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CNET: First flying car you can buy lands in the US…
whatfinger ^ | 12/14/2019 | CNET Video

Posted on 12/14/2019 4:13:36 PM PST by Eddie01

Edited on 12/14/2019 4:46:54 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgy42Tn0oiI

Flying Car Video(3:08 Min)


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel
KEYWORDS: automotive; flyingcar
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Cool. But,

How does this not go horribly wrong?

1 posted on 12/14/2019 4:13:36 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

That’s what I was thinking: cool concept. Now, you go first.


2 posted on 12/14/2019 4:20:44 PM PST by Viking2002 (..........and Epstein didn't kill himself. Yeah, I went there.)
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To: Viking2002

I’d love to see one all pimp mobile.

Green metallic paint.

Oversized gold wire rims...

Look, there are selling this like a family car that everyone can drive.

Problem. You need a very serious pilots license complete with all the tower communications protocol, flight planning, air restrictions, etc...

“Look honey it’s the White House” will be your last transmission.


3 posted on 12/14/2019 4:25:42 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Viking2002

Benson gyrocopter with an Italian body and an inflated price tag. No Thanks!


4 posted on 12/14/2019 4:28:06 PM PST by offduty
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To: Eddie01

2-dimentional accidents don’t happen enough. That’s why we need 3-dimentional accidents so the people on the ground can be killed by cars falling out of the sky.

Makes perfect sense to me.


5 posted on 12/14/2019 4:29:53 PM PST by Maceman (Trump Trumps Hate!!!)
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To: offduty

Now, when anti-gravity is finally perfected....

Just a few engineering problems to be solved.


6 posted on 12/14/2019 4:33:03 PM PST by alloysteel (Very willful ignorance and pretense at moral authority are both roadblocks to honest dialogue.)
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To: Maceman

Like when it slams through the roof of a high rise apartment building burning it to the ground.


7 posted on 12/14/2019 4:36:39 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

If I gotta go thru al of that, I’ll just get my pilot’s license and restrict my travels to places with a helipad. I still want the green metallic paint and gold wire rims, though. Carpeted dash, tuck-and-roll interior.........


8 posted on 12/14/2019 4:49:06 PM PST by Viking2002 (..........and Epstein didn't kill himself. Yeah, I went there.)
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To: Viking2002

The rotor is 10.75m. Make that 36 feet. No margin of error there, so better add a few feet on each side for takeoffs and landings. Crosswind? Hmm, how about that.

Who wants to buy one now?


9 posted on 12/14/2019 5:09:04 PM PST by IgnaciKat (RIME)
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To: offduty

What was the cost? I didn’t bother watching the video if that is where they mentioned a price. 8>)


10 posted on 12/14/2019 5:12:54 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Eddie01

Good luck getting license to fly one. The insurance company, alone, will require lots of hours in it, instructor led hours, and a very high insurance rate.


11 posted on 12/14/2019 5:16:54 PM PST by CodeToad
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400k for the cheap version

600k for the delux customized elite club gold label version.

It’s worth a look, if only for the dog WTF head tilt your left with.


12 posted on 12/14/2019 5:19:17 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Robert DeLong

$600K for the deluxe model $400K for the sport model.


13 posted on 12/14/2019 5:19:52 PM PST by offduty
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"What was the cost?"

To be determined by the fatality rate and liability insurance payouts.

14 posted on 12/14/2019 5:21:15 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Viking2002
Here's who your in traffic with, the original "Fly Guy".


15 posted on 12/14/2019 5:21:42 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01

But it doesn’t fly.


16 posted on 12/14/2019 5:23:25 PM PST by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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To: Eddie01

Is this what they call vaporware?


17 posted on 12/14/2019 5:24:58 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: Eddie01

Cup holders.

I didn’t see any cup holders. $600,000 and no cup holders?

No deal.


18 posted on 12/14/2019 5:28:04 PM PST by twoputt
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Is this what they call vaporware?

Yes, but you can buy it!

19 posted on 12/14/2019 5:28:20 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Eddie01; offduty

Well even if I were inclined, I couldn’t afford it anyway. Which is what I figured. 8>)


20 posted on 12/14/2019 5:29:08 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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