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[Article] Could a flying car could be real by 2025?

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  • #2
    dmc17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,782 ✭✭✭dmc17


    Sounds like a great idea. When everybody hits the M50 in the morning they all just take flight. What could possibly go wrong....


  • #3
    thomasj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,944 ✭✭✭thomasj


    dmc17 wrote: »
    Sounds like a great idea. When everybody hits the M50 in the morning they all just take flight. What could possibly go wrong....

    Traffic jam on and above the M50!


  • #4
    tossy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,594 ✭✭✭tossy


    A nissan leaf would be a better purchase.


  • #5
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,576 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    no

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #6
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,364 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    back-to-the-future-2.jpg

    All we need now is the 1.21 gigawatts to power it.


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  • #7
    TuringBot47
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭TuringBot47


    thomasj wrote: »
    What do ye make of this? Could you take this seriously?

    Well you'd need a pilots licence to fly it.
    A runway to takeoff and land, as it doesn't look like it can execute vertical take off and landing.
    Then I imagine it needs a more hefty insurance policy than a car and serious aviation standard servicing for every X hours of flight.

    I doubt we'll ever see personal flying cars that are affordable.
    More likely it would be a service, the flying car version of Uber where you hail a flying taxi.


  • #8
    Miike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Miike


    I'd certainly hope not. A very large portion of "drivers" can't understand a f'ing roundabout. Imagine trying to get them to understand aerodynamics, complex weather systems etc. I'd be surprised if we can get them to understand fractions.


  • #9
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Large drone style flying cars are surely the way it will go. These devices could be designed to be relatively idiot proof.


  • #10
    IrishZeus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,887 ✭✭✭IrishZeus


    Miike wrote: »
    I'd certainly hope not. A very large portion of "drivers" can't understand a f'ing roundabout. Imagine trying to get them to understand aerodynamics, complex weather systems etc. I'd be surprised if we can get them to understand fractions.


    In fairness, 8/7 of them wouldn't have an issue.


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