#1 Firearm Zealot
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Flying Car, real...
M200x
I want one! Wonder if it is fuel powered and what kind of efficiency it gets...
Kinda creepy lookin though. Reminds me of X-Files or something...hehe
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I don't know,that crane-boom in the picture made a sceptic out of me.
#3 Firearm Zealot
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JoeLee
I don't know,that crane-boom in the picture made a sceptic out of me.
LOL, yea, well it is still in testing phase. But, over 200 successfull flights. Pretty good in my book. At least so far.
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Thats the OLD one. There is another one that looks more like a car than a UFO. I cant remember the project name for it.
#5 Firearm Zealot
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SKS NOOB
Thats the OLD one. There is another one that looks more like a car than a UFO. I cant remember the project name for it.
Talking about this one?
::MOLLER::
Problem is this one, you need an FAA license.
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#6 Firearm Zealot
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What can I say... it's been done:
Aerocar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seen that at the Museum of Flight here in Seattle since I was a little kid.
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cool!
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#8 Firearm Zealot
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There was another "flying car" built in the 70's that used a modified Ford Pinto as it's basis - it even made an appearance in a James Bond movie.
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Flying cars date back to the 1950's.
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Evidently the FAA won't let him try it off the crane tether. Maybe their affraid it works too well.
#11 Firearm Zealot
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shooter13
Evidently the FAA won't let him try it off the crane tether. Maybe their affraid it works too well.
HEHE, Yea, there goes the tire industry...lol...and depending on the power source, perhaps some of the oil industry?
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oddly enough, on coast last night, the owner of that car company was a guest!
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HOAX
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no, the crane is attaching a cable as required by the locals...or so the owner said last night
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Quote:
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Flying cars date back to the 1950's.
Yes I remember Popular Mechanics Magazine,doing many stories on flying cars in the 50s.Just fold the wings back then drive it down the highway.
#16 Firearm Zealot
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those things are super loud and chug fuel.
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#17 Firearm Enthusiast
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Max altitude of 10'(supposedly anything higher and you require a license), top speed of 50mph, can travel for 1 hour at that speed, and that's 40 gal of fuel. I'd rather have a fast car and dive into some twisties. There was an article in Yahoo News recently that they're going to be offered to the public at $90k a pop.
#18 Firearm Zealot
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I remember reading once that it was expected there would be a big boom in private flying after WWII - there'd be a small plane in every garage!
Never happened - the FAA got tight with the regs.
Could you imagine all the lame-brained kids and near-blind blue-hairs that clog our highways now - FLYING all over town!!? Sheesh . . .
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