Fying cars is now reality

[Macadam Cow 1]

Hi guys

So the first flying car should be released in 2011 in the US, it will cost about $194.000 (€160.000).

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I can't wait to be stuck in a traffic jam behind this car, watching it speeding across the field and finally taking off above my stupid non-flying car.

I hope they will made a flying bike coz I don't have my driver's license...yet.

[roberthammer 582]

Best will be car not a plane ,but somekind VTOL or helicopter :D

[Macadam Cow 1]

just ask :D

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[mosh 0]

Is drinking and driving as bad everywhere else as it is here? This could be a mess... :rolleyes:

[Soldier of Anarchy 10]

I can only imagine what kind of insane FFA certifications you would have just to own one....not to mention monthly inspections. A simple fender bender or road kill could make your flying car a death trap...more so.

[Murklor 10]

In the future we're all millionaires and have community runways next to our homes!

[Heatseeker 0]

Who would buy such crap?

[icebreakr 3159]

I thought this topic is about A2/OA uaz jeeps when you hit them with a cannon ;)

[Pyronick 21]

Not really interesting. I'd be interested if it was something like a Lotus Exige with V(S)TOL capability using the same engine for ground propulsion.

I don't think this will drive as good as a normal car and it probably won't be as safe in a crash like a normal car.

It definately does not look as good as a normal car! :D

[Flash Thunder 10]

Who would buy such crap?

But you could get away from da POH POH :p :D

OP welcome to the 1800's broski

[SWT_Janowich 10]

Now just wait until we see a squadron of them flying into a building.

[mrcash2009 0]

Sinclair C5 for the next decade.

Crap.

Bottom line its a plane that happens to act like a car, IE its a crap car, and then it sort of flies. The only time this will ever be anything of any magnitude is when they release anti gravity via and actual current run of the mill car.

[Dwarden 1125]

looks quite unstable in the videos ...

wanna see how it fare in windy weather ...

[jeza 5416]

Here's the brit version :P

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[*LK1* 10]

well with ofp/a1/a2 i saw tanks flying now with the BIS forum i saw my first car flying.thx to all of you guys :)

Who would buy such crap?

Edited July 4, 2010 by ***LeGeNDK1LLER***

[Macadam Cow 1]

I was expecting a bit more excitement from you.

No, no, it's too late, I'll do it myself...always the same here...If you want something done properly, do it yourself.

guys, you don't understand, it's flying, it's f*ck*ng flying !!!

Do you imagine all the possibilities behind this ? Flying bikes, flying trucks, flying tractors, flying planes,...it's unbelievable ! :don 11:

:lookaround:

[sudayev 27]

I heard DARPA is working on such veh for the Army, flying-submersible IFV or something like that. Holy smoke...!

[Soldier of Anarchy 10]

I was expecting a bit more excitement from you.

No, no, it's too late, I'll do it myself...always the same here...If you want something done properly, do it yourself.

guys, you don't understand, it's flying, it's f*ck*ng flying !!!

Do you imagine all the possibilities behind this ? Flying bikes, flying trucks, flying tractors, flying planes,...it's unbelievable ! :don 11:

:lookaround:

Sorry for the lack of enthusiasm. The reality....you won't take off from a gridlocked highway saying "so long sucka's". Don't think the FAA even has a contingency plan for this thing and contraptions like it, yet...but when they do, expect every ounce of fun drained from the flying car.

If they could build an ultralite version of a flying car then I could see many more people using them for recreation.

[Mr. Charles 22]

Gyrocopters may be a better investion

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[Macadam Cow 1]

Sorry for the lack of enthusiasm.

I was joking, I was pretty disappointed too I expected something like this :

But it looks like a new race has begun between east and west.

Eastern scientists just released a picture of their flying car (still a prototype) :

the car is looking good, we just need to find a way to maneuver and land it but we achieve our main goal : It's a car and it flies

Edited July 7, 2010 by Macadam Cow

[Scrub 0]

Well they had to start somewhere. Pretty good I'd say, as it is the only one I'm aware of that actually does what it says. Future revisions will only make it better. I'm interested in the preflight checks that are necessary with all those critical moving parts, one hinge fails and you're pretty much doomed. Maintenance hours per flight hour will be an interesting figure as well.

I'd imagine the future outlook is to make it all electric, and use the lifting body model as the goal, as much as possible. Those lift surfaces need a more refined or protected form-fitting retracted position, and some method of telescoping so the lift forces don't have to rely on lock pinned hinges or hydraulics, but on the structure of the larger section the next protrudes from. The current design is not at all what I'd call inherently fail-safe. As a matter of fact there are so many flight critical moving parts I'd hesitate to buy one until I see how long it takes for the first unit to have a crash or 'incident'. Can guarantee if it is less than 4 years, this will not sell until a major overhaul changes the object of peoples' fears. High end consumers do not want to buy a death trap... Though, some will build one as a hobby... And die. *eek*

[bhaz 0]

I'd hesitate to buy one until I see how long it takes for the first unit to have a crash or 'incident'.

Thing is there, it'll probably be some poor guys roof rather than a power pole.

Be interesting if the local police get issued these things. Guess they'd have to if they became public.

[ricbar89 0]

That isnt the worlds first flying car.

[nodunit 397]

That isnt the worlds first flying car.

That's not a car! It's a plane petending to be a car! sneaky sneaky plane.

wonder if it uses a special fuel and what mpg it gets..oh wait it's way out of my price range why do I care.

[celery 8]

guys, you don't understand, it's flying, it's f*ck*ng flying !!!

Do you imagine all the possibilities behind this ? Flying bikes, flying trucks, flying tractors, flying planes,...it's unbelievable ! :don 11:

:lookaround:

Flying? Flying vehicles were invented a hundred years ago.

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Basically the "flying car" is a propeller aeroplane with a cockpit shaped like a car. Planes have already been able to maneuver on land, and there won't be a flying revolution coming in everyday traffic until actual, ordinary cars can fly or hover safely and reliably so that the knuckleheads we have on the roads today can drive them without causing accidents. Having hundreds of small propeller planes fly around near cities is a nightmare and finding enough landing space for all of them is impossible.