Tesla unveils new Roadster that can fly

[Candleicious Ghost]

Nice demo. Car drives off a ranp flips, turns and lands like something out of Blade Runner.

The car is electric but the "flight" is provided by copd gas thrusters.

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[Kount Korbula]

this looks like more of an "emergency use" thing than anything practical. take a hairpin turn too fast and go off a cliff, float you down instead of crunching

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

this looks like more of an "emergency use" thing than anything practical. take a hairpin turn too fast and go off a cliff, float you down instead of crunching

Exactly..

But it would be limited. If the drop is too big you still go crunch

 

[camdudetenger2018]

roasters as in flying cars lol

 

[Detached Nacelle]

flying swasticars for when your fascism needs a little extra lift

 

[Christopher]

That's not flying; the definition of the word requires sustained horizontal or upward movement. This is just a cushioned fall.

I'm more curious about why the car didn't fall off the ramp. It didn't seem to be driving fast enough for centrifugal force to hold it there, unless the video was slowed down, but it didn't look like it was. Are we sure this isn't a simulation?

It's also hard to see how anyone other than James Bond would have a use for this. Just another case of billionaires wasting money on fulfilling their fantasies rather than making practical consumer products.

 

[Ricky Spanish]

Falling with style.

 

[David cgc]

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[NYPinTA]

That was exactly what I was thinking! How was it able to drive upside down?

 

[Christopher]

Also, if a car actually could fly, then it would best to call it something other than "Roadster." ("Where we're going, we don't need roads!")

 

[Tosk]

And how can they possibly fit enough compressed gas to serve any real use?
And what happens to the driver due to that compressed gas if the car is compromised in an accident?

This is just another exercise in jerking showing off.

 

[Kount Korbula]

Magnets. or maybe the thrusters were already operating in a "push TOWARD surface" mode.

thing is, there have technically been flying cars since the sixties, but their utility has always been limited by various things. and i, as a lifelong pedestrian and sometimes passenger, am not confident in any of the drivers in this country to play well with flying vehicles.

 

[Christopher]

Magnets. or maybe the thrusters were already operating in a "push TOWARD surface" mode.

Then we would've seen exhaust plumes coming out of the top of the car. Thrusters don't have a reverse setting.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I'm more curious about why the car didn't fall off the ramp. It didn't seem to be driving fast enough for centrifugal force to hold it there, unless the video was slowed down, but it didn't look like it was. Are we sure this isn't a simulation?

In the Full Release video, Elon explains that they have a Vacuum underneath the car that can generate 2g's worth of suction / down force.

That's why the car didn't fall.

The same Vacuum system recharges the air tanks very quickly, so the amount of thruster time you have is very limited.

At least now there is a car who is designed to jump other cars like in Knight Rider.

Although the Turbo Boost functions a bit differently.

Same Air Tank Aft thrusters fully charged allows a 0-60 mph in < 1 second.

 

[UssGlenn]

In the Full Release show, Elon explains that they have a Vacuum underneath the car that can generate 2g's worth of suction.

That's why the car didn't fall.

The McMurtry Spéirling Hypercar can do it too, it's a neat trick. I also have a toy remote control gecko that climbs walls under the same principle.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

The McMurtry Spéirling Hypercar can do it too, it's a neat trick. I also have a toy remote control gecko that climbs walls under the same principle.

It's a party trick, the uses are limited, how often do you need to drive on walls / ceilings?

How often are you using your car to jump over other cars?

 

[CampBOO!]

How often are you using your car to jump over other cars?

I don’t know. With the way some people drive…

 

[Christopher]

It's a party trick, the uses are limited, how often do you need to drive on walls / ceilings?

This is definitely something Bruce Wayne would invest in developing, though.

Come to think of it, it'd be a perfect feature for the Spider-Mobile too.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Surely a new "Knight Rider" series or film would se K.I.T.T. have such a function.

 

[Dr Mabuse]

The entire rear of the car was apparently modified to hold the pressurised tanks required for this cunning stunt. It was far from being a practical modification or one that would make it into commercial vehicles. A publicity stunt was indeed all that this was.