I was reading this earlier - looks fun. And well thought out.Do flying motorbikes count?
There would be nothing stopping them putting an enclosing body around the seat etc and I would consider that would then qualify as a 'flying car'.
I was reading this earlier - looks fun. And well thought out.Do flying motorbikes count?
That's, erm. . . a very good pointSeeing as it has no wheels, I don't see how it qualifies.
Fair point.Seeing as it has no wheels, I don't see how it qualifies.
The Mrs told me this morning that Telsa's have a video camera on each corner now because people have been 'key'ing them' ? .. (deliberately scratching the paint work for anyone who hasn't heard of this old school term before) .. I don't know if this is true or not ..Does this count as a failed attempt?
Never mind that. How do I pick up a bike with a buckled wheel?And where are you supposed to put your golf clubs?
The chap quoted in the report as saying "....beyond unsafe..."Does this count as a failed attempt?
The flying car that could turn into a biplane
At a launch event at Draper University in San Mateo, California, a start-up revealed how its flying car hopes to take off.
Alef bills its still-in-development electric vehicle, the Model A, as the first true flying car - a vehicle that it hopes will look like a sleek electric car but be capable of vertical take-off, and able to fly for 110km (68 miles).
The firm hopes to compete in a market occupied by well-advanced rivals, such as AirCar and the Pal-V gyrocopter that are already flying and driving.
But Jim Dukhovny, Alef's chief executive and co-founder, argues most existing vehicles are not strictly flying cars in his opinion.
"A flying car has to be a car, which means it can drive on a regular street, park in a regular parking space. And it also should have vertical take-off," he told the BBC.
"If you require an airport to take-off, what problem are you solving? And why is this a flying car?"
Crikey, that should fly off the shelves then at only £266,000 upwards!Another crazy flying car design!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63325341
Edit: Hmmm. They made the original video private for some reason, so I've put an alternative up above.
I think what they are really after is lots of investment. So they can get fat director salaries.Okay so it fulfils the 'flying car' brief, but it looks terrible.
Flimsy, underpowered, too small a passenger space to be of any proper use.
Where are you going to put your shopping, or suitcases, or golf clubs????
All they've done here is take existing 'drone' technology (cheap crappy plastic blades on a frame with a battery) and put a sort-of-car-shaped body around it. And then expect you to shell out a huge amount of money for it.
Yet another vanity project with a miniscule customer base of idiots with very deep pockets.
I'M OUT!!!
What we need is (eg) Vauxhall to start building a flying Corsa, in huge numbers, at a price comparable to that of a 'regular' Corsa.
Looks a bit unsteady. And dangerous.I think we just need to kick start this with a disruptor...
Furze. Colin Furze.
He frequently injures himself, but never talks about it.Looks a bit unsteady. And dangerous.
The sort of thing you could quite easily get seriously injured by.
Furze clearly has absolutely no sense of danger.
And absolutely no attempt to have any sort of protective gear - no helmet - no gloves.....
And was he doing that in 'flat' trainers with no heel or toecaps?
Looks a bit unsteady. And dangerous.
The sort of thing you could quite easily get seriously injured by.
Furze clearly has absolutely no sense of danger.
And absolutely no attempt to have any sort of protective gear - no helmet - no gloves.....
And was he doing that in 'flat' trainers with no heel or toecaps?
And bicycle clips around his ankles. In case any squirrels get inquisitive.He's missing a tobacco pipe as well. All good inventors need a pipe.
FULL STORY: https://electrek.co/2022/10/26/chec...ohts-flying-car-completing-its-maiden-flight/Check out video footage of XPeng AeroHT’s flying car completing its maiden flight
Following XPeng’s recent 1024 Tech Day event in China earlier this week, we have finally been able to share video footage of its latest generation of eVTOL built by AeroHT. As promised during the presentation, XPeng’s flying car prototype completed its maiden flight and has the receipts to prove it. You’ve gotta see this.
... For a second year in a row, XPeng’s urban air mobility (UAM) division AeroHT stole the show with its flying car prototype.
The unique eVTOL that can drive on roads and navigate through air was first unveiled at XPeng’s 1024 Tech Day in 2021, which included some sleek renderings and an animated video. This year’s presentation included news that the XPeng AeroHT team had upgraded the design of the sixth-generation eVTOL from a horizontal dual-rotor structure, to a new distributed multi-rotor configuration.
The company also shared that the overall system design complexity of the eVTOL had been reduced to ensure better safety and reliability during flights. Better yet, a prototype had been built and had completed its maiden flight. Naturally, we were eager to see this footage, but it was shared during the end of the Tech Day Presentation in China, and we had to wait for the entire video to be translated to English and posted. ...
And ~ 'their gonna need wider roads!'To answer the question in the thread title, cars have improved but drivers haven't.
The X-2.A new one from China:
"What happened to the X1?" Answer. . . it turned into an 'ex one!'The X-2.
(don't ask what happened to the X-1)