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In my mind it was a silly offhand joke - aka there is no world in which he's not joking about this. HOWEVER there may exist people who took it seriously and then went out and bought TSLA.
With compressed air? No. I don't care how "not joking" he is, the power density is just not enough to lift a car for more than a few seconds even if the entire car were filled with tanks. It's just common sense. Have you ever seen compressed air VTOL on anything ? He also claims it will allow the car to accelerate "at the limit of human endurance" which would imply thrust vectoring also. Perhaps he's testing the limi…
> With compressed air? Nope, with cold gas thrusters: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1083128521801822213
As a consumer, at this point (unless they can make it fly), I'd rather have them add reliability and reduce the total cost of ownership.
I saw this tweet and immediately became concerned that the SEC would consider this a problem with disclosure, as there's a world in which people take this seriously (given his history with successful rockets) and thus would take action financially because of it. In my mind it was a silly offhand joke - aka there is no world in which he's not joking about this. HOWEVER there may exist people who took it seriously and…
But what he actually said... that's just crazy.
I saw this tweet and immediately became concerned that the SEC would consider this a problem with disclosure, as there's a world in which people take this seriously (given his history with successful rockets) and thus would take action financially because of it. In my mind it was a silly offhand joke - aka there is no world in which he's not joking about this. HOWEVER there may exist people who took it seriously and…
I think it’s safe to announce features for your product
I think even this thread shows that people take Musk's jokes or snide comments as truth.
With compressed air? No. I don't care how "not joking" he is, the power density is just not enough to lift a car for more than a few seconds even if the entire car were filled with tanks. It's just common sense. Have you ever seen compressed air VTOL on anything ? He also claims it will allow the car to accelerate "at the limit of human endurance" which would imply thrust vectoring also. Perhaps he's testing the limi…
If so, I expect the real problem with this system will be safety. Sure you might be able to squirt a high density gas or liquid at high enough speed to move this car but then what is that high speed fluid going to hit? Probably it would tear up roads, cut down trees, decapitate passersby and create all kinds of mayhem.
Stick handling this through a government approvals process looks like a non-starter.
1. Reactive thrusters for aiding turning - Bosch is playing with this concept already for motorcycles, and is an interesting idea. Effectively firing a thruster against the direction of turning. Would be interesting to see implemented, RIP to whoever was riding a bike next to the car that does a hard turn all of a sudden.
2. Braking - having a reverse-thrust system in emergencies would be interesting, but I'd imagine you'd need an awful lot of thrust... Again, RIP to the small child who's crossed the street and required you to emergency brake.
3. Acceleration. We have rocket powered drag cars already. Do it. Please.
4. Sustained flight of a car. I think that reefer over at Joe's office may have affected him deeper than we'd like to have thought.
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I think it’s safe to announce features for your product
It is if they are reasonable and not total fabrications that are deceptive. That's not to say that musk was being deceptive, I don't think he was. I think even this thread shows that people take Musk's jokes or snide comments as truth.