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Re: The Samson Switchblade flying car

#11

Post by Elv13 »

xwdv wrote: post #10
mdszy wrote: post #8

Every flying car startup is a grift, I guarantee. There are two possibilities when it comes to making a flying car viable 1. Use fossil fuels even less efficiently because now not only does your vehicle have to move forward, it now has to keep itself in the sky. 2. Use electric motors which are already hard enough to sell in cars because they don't give as much range, and then put them in an application where, again,…

No, there exists third possibility: balloon technology.

And a fourth: Ballistic cars

Re: The Samson Switchblade flying car

#14

Post by verytrivial »

Is it just me or do those wings look comically undersized given how small the engine is?

And I can't picture how you're ever going to land this thing with basically no travel in the landing gear and the wings inches from the surface. I'd like to see a 1:3 model land a few dozen times before any human gets into one.

Re: The Samson Switchblade flying car

#15

Post by shanxS »

Elv13 wrote: post #11
xwdv wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, there exists third possibility: balloon technology.

And a fourth: Ballistic cars

/s

Atlantic presents Inter Continental Ballistic Car (ICBC).

Travel from NYC to London in a less than 20mins strapped on top of rockets that were designed to carry Nukes. What can go wrong?

(sorry couldn't help)

Re: The Samson Switchblade flying car

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Post by rafaelvasco »

As much as I dream of someday being able to just buy a flying machine and go away flying it's unlikely to ever happen, not in the way these companies are envisioning it. I have this crazy vision about flying machines: Free direction takeoff. Not just horizontal takeoff; Warp drive propulsion: If lots of flying machines just fly in the same space-time plane it would become a mess, fast. Until science discover some way to warp the space/time around the machine it won't work; I'm talking hundreds of years till we get there; Guess my imagination is pretty fertile;

Re: The Samson Switchblade flying car

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Post by Someone »

mdszy wrote: post #8

Every flying car startup is a grift, I guarantee. There are two possibilities when it comes to making a flying car viable 1. Use fossil fuels even less efficiently because now not only does your vehicle have to move forward, it now has to keep itself in the sky. 2. Use electric motors which are already hard enough to sell in cars because they don't give as much range, and then put them in an application where, again,…

I think there may be a niche market of adventurous people with way too much money. Whether that market is large enough for one manufacturer, let alone zillions (e.g. https://www.beautifullife.info/automotive-design/10-real-fly...) is questionable, though.

Re: The Samson Switchblade flying car

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Post by Elv13 »

dbcurtis wrote: post #13
Elv13 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And a fourth: Ballistic cars

Is that available in models other than a hearse?

Cherry Red Roadster*

* Rocket not included. Your millage is guaranteed unlimited after the first 30 minutes. Prone to rapid unscheduled disassembly.

Re: The Samson Switchblade flying car

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Post by sli »

markstos wrote: post #4

He keeps saying "you" in the video, like we all have room in our garage for a 2 seat flying car and a personal airfield. Yawn. I was more excited about the Faraday electric commuter bike I saw at a bike rack today: https://www.faradaybikes.com/product/cortland/ Practical, fun, reasonably priced, and viable now for a whole heck of a lot more people than flying cars!

Word 'round the campire is that Faraday is shutting down. Is that still true?

Re: The Samson Switchblade flying car

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Post by taw16092019 »

xwdv wrote: post #10
mdszy wrote: post #8

Every flying car startup is a grift, I guarantee. There are two possibilities when it comes to making a flying car viable 1. Use fossil fuels even less efficiently because now not only does your vehicle have to move forward, it now has to keep itself in the sky. 2. Use electric motors which are already hard enough to sell in cars because they don't give as much range, and then put them in an application where, again,…

No, there exists third possibility: balloon technology.

Too much drag, so lot of fuel will be burned in bad weather.
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