Posted on 06/30/2010 10:01:12 AM PDT by OneVike
We have all heard about the idea of flying cars for years. The popular cartoon "The Jetsons" made a whole generation of kids grow up thinking about robots as maids and flying cars in the future. Well, a few Japanese companies have been working hard on getting robots that can entertain men and and there has been more then a few inventors that have toyed with creating a car fly. Now we have the Terrafugia company that has invented the Transition ® Roadable Aircraft, or "Flying Car". They have even received approval from the FAA to fly their Transition.
Categorized as a Light Sport Aircraft, the Transition® requires a Sport Pilot certificate to fly. It is a two-seat aircraft designed to take off and land at local airports and drive on any road. Transforming from plane to car takes the pilot less than 30 seconds. The Transition® will cruise up to 450 miles at over 115 mph, will drive at highway speeds on the road, and fits in a standard household garage. The vehicle has front wheel drive on the road and a propeller for flight. Both modes are powered by unleaded automotive gasoline. By giving pilots a convenient ground transportation option, the Transition® reduces the cost, inconvenience, and weather sensitivity of personal aviation. It also increases safety by incorporating automotive crash structures and allowing pilots to drive under bad weather. Refundable airframe reservations are currently being accepted.
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I was a big Jetsons fan as a kid, and I want one.
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I want to see the first flying Cop Car. Writting tickets is gooing to be pain though.
There’s always the posssibility that the Moller Skycar will beat it into production.
Yea, they will probably hit you with a ticket missile that sticks to your flying car.
Wonder if it will catch on like the first one??? Yawn!!!!
I’d call it a drivable airplane. That’s O.K. by me — because a pilot’s license will be required, and aviation rules will apply.
What I never want to see is flying cars. It’s bad enough having idiots in front of me, maniacs behind, clowns to the right and jokers to the left — having to deal with all of them above and below me as well, would be too much.
Pretty cool except for the bungee cord stabilizing the steering wheel during flight. ;>)
“The first flying car to actually fly was built by Waldo Waterman. Waterman was associated with Curtiss while Curtiss was pioneering naval aviator on North Island on San Diego Bay in the 1910s. On March 21, 1937, Waterman’s Aerobile first took to the air.”
I actually might get one even though I cannot afford the actual plane.
Only if Moller paints his Skycar pink and puts a curly tail on it. That's the only way that pig is ever going to fly.
I like the Moller a lot better.
This will last until the first one eludes a traffic cop by taking off.
Never thought about that. Which makes me think that the Mexican drug cartels may be big costumers of this company.
Thanks for the ping!
Not to worry. Hot Rodders will customize it. ‘59 Caddy tail lights, french the headlights, chop it, custom interior and so on.
Where’s the video?All I see is Groupe of PDF’s.There is NO video link.
Ha! The future is not here, it’s LATE! We were promised flying cars, a lunar base, and big wheel-shaped space stations.
Also robots to do household chores (Roomba does not count), a transatlantic tunnel, and more.
1950’s Pop Mechanics, Pop Sci, and others were full of such predictions, especially around the International Geophysical Year (until we got knocked down like a bowling pin by Sputnik, but that’s a separate story).
At $500,000 only the rich Chicago Thugs will get the stimulus money to buy these vepickles!
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