Comment on The flying car completes first ever inter-city flight (Official Video)

• rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Putting aside the different principles behind how they propel themselves through space, the basic concept of a helicopter and a car are quite similar.

  • It’s a metal box with machinery, windows, and doors.
  • You open a door and get in at the start of your trip.
  • You sit at the controls, which you are required to undergo training to use properly and lawfully.
  • Other passengers can sit in the rest of the seats and come along with you on the trip.
  • You activate the machinery and make the box move where you want, maneuvering along paths and around obstacles.
  • At the end of the trip you stop the box in a safe place, switch off the machinery, and get out.

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  • Tatters@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All of that applies equally to aeroplanes and boats. I don’t see how a car is any more like a helicopter than e.g. a small aeroplane.

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• hibbfd@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  maybe they are talking about the helicopters you can drive around in too. they don't have big rotors on top, just basically a little fan in the front to cool the radiator when not in flight mode.

  oh wait I'm thinking of a car

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