Flying Car

[Torque]

$300,000 flying car gets special certification from FAA

A flying car being developed for both roadways and vertical takeoff and landing capabilities is now one step closer to becoming a reality.

www.fox13seattle.com

 

[Cafguy]

I wonder how many will flip it over in their driveway installing the wrong prop!!

 

[HoozierDroneDaddy]

My first thought was when they showed it skipping over a road block or accident. Now we have a bunch of flying cars going airborne over a major accident scene when a Medivac Chopper is coming in to pickup injuries, cancelling the landing.

 

[Deleted member 170519]

I don't think they would allow these cars to fly over other cars on a roadway. Maybe a rule like drones where you can't fly over people or traffic? Maybe they will create airspace highways just for these types of vehicles and delivery drones.

 

[HoozierDroneDaddy]

I don't think they would allow these cars to fly over other cars on a roadway. Maybe a rule like drones where you can't fly over people or traffic? Maybe they will create airspace highways just for these types of vehicles and delivery drones.

Agree, but idiots with these flying cars just like with current drones will still break the rules. And then there are those people trying to get somewhere in a hurry that don't want to wait or get clearance and will fly over the accident scene.

 

[Rchawks]

Lookie Lou's lol

 

[Rchawks]

How many will run out of fuel because they didn't have a full charge on their batteries before they left. It's safe to assume only pilots would be legal to "FLY" their air cars correct??

 

[LoudThunder]

I have a hard time taking this seriously. Oh I believe it's real, but look at it this way, through the eyes of a child…



The rider is all decked out in all measure of protective riding gear and he takes off and peters along and the way the video jumps around (0:15), it's comical… like the 1980's Movie "Flash Gordon…"

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[mavic3usa]

In some of these scenes, I see either flying drones or flying cars. Personally I doubt either will exist in the 2030s and none of these places will look like depicted. AI fail.

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[NightFlightAlright]

“flying car … is one step closer…”

Gently pointing out that “one step closer” when walking from here to Timbuktu is a rather small increment of advancement.

Jus’ sayin’

 

[Torque]

Gently pointing out that “one step closer” when walking from here to Timbuktu is a rather small increment of advancement.

Jus’ sayin’

Every journey starts with one step, doesn't it.

 

[NightFlightAlright]

Every journey starts with one step, doesn't it.

Not every journey is completed....

 

[Torque]

Not every journey is completed....

Kelly Hayes is the author of the article. Perhaps you can gently alert them of your displeasure with these first steps of optimism?

 

[NightFlightAlright]

Kelly Hayes is the author of the article. Perhaps you can gently alert them of your displeasure with these first steps of optimism?

Who is Kelly Hayes and why should I care?

 

[AByteDoc]

I don't think they would allow these cars to fly over other cars on a roadway. Maybe a rule like drones where you can't fly over people or traffic? Maybe they will create airspace highways just for these types of vehicles and delivery drones.

That seems like the most logical way to go. Skyways, eh? I've always had this one awful thought about one thing that would put an immediate halt to the development of vehicles in this realm.... a fully loaded soccer mom's skyvan falling outta the sky. Put enough vehicles up there -- you know it's going to happen eventually.

 

[mavic3usa]

I'm sorry but this is beyond stupid in so many ways; not even sure where to begin:

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[mavic3usa]

I'm speechless; I don't even know where to begin. Production starts in 2025?

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[LoudThunder]

I do not believe it will be licensed for normal operation on the road, more like a golf cart, or other non-roadworthy vehicles... And if I cannot fly my drone over vehicles, then this one will never get the go ahead too...

 

[AMann]

$300,000 flying car gets special certification from FAA

A flying car being developed for both roadways and vertical takeoff and landing capabilities is now one step closer to becoming a reality.

www.fox13seattle.com

Eh, those have been flying around in Australia since 2006…

Flying car captured on Google Earth

Experimental Oz project packs grav-busting hyperdrive

www.theregister.com

 

[Rchawks]

Meet George Jetson,,,