Surely not a Citroen?
Tesla unveils new Roadster that can fly
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Surely not a Citroen?
Stunt or not it's quite neat that we have the tech to do this if we so desire.....
Now how would you fill out your accident report if you fell out of the sky after jumping a traffic jam with thruster failures?
Now how would you fill out your accident report if you fell out of the sky after jumping a traffic jam with thruster failures?
I could've sworn that Dick Van Dyke cracked flying-car technology back in the 1960s.
quoted by doctor emmett brown at end of the 1985 film back to the future
lol lol inspector gadget
Rumour has it that there is a secret function where if you say something racist while driving the right side door will lift up in the air
You could make a production car with suction, but it probably can't be electric because of the size and weight of a battery with any range. You could also make a drivable car with cold thrusters, but you only have enough fuel for a few seconds, as seen in these demonstrations. and again not enough space to do more than one gimmick on any particular car. I'm pretty sure there's not enough space for a person in this one.
The latest from Phony Stark
Justin Hammer > Elon Musk
Not untrue, fathoming a freeway full of those seems impracticable at best, but it's a proof of concept and can be the basis for new or tangential thoughts for application. Looks cool regardless.
At some point, there is always a proof of concept that, if approved, gets refined down the road... no pun intended... and can lead to a more common and practical device, directly or even tangentially. Heck, even the treat known as "hard pretzel" started out by accidental happy happenstance, and that's the best thing since sliced bread...
Not just drivers, the moment a pedestrian jaywalks then the confidence goes down even that much more. Even farther if the jaywalker traipses in front of a semi, completely unaware of the laws of drag factor and gravity for regular vehicles never mind heavy ones: How long it takes a 10-ton vehicle to slow down and stop when Jaywalker Jimmy there can't care... but no worries, the latest cartoon bunny cartoon is showing on the phone and that's more important to pay attention to in a populated setting...
Melon said that the tank can be replenished as the car is driving.
there are probley a dozen of alternate earths in the mulitverse where flying cars have been around since the 2000s era
and another dozen of alternate earths in the multiverse where flying cars have probley been around since the 1990s era
and another dozen of alternate earths in the multiverse where flying cars have probley been around since the 1990s era
So he's giving his car a blowjobWhat you think they used to fill the air tanks?
I'm not trusting anything of or by Phony Stark.
Closer to the Speed Racer Mach 5. Here are details of Musk's vehicle
WORLDCHANGING Technology is hidden inside the Tesla Roadster – NextBigFuture.com
www.nextbigfuture.com
Going straight up for collision avoidance, jumping over a train crossing...some legitimate uses.
Moller's concept:
Now, my choice would be for F-35 Lock-Mart guys to build something like Moller's vehicle, but with Roadster tech for emergencies:
The biggest component here is the COPV:
Composite overwrapped pressure vessel - Wikipedia
One Falcon exploded, so Elon took to wrapping his own as part of vertical integration. Starship is supposed to have autogenous pressurization, so this is a way to keep the COPV skillset alive.
O/T
Sea Dragon was to be a pressure-fed rocket, made out of steel:
Sea Dragons & Skycycles: The life and rockets of Bob Truax
The closing stages of 2015 saw some major advances in the world of commercial spaceflight. Both Blue Origin and Space X demonstrated the ability to fly rockets into space and recover them. In the c…
thehighfrontier.blog
This rocket would have been both stronger and simpler than Starship.
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Hardly. All that's been demonstrated is the ability to slow descent. That's a far, far cry from controlled ascent, which would be far more difficult. Even if it were physically practical, adding a third dimension would only increase the risks of collision or damage, not reduce them. Collision avoidance is a matter of seconds or split-seconds. It would take time to build up enough pressure in the jets, you'd have to check overhead to determine if the airspace was clear of power lines or other obstructions, and it would probably be a fairly slow liftoff, not only because of the physical limitations of the technology lifting such a heavy mass as a car, but because high g-forces would not be healthy for the vehicle or its occupants. Not to mention that if it's in a crowded intersection, there might be no clear space to land. The same concerns apply with a train crossing -- building up the pressure for liftoff, carefully maneuvering over the track, checking for a clear landing zone, and descending slowly enough to be safe would take so long that it's probably quicker just to wait for the train to pass.
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