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Taking a flying car for a test drive

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Now now this actually looks like a lot of fun, and unlike some of these things, it actually looks a bit practical too.

 

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That is NOT a "car" under any possible imagination!

It is however an interesting - but impractical - concept vehicle.

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4 hours ago, HiFlyer said:

it actually looks a bit practical too.

 

Huh! 😁 I presume you were joking? Its the most insane, impractical, ridiculous concept known to man. And I'm a fan of electric aviation.

The Joby and the Lilium and Eviation Alice are proper vehicles. Rather than something that looks like and flies like it was conceived by a nut job. 

Edited by martin-w

That was funny!  I'd love to try the simulator that they had: VR headset with motion chair.

Here's another one of those new-fangled flying cars:

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22 hours ago, Chock said:

Here's another one of those new-fangled flying cars:

Well, at least that one has wheels! 😁

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11 minutes ago, n4gix said:

Well, at least that one has wheels! 😁

Lack of wheels doesn't bother me if the plane is functional without them (its essentially VTOL)

On the other hand, I have seen "flying cars" with what amounts to regular car tires, which scares the heck out of me if you imagine the forces on landing that a regular car tire was never made for.

And others, with spindly protuberances purporting to be landing gear that are just as scary.

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Cars should be cars and planes should be planes I say. Combine the two and what is often referred to as a flying compromise becomes a flying monstrosity. 

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