Flying cars...?

[Mohi]

As I'm sure you all know there has been talks going for some time now about flying cars. I even saw a prototype many years here in the United Arab Emirates defense exhibition some years back.

Someone mentioned that Michael Jackson is apparently the first to receive it when it first hits the market.

Anyone have any idea when, if ever, this is due to happen? How will it work...? I mean what happens if there is a malefaction - parachute?

How will they deal with traffic and so many other security issues? Can't wait to see AMG's version of the flying car

I'll try to see if I can find some photos to post on this site.

 

[SDNR]

You sure are a prolific thread-starter Mohi.

This is an interesting topic, and you ask some interesting questions too - I too wonder how traffic will be manged if we ever were to have flying cars - it could be a nightmare to control.

 

[Alx]

http://www.moller.com/skycar/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Cover_of_Pop_Science_Mar_2006_Cover_1.jpg



Lots of talk about it:

Flying car captured on Google Earth

Experimental Oz project packs grav-busting hyperdrive

By Lester Haines
Published Monday 23rd January 2006 11:08 GMT
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New year, new job? Click here for thousands of tech vacancies.Here's a question for you: what have the Nazi wartime test facility at Peenemunde and the Australian city of Perth got in common? Well, the first thing (and just about the only thing, truth be told) which springs to mind is that they are both next to large bodies of water. This is useful if you're going to test things which might go bang. Like V-2 rockets and - wait for it - flying cars:

According to our Oz photo interpretation bureau (Clinton Bird), the vehicle in question is at an altitude of three of four metres and doing about 80 knots. Which rules out a rocket-powered project, and we can see no evidence of the Wankel-powered turbofan outrigger engines favoured by the Moller Corporation:

Which leaves just one possible explantion: the Aussies have developed a gravity-busting hyperdrive, have bolted it into a second-hand Holden, and are seen here in the split second before their X-Motor made the transdimensional leap to hyper light speed.
So, the answer to the question "Where's my bloody flying car?" is very simply "Right here"*.

 

[MikeJ]

The French have also experimented with flying cars:

Seriously speaking, I doubt flying cars as such will never happen. Perhaps some sort of computer-controlled personal aviation transport is possible one day but letting all sorts of people fly their own 'cars' in cities just doesn't seem likely even if it was technically possible.

 

[Mohi]

Some photos...

 

[Centurion]

I have seen these flying cars on TV as well but really its unrealistic to think that they will replace normal cars even in 50 years.

 

[Rasha]

Well im certaily hoping to see these flying cars in my lifetime. It would sure ease the traffic around here.

 

[dOmInIX]

I hope they'll not make them soon!

 

[NarutoRamen]

I hope they make flying cars soon and accessible to everyon...because then the streets will be less congested and then I can finally speed

 

[wltsm]

I don't see how flying cars will work, I mean think about security, there's nothing to stop people go over a fence or a wall. Also everyone is going to have to get a flying lience, not drivers! It's all going to be very complicated, and one of those things people in the 1950s thought would happen in the year 2000, and it hasn't! Now people say it's going to happen in another 50 years, which I doubt!

Also imagine how much it would cost to develop roads to work with flying cars, if there will be roads all across the world! Trillions! Not worth it IMO!

 

[krk230]