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My friend was telling me about this the other day, thought I would search it on the internet.
http://www.moller.com/
This car is pretty cool, it can fly and hover. There are videos and pictures of it in flight as well. A small glimpse into our future. The only problem is the price, you can buy one of them now ... if you have 1 million dollars to dish out.
Anyways, just thought I would show you guys if you havent seen it already. I found it amazing :)
Yeah it is amazing...but you'd think they'd be able to put together a more professional looking site...that site thing screams "12 year old built this in FrontPage and hosted it on ANGELFIRE!"
Not to mention the video is in real format! ack!Quote:
Originally Posted by creativeinsomnia
I've been hearing about this for a while now. Too bad it's not the technology that's the roadblock (no pun intended). Until it's %100 computer controlled and until they can't run out of fuel, it's just too damn dangerous.
Its rubbish, this has been around for ages now... I don't think it'll be flying in any sort of real terms for atleast 10 years... Then we'll be out of petrol anyway...
Haha, somebody has posted this every year since I joined FK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Osteel
4/6/03 http://flashkit.com/board/showthread...ghlight=skycar
4/22/04 http://flashkit.com/board/showthread...ghlight=skycar
10/3/05 http://flashkit.com/board/showthread...ghlight=skycar
Now it has been posted for 2006... thanks for getting it out of the way so early in the year. :p
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Not for a long time that site is loaded with shiat.
Everytime you were to "drive" it you would have to have clearance from airports, N.A.S.A and other forms of authority that "use" flight.
Haha loyal rouge,
I just had to keep it alive I guess. Well seeing as this has been around for so long , I suppose its not really news.
Oh well, I still found it interesting.
lol :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Loyal Rogue
Oh god... Skycars have to the worst idea ever. Well maybe not ever but pretty high up there. Think about it. People get into a crapload of car accidents everyday and thats with just 2 dimensions of movement. You really want to add a 3rd one? Oh man... I'm scared now.
what, no old?
*edit* waiting...
there is so much more area in the sky, the chances of hitting another car is very unlikely. think about how many planes are in the sky, when was the last time one colided with another one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Locks
I wouldnt mind seeing something like Skycars being implemented. Think how excited cop chases will become!
theres no doubt in my mind that the cars will have a kill switch to allow police to stop cars mid air.
there also wont be a 3 strike rule.
you mess up once and your done.
Haha,
I think that'll just kill more people in the end ...
no it wouldnt.
Well Im sure there will be still people walking/driving along the ground when those cops kill the switch ... :p
Ultra lights are free from regulation i believe. A fellow near me takes off from his farm and flies around all day.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuckury
by kill switch i mean puts it into hover mode, thus not letting it move forward or backwards. and even if they didnt have that it doesnt matter they would run out of gas eventually, you can exactly hide from the from the police if they are also in flying vehicals, it just wouldnt work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Osteel
Unless it was solar powered ...
Ok ok, sorry. Ill stop now. In the end , it wouldnt work but either way they exist and maybe one day we'll be using them :)
it would work. it might not work in canada, because canadians cant drive, but it would work fine here in the states.
Haha,
Your right Silver, we Canadians cant drive, the roads too slippery from the constant ice and snow we have here. Besides, the intense heat from the exhaust of the skycars will melt our igloos :yikes:
and your to busy eating baccon eh?
Seriously though, does anyone actually use frontPage any more?? Do they even make it anymore??Quote:
Originally Posted by creativeinsomnia
Something like that. No seriously , I really dont know whats up with that stereotype. I mean , I can see why you think we always say 'eh' and such, because well, we do.Quote:
Originally Posted by silverx2
But bacon? hahaha, makes me laugh.
air cars will work, and id jump at the chance to have one, there would no longer be rush hour, everything would be automated. it would be fantastic.
psst....isn't it moose jerkey??
Unfortunately yes people still use it. We've actually just installed it on one of our machines here at work...to update a sharepoint site. But I've avoided it at all costs throughout my career...ugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by loydall
Thing is, eventually everyone will be using them and 'air' traffic laws are going to be a bit hard to enforce. It'll get so crowded up there that soon after we'll all be switching back to good old driving.
And Evp, what the hell is moose jerkey !? :p
How could you drive a SkyCar in a normal motorway? a flying car that crashes into one of the post signs that said: M1 London,>>>?