johnost Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Be sure to see the video. https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/meet-the-samson-switchblade-the-first-flying-car-for-the-us-market/ar-AA12D3o0?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=a419e2c0fe894f968d73b76a2b391a41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnost Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 Sorry - the video of the flying car, that I recommended, seems to have disappeared from the article! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrzippy Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Still thinking about a new flightsim only computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnost Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 Thank you Zippy - that one is even better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Still MUST operate from a real aiport though. So nowhere near as practical as needs be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnost Posted October 25, 2022 Author Share Posted October 25, 2022 Yes - but you have transportation for short and long trips at greater speed. And you can save the money for a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Yes - but you have transportation for short and long trips at greater speed. And you can save the money for a car. My nearest airport is about 60 miles away, or about an hour by car. Where is the advantage? Do you even know what fuel costs, or are you still pedaling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnost Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 The advantage is for the guy that turns left from home to go 10 miles to the airport, or turns right from home to go downtown to the office - and can also have some flying fun on weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 The advantage is for the guy that turns left from home to go 10 miles to the airport, or turns right from home to go downtown to the office - and can also have some flying fun on weekends. Ah! So a real pilot then? Don't think the `average car driver` even knows what an airport is, let alone how to get there... unless they're off on holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperdark Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Flying cars were a terrible idea 60 years ago, despite what the over-hyped venture capitalist funded creations rich Saudi princes are playing with might lead the easily wowed to think, they remain a terrible idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftldave Posted October 30, 2022 Share Posted October 30, 2022 Weren't we all supposed to have one by now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 Weren't we all supposed to have one by now? If you draw it, we will come.... ...Just as soon as tech catches up - and the laws of physics no longer apply! NO seat belts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnuss Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 NO seat belts? Remember the vintage- lotsa folks didn't have seat belts in their cars yet. The Jetsons started in 1962, and seat belts weren't federally mandated for new cars in the U.S. until 1968. Larry N. As Skylab would say: Remember: Aviation is NOT an exact Science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Remember the vintage- lotsa folks didn't have seat belts in their cars yet. The Jetsons started in 1962, and seat belts weren't federally mandated for new cars in the U.S. until 1968. Yes, I remember how backward you yanks are. But as I recall we brits didn't get seatblets mandated until January 1983. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperdark Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 He was talking about when they had to be fitted to cars not when you had to actually wear them, I believe the fitment law in Britain was about the same time as in USA 67/68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 (edited) Flying cars should be a reality, but anti-gravity is kinda Top Secret for reasons you simply won't be able to understand. There's anti-gravity and something else I can't remember. It's all possible or has been done. If it were to be public domain the power of this technology will be beyond your wildest imagination. Self-powered electronics, computers, houses, you name it. Now no more population control. Well, not exactly. You can even use the technology for a force field. Yes, like in the movies a full on force field. You can keep people in or out... It's dangerous stuff... So there you have it. Us chimps ruin everything because it'll take a special idiot... One reason why there are archeological secrets in museum basements and whatnot. "My god is better than your god, etc." Oh really? *pulls out evidence to the contrary.* Edited January 9, 2023 by CRJ_simpilot OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Yes, I remember how backward you yanks are. But as I recall we brits didn't get seatblets mandated until January 1983. Oh really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_detector_van LOL OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Oh really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_detector_van LOL Y'know, I've accessed TV for years with the computer alone. Don't have - and will never need - a TV licence. Watching the snooker Masters on the BBC Channel, right now, on my PC.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperdark Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Oh really? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_detector_van LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 I concur with turtle neck sweater dude. :D OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) There's anti-gravity and something else I can't remember. Zero-Point Energy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy The European Space Agency is building the Euclid telescope. Due to launch in 2023, it will map galaxies up to 10 billion light years away. One (1) light year is about 5.8 trillion with a T miles. Times that by 10 billion. Are we really alone? Don't think so. Edited January 10, 2023 by CRJ_simpilot OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallcott Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Zero-Point Energy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-point_energy One (1) light year is about 5.8 trillion with a T miles. Times that by 10 billion. Are we really alone? Don't think so. Speculation, just idle speculation. Probably correct, but it will be for those who follow in a thousand years to prove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Speculation, just idle speculation... Yep... OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 HA! There is synchronicity in the universe and I'm proof. This song just came on Spotify. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_the_Air_Force_Office_of_Special_Investigations OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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