THIS is what we were promised:
Heck we did not even get hoverboards.
Posted on 06/30/2021 11:50:11 AM PDT by algore
The AirCar Prototype 1, which has a 160 horsepower fixed-propeller engine, is the brain child of Professor Stefan Klein and was developed by Slovakian firm KleinVision.
Amazing footage shows it driving down a runway before soaring into the air. It then lands, folds away its wings and is driven along a motorway before arriving in the heart of the Slovakian capital.
The 35-minute flight from Nitra to Bratislava was a key development milestone and moves it closer to going into production, KleinVision said.
Developers say the AirCar – which has now completed more than 40 hours of test flights – would be great for leisure and self-driving journeys, or as a commercial taxi service.
It is equipped with a BMW engine, runs on regular petrol-pump fuel and can carry two people.
No price details have been revealed for the futuristic vehicle, but it could be seen in the air and on the roads by next year at the latest.
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and if a big red eject button will be an option
Unfortunately this will never Fly in the usa.
“Unfortunately this will never Fly in the usa.”
You will see them at next years Oscar Awards. They will land on the red carpet.
THIS is what we were promised:
Heck we did not even get hoverboards.
Cue that sound Transformers make when they change.
Yes, we did get hoverboards, if you are brave enough.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/06/22/times-square-hoverboard-drones-green-goblin/
Just what we need; un-controlled cars in aircraft airspace. “Come on Gladys, let’s fly over the airport and watch aunt Mabel leave on United.
Or anyway, as Weezer sang, the world has left and moved on by, now large drones (think vertical lift-off) move passengers.
—if not wind or sun powered it has no future anyway—(sarc)
Not a jetpack?
Not interested. ;)
I would imagine it would be equipped with an emergency chute.
IIRC that is a requirement for ultralight a/c here in the US
Only if I could attach a couple of Sidewinders to it. Then it gets fun.
Might as well make autonomous....because it works so well with tesla. /s/
Is it gleaming, yellow and two lanes wide?
I saw that.
Can we sign up AOC and Omar to be test pilots?
I agree, the safety standards imposed on cars here in the US by the feds could never be incorporated on a flying vehicle like this that would be driven on the highways.
Matt Trakker’s MASK cartoon Camaro had something along those lines.
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