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Does that long commute to work got you down? No problem, just bust out the flying car! While the concept is pretty cool, this car is butt-ugly, don’t you think?

The AirCar prototype won't fly you anywhere now, but you can drive it, and it could be your transportation of the future. Check out CNET Car Tech for more coverage of the 2008 New York auto show.
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Butt-ugly?

The coolness of having a flying car circumvents any sort of aesthetic issues.
 
With how most people drive these days... I'm not looking forward to everyone having one. That's all I need is to have someone fly right into my house because they thought the lights on my deck was a landing strip. ;)

 
We won't see any "manual" flying cars in the future. The only way Joe Schmoe will be allowed flying in residential air space without pilot license is if the whole thing is 100% computerized without ability to override controls manually.
 
Flying cars will never be transportation of the future. Ever. People have enough accidents while limited to the road. Think about all the assholes having accidents in the sky, then falling on your damn house while you sleep. It's so beyond logical that I don't know why people (read idiots) obsess with the idea.
 
It'll always be something for the dream world but inevitably, a good portion of humans are too stupid for it to become reality.
 
retrorocketz said:
Flying cars will never be transportation of the future. Ever. People have enough accidents while limited to the road. Think about all the assholes having accidents in the sky, then falling on your damn house while you sleep. It's so beyond logical that I don't know why people (read idiots) obsess with the idea.
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It is inevitable though. But not at current state of technology. Once super accurate GPS is wide use and sophisticated computerized controls worked out (we have first baby steps of that in new generation of cars, self parking cars as an example that you can actually buy now), these will have a green light.

There is one caveat.. the design in the article will never be realized as it requires landing strip. A car akin of Harrier or Osprey plane will be the design that will prevail. It requires no landing strip as it starts vertically.
 
people cant even drive I dont want them above my head in a 2000+ pound vehicle
 
When do we get to drive Fifth Element style? In the movie it was something like 2214 right?
 
While this article is an interesting read, and a possible look into the future of what might be our way of life, I would liken it to the proverbial putting the cart in front of the horse. The entire premise, at least to my understanding, appears to be more about the high tech brew of gadgets and gizmos that we can come up with in darkly lit laboratories instead of what can be made practicable to assembly lines in an economically feasible way so that it can be available to people like you and me.
 
all i can think of is the clerks "what would you do for the flying car" short...
 
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! Don't introduce any god damn flying car unless it actually f'ing flies. You must respect my authoritay!!!!
 
I like the mass transportation in Minority Report. Unless we get to be like the Jetson's!
 
retrorocketz said:
only no, its not. Its entirely stupid. Cars falling out of the sky for any huge number of technica reasons aside from accidents? Are you insane?
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You're looking at from current technology. by the time a 'flying car' is common, It'll be like the model T is to us.
 
that came out wrong, i meant that the model T is to us like our cars will be to the future tech.
 
I don't think it is entirely stupid. People still fly private aircraft. It just demands a change in infrastructure if it is to be used. Think the neighborhood airstrip. But yes, it would necessitate more stringent licensing, we can't have drunk people piloting aircraft, and they'd better have a squeaky clean vehicle operating record. Also, safety testing. Lots and lots of safety testing. That being said: I think a more practical solution is a personal ultra efficient single seater aircraft with an ultralight moped stored in it somewhere; trying to make a plane conform to car aesthetics is not the solution.
 
As someone with a private pilot's license, I can say flying a plane is NOT that hard. It was only 6 lessons at one hour each before I got to fly my first solo flight. If you aren't a complete moron, flying is really not very difficult.

That being said, there are a lot of morons in the world, so I don't see flying cars being the norm for a LONG time. Once we have the technology to make them FULLY automated and REASONABLY PRICED, I can see an eventual migration to flying cars. Many of the newer commercial planes are nearly fully automated now. There are planes that can both takeoff and land themselves, but I am sure the technology would put it WAY out of reach for the masses. I expect that to be many years before we can really even start thinking about trying to implement a skyway.
 
I don't think it's ugly. I think it looks pretty cool in a retro Rocketeer sort of way :D
 
we will not have flying cars until a method is devised that does not involve an airfoil (so no airplanes, helis, autogyros, ect)
 
Sadly it wouldnt be allowed in the uk due to road safety regulations.
Those wings could chop someone in half!
 
Its almost there... as soon as it looks like Dr. Claw's flying car from the Inspector Gadget cartoon, then it will sell.
 
Hiller is still way ahead. His car actually flies and is VTOL. To everyone that keeps saying that people can't even drive, much less fly. While that is true, what is to stop someone from careening off the road into your house as it is. The danger aspect isn't why we don't have flying cars yet. The ultimate demise of the airline industry is. We live in a 3D world. It's time we started using it that way.
 
It's about time! I remember reading in Popular Science back in the day that flying cars would be common place in the 1990s.... lol
But like every one is saying so far, Most people can not drive, let alone fly,
 
It's a flying car that doesn't fly. What's the point? The idea, as already pointed out, is old news.
 
all you people saying flying cars will never happen, Remember what people were saying about the internet and computers WAY back?
 
Nick_Leo said:
all you people saying flying cars will never happen, Remember what people were saying about the internet and computers WAY back?
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The internet and computers aren't going to fall out of the damn sky onto your house. Stupid argument. Those of you that think flying cars are realistic for the general public need to have your heads examined.
 
retrorocketz said:
The internet and computers aren't going to fall out of the damn sky onto your house. Stupid argument. Those of you that think flying cars are realistic for the general public need to have your heads examined.
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Im just saying it COULD happen. i think the way for future travel should be magnet like those trains in china. That way theres no gas and we can go fast.
 
lo the original practical flying car from the early 80 was much better and a lot sexier with a backup parachue.

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aka sky car
 
There are small helicopters that are equavalent in expense to run as a luxury automobile. You can have your sky car now, only it is called a helicopter. LIke most everything else it boils down to cost and money.
 
retrorocketz said:
The internet and computers aren't going to fall out of the damn sky onto your house. Stupid argument. Those of you that think flying cars are realistic for the general public need to have your heads examined.
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Those of you that think they're impossible need to have your imagination examined. With sufficiently advanced computer control and sufficiently advanced safety technology there's no reason they couldn't be safer than regular cars are now.
 
Well.......

it uses loud jet engines
using a combustible engine

This is a great idea for something beyond a combustible engine. Come on anti matter drives. :p
 
retrorocketz said:
The internet and computers aren't going to fall out of the damn sky onto your house. Stupid argument. Those of you that think flying cars are realistic for the general public need to have your heads examined.
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No, but the Internet has caused billions of dollars of damage in identity theft and online scams, fostered organized crime, provided the resources necessary for hundreds of organized murders, and probably played a role in the organization of several terrorist attacks including 9/11.

There's a downside to everything, but that's no reason why technology shouldn't be developed.
 
Cool, but I rather prefer that 787 highly modified into a luxury condo with a custom garage for a BMW M6 ;)
 
retrorocketz said:
Flying cars will never be transportation of the future. Ever. People have enough accidents while limited to the road. Think about all the assholes having accidents in the sky, then falling on your damn house while you sleep. It's so beyond logical that I don't know why people (read idiots) obsess with the idea.
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Well..unless its computerized
 
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