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

Geek_King@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Tigbitties@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I thought the same thing until the wings got all tucked in there and it hit the highway. I mean, you can park it in your driveway. It still needs a runway but it's the closest I've seen. It's more of a plane that turns into a car.

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  • Geek_King@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The driving part isn’t as important as being able to take off vertically. Needing a runway makes it the worlds only airplane you can drive to the airpoint to take off with, not as convenient as the flying cars we’ve been promised.

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    • mosiacmango@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well, those are coming too.

      They have flying prototypes and some key FAA approvals already.

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      • QHC@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        How is either a better or more affordable option than a cheap helicopter? Air taxis using helicopter have existed for decades and fly around urban areas every single day.

        Will people still need a pilot’s license and all of the associated time + training that requires? Because they will surely also need to have a driver’s license and insurance and everything else required of owning a car!

        I do not understand the appeal at all unless it’s just a refusal to give up on a very specific childhood nostalgia.

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    • ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You mean like a helicopter?

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      • Geek_King@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Like a helicopter in terms of what it can do, but those things are real hard to fly. If we were ever to have flying cars, they’d need to be dead simple for the masses to cope with them. People can barely handle 2 dimensions, throw in an extra dimension and a good helping of speed…

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