to go UP and DOWN as well!!! Oh man, we're doomed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_kenshin Posted March 19, 2012 #5 Share Posted March 19, 2012 wouldn't you need a pilots license? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncer Posted March 19, 2012 #6 Share Posted March 19, 2012 wouldn't you need a pilots license? yes of course, and a runway! Its all very well to see this as a flying car, but misleading to think you can be driving then just take off!! anyhoo, heres the modern one: http://www.terrafugia.com/ and heres the vertical take off one!! http://www.moller.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoParanormal Posted March 19, 2012 #7 Share Posted March 19, 2012 yes of course, and a runway! Its all very well to see this as a flying car, but misleading to think you can be driving then just take off!! anyhoo, heres the modern one: http://www.terrafugia.com/ and heres the vertical take off one!! http://www.moller.co...id=49&Itemid=57 I read about that second vertical car you posted a while ago and have to say that thing is sweet! Still believe when/if we ever have mass automobiles flying, our world population will drop a few billion in a year lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted March 20, 2012 #8 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) yes of course, and a runway! Its all very well to see this as a flying car, but misleading to think you can be driving then just take off!! anyhoo, heres the modern one: http://www.terrafugia.com/ and heres the vertical take off one!! http://www.moller.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=57 I had a look at both of these models also after reading the article yesterday. When I think of a flying car I think more of a drone type setup with VTOL capabilities which is highly maneuverable - not a conventional plane with folding wings which can drive on a road. I think that this thing in the OP is hugely impractical. The Moller Skycar looks more on point but still I can't see any real market for this type of thing any time soon... Edited March 20, 2012 by Timonthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingAngel Posted March 20, 2012 #9 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Would need "flying road" if you plan on having some securities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted March 20, 2012 #10 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Would need "flying road" if you plan on having some securities I'd imagine something akin to the 'airways' on the city planet of Coruscant is Star Wars, or on the Fifth element. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socio Posted March 20, 2012 #11 Share Posted March 20, 2012 The thought of being able to fly past the morning or evening rush hour traffic makes me want one of those things bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27vet Posted March 20, 2012 #12 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I need it to get away from the taxi drivers in this place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billyf Posted March 20, 2012 #13 Share Posted March 20, 2012 i don't know about this....i have run out of gas a few times going down the road. it would be much worse at 12,000 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dharma warrior Posted March 20, 2012 #14 Share Posted March 20, 2012 A novelty at best. For 1.5 mill one could buy a real airplane and a real car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandOfAmber Posted March 20, 2012 #15 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Not to mention the fuel costs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensible Logic Posted March 20, 2012 #16 Share Posted March 20, 2012 They are a few decades late. Here is a news reel from the 1950's http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2550902895914120566 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted March 20, 2012 #17 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyuk Posted March 20, 2012 #18 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Prob need a pilots licence as well as drivers licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRIPTIC CHAMELEON Posted March 20, 2012 #19 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Ah yes the flying car today tomorrow the flying car boat tank, the go any where all terrain killing machine, al-qaeda just ordered ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behaviour??? Posted March 21, 2012 #20 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Guess JK Rowlings plot wasnt new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncer Posted March 21, 2012 #21 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Guess JK Rowlings plot wasnt new? The first and bestest ever flying car.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester Harlot Posted March 21, 2012 #22 Share Posted March 21, 2012 @Behavior???: This guy has wings, her car doesn't need them to fly. Just like Boba Fett doesn't need weapons to kill someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGER Posted March 21, 2012 #23 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I rather like this instead: http://martinjetpack.com/video-gallery.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouncer Posted March 21, 2012 #24 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I rather like this instead: http://martinjetpack.com/video-gallery.aspx That looks neat doesn't it, pity it was just cgi. I think the prob with that will be the amount of fuel it will go thru, making for a short flying time Id imagine.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGER Posted March 21, 2012 #25 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I went back and looked at the tech page and seen this: Fuel Capacity 5 US gallons (as required by FAA Part 103,Ultralight Regulations) Fuel burn 10.0 gph So thirty min. tops. But I see larger fuel tanks in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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