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Recursion

(56,582 posts) Fri Oct 25, 2013, 04:51 AM Oct 2013

I don't think people really want flying cars

Let me be specific: people don't want flying cars. They want a flying car, which belongs to them.

I mean, we've all seen people drive, right? We don't actually want to see that enacted in three dimensions several hundred feet above the ground.

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I don't think people really want flying cars (Original Post) Recursion Oct 2013 OP

nail, meet hammer ! nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #1

I want a flying car. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #2

My grandfather courted my grandmother by horse and buggy. Iterate Oct 2013 #5

I see humans acting like a horse's ass on the road every day. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #6

What happens when you are out of gas mid air ? jakeXT Oct 2013 #3

Or get a flat tire? liberal N proud Oct 2013 #7

Job killer! pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #4

I still want my flying car liberal N proud Oct 2013 #8

I'd rather have a car that folds into a briefcase . mucifer Oct 2013 #9

After my dad lost his life when his ultralight crashed, Bertha Venation Oct 2013 #10

Such a sytem can ONLY work kentauros Oct 2013 #11

I think the idea is stupid... Chan790 Oct 2013 #12

Exactly right! *I* should have a combination flying car-boat-submarine, because petronius Oct 2013 #13

Sounds like you want Thunderbird 2: kentauros Oct 2013 #14

Maybe these: hunter Oct 2013 #15

I would love to have a flying car RebelOne Oct 2013 #16

Oh, yeah!!!!! MiddleFingerMom Oct 2013 #17

It's worked before BainsBane Oct 2013 #18

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

1. nail, meet hammer ! nt

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 05:06 AM

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In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

2. I want a flying car.

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 05:20 AM

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I get so tired of watching taillights. It would be night to program the flying car to take me home.

Iterate

(3,020 posts)

5. My grandfather courted my grandmother by horse and buggy.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 05:53 AM

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When the evening was over, the horse would head directly home without my grandfather lifting the reins, even pulling into the barn next to its stall. The downside was, he had to look at a horse's ass all the way back. Progress.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

6. I see humans acting like a horse's ass on the road every day.

Reply to Iterate (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 05:56 AM

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I prefer seeing the real thing.

Love horses!

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

3. What happens when you are out of gas mid air ?

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 05:27 AM

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liberal N proud

(60,335 posts)

7. Or get a flat tire?

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 06:50 AM

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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

4. Job killer!

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 05:30 AM

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liberal N proud

(60,335 posts)

8. I still want my flying car

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 06:53 AM

Oct 2013

Enough of this bullshit sitting in traffic or not being able to get out of my driveway.

They are replacing the street in front of my house, we are supposed to have access to our drives most of the time. Fine, I understand that there will be times that we cannot get in. But yesterday, they dug up our driveway without telling us and we hadn't left for work!

Flying car would have taken care of that, lift up and drive right over their ugly little heads.

mucifer

(23,547 posts)

9. I'd rather have a car that folds into a briefcase .

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 08:48 AM

Oct 2013

Parking in Chicago sucks!

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)

10. After my dad lost his life when his ultralight crashed,

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 09:55 AM

Oct 2013

I lost my desire to fly in a small craft. (I'm afraid of flying in big jets anyway.) So I'll be one of the relics on the ground if the flying car ever hits it big.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

11. Such a sytem can ONLY work

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:30 AM

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with 100% computer control, from turning it on, to parking. All the other problems presented in this thread would be handled by the computer systems, including knowing when and where to land for refilling before it becomes an issue.

I would suspect that catastrophic failures would be handled by multiple levels of redundancy and safety systems (such as parachutes, and/or flotation/landing balloons.)

And even as I may seem like a skipping mp3 to some, we could avoid so many current transit problems if we'd just switch to telecommuting for office jobs.

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

12. I think the idea is stupid...

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Fri Oct 25, 2013, 10:36 AM

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and that the FAA and NTSB should forbid any manufacturer from making inventing one by stating they will not certify them and will not permit them legal use of regulated airspace, thus rendering them illegal to use.

I'm all about Google's self-driving car though. As someone who will never be permitted to have a driver's license, it will change my life.

petronius

(26,602 posts)

13. Exactly right! *I* should have a combination flying car-boat-submarine, because

Reply to Recursion (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 11:43 AM

Oct 2013

I'm skilled and adventurous - but everybody else should just stay out of my way. (Present company excluded, of course - I'm sure Loungers could handle the responsibility... )