Macbeast
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| posted on 12/5/08 at 10:54 AM |
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Congestion sorted ?
Cheap easy-to-fly planes will solve road congestion - according to the plane maker (well he would say that wouldn't he ?)
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/12052008/36/flying-cars-solve-congestion-0.html
Can you imagine the aerial equivalent of the 8-lane M25 in rush hour ? And how, where do they park ? What planet is he on ?
Oh Planet America, of course 
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smart51
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| posted on 12/5/08 at 11:30 AM |
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most people don't seem to be able to drive a car particularly well. Add a vertical dimension and there'll be carnage.
And the fuel consumption will be worse. You'll have no rolling resistance to overcome but you'll have to keep the thing in the air
instead.
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Simon
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| posted on 12/5/08 at 09:39 PM |
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Within 20 years!!!
I think Moller might get there first
With advances in GPS and computers, the "driver" won't have to do much apart from type in the destination and push the go button.
Still, an optional extra might be a joystick
ATB
Simon
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brynhamlet
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 11:50 AM |
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It's already been done. Years ago there was a hybrid, I think called an aerocar. Drove to somewhere were you could take off, attach the wings,
which trailed behind the car on the road and off you go.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 13/5/08 at 01:34 PM |
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ehem thats a picture of a very old Aerocar that is no more
http://inventorspot.com/articles/experiments_flying_cars_6835
[Edited on 13/5/08 by Mr Whippy]
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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