Flying car

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 15 Jan 2009 10:56

Great.

Somewhere new for women to demonstrate how badly they drive.

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GamePlayer · Post by **GamePlayer** » 15 Jan 2009 11:58

I think I saw this before on another site. Nonetheless, it's some cool shit

Post by **Freakzilla** » 15 Jan 2009 12:03

http://www.moller.com/

Seraphan · Post by **Seraphan** » 15 Jan 2009 12:08

I definitely want one

Post by **Freakzilla** » 15 Jan 2009 16:04

Baraka Bryan wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:http://www.moller.com/

for some reason the link isn't working for me... do the wings fold out of the way? otherwise it just kind of looks like a VTOL aircraft

No. It is VTOL. It can hover too. The nacelles rotate for level flight once airborne. The engines are rotary and will run on almost anything. I've been following this one's progress for a few years.

I can't explain the broken link, it worked for me.

Post by **Freakzilla** » 15 Jan 2009 16:09

Moller has several models they're working on, the M400 I think has longer wings. Try to get onto the site, maybe google it. They have videos of test flights and all kinds of good stuff.

DuneFishUK · Post by **DuneFishUK** » 13 Feb 2009 19:03

Now on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aerocar-N103D-Fly ... 240%3A1318

nymphitz · Post by **nymphitz** » 27 Feb 2009 16:40

Interesting...One way to get through rush hour traffic!

cmsahe · Post by **cmsahe** » 28 Feb 2009 19:23

There will be traffic jams in the sky lanes. And then we will worry of drunk drivers getting thru the bedroom's window!

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 28 Feb 2009 20:03

Well ... that'll add a new nuance to "Drop in and see us sometime!", won't it?

(Um ... why through the bedroom window? You have a curious mind.

)

Post by **Freakzilla** » 28 Feb 2009 23:28

cmsahe wrote:There will be traffic jams in the sky lanes. And then we will worry of drunk drivers getting thru the bedroom's window!

Not really, they've allready planned for this.

A personal flying car only needs a few hundred feet of verticle space tops. Of what's their ceiling, 30,000 feet, that's 3,000 lanes over any one spot.

Post by **Omphalos** » 01 Mar 2009 00:08

Freakzilla wrote:
cmsahe wrote:There will be traffic jams in the sky lanes. And then we will worry of drunk drivers getting thru the bedroom's window!
Not really, they've allready planned for this.

A personal flying car only needs a few hundred feet of verticle space tops. Of what's their ceiling, 30,000 feet, that's 3,000 lanes over any one spot.

Well, now Im comforted. The drunks have all that air to run into before they impact my house.

cmsahe · Post by **cmsahe** » 03 Mar 2009 01:46

SandChigger wrote:Well ... that'll add a new nuance to "Drop in and see us sometime!", won't it?

(Um ... why through the bedroom window? You have a curious mind. )

Well English is not my first language.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 03 Mar 2009 05:22

I don't think language has anything to do with it.

It's the thought process that led to the image of drunk drivers coming in through your bedroom window that intrigues me.

Tyrant · Post by **Tyrant** » 03 Mar 2009 10:12

as awesome as flying cars are...the government will never let the major population partake. theres no way to control it or even keep it organized. and what about vehicle maintenance. if your car dies in mid air your fucked.. and so is the lucky person you nose dive into. i wish something like this would happen. but only the xtrememly wealthy or the government would be able to use it. think about all the cars on the road everyday..now think of all them flying around. i sense more air collisions than land collision coming in the vision. as awesome as it would be..it'll never happen

Post by **Freakzilla** » 03 Mar 2009 12:24

Tyrant wrote:as awesome as flying cars are...the government will never let the major population partake. theres no way to control it or even keep it organized. and what about vehicle maintenance. if your car dies in mid air your fucked.. and so is the lucky person you nose dive into. i wish something like this would happen. but only the xtrememly wealthy or the government would be able to use it. think about all the cars on the road everyday..now think of all them flying around. i sense more air collisions than land collision coming in the vision. as awesome as it would be..it'll never happen

The one I posted a link to has four independant engines and an automatic parachute.

Tyrant · Post by **Tyrant** » 05 Mar 2009 23:48

Freakzilla wrote:
Tyrant wrote:as awesome as flying cars are...the government will never let the major population partake. theres no way to control it or even keep it organized. and what about vehicle maintenance. if your car dies in mid air your fucked.. and so is the lucky person you nose dive into. i wish something like this would happen. but only the xtrememly wealthy or the government would be able to use it. think about all the cars on the road everyday..now think of all them flying around. i sense more air collisions than land collision coming in the vision. as awesome as it would be..it'll never happen
The one I posted a link to has four independant engines and an automatic parachute.

i still dont think it will happen... the government would probably use the whole "it could be used as an easy way to commit a terrorist attack" angle to shoot it down