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This Is The World's First Practical Flying Car
Business Insider ^ | 06/10/2013 | Kyle Russell

Posted on 06/10/2013 7:36:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind
Needs some whiskers...


21 posted on 06/10/2013 7:55:32 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Back in the day, we called these “airplanes”.


22 posted on 06/10/2013 7:58:05 AM PDT by KittenClaws ( You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: KittenClaws

HA! Wheels. How 18th century. Why, it doesn’t even come with a pet monkey in a space suit.


23 posted on 06/10/2013 8:00:19 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: central_va

Also high lift at slow speeds. . .a plus for short takeoffs and landings.


24 posted on 06/10/2013 8:00:59 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: SeekAndFind
Totally bogus claim. Here's the REAL world's first practical flying car:


25 posted on 06/10/2013 8:02:38 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Lousy car and lousy plane. That’s the problem.


26 posted on 06/10/2013 8:02:54 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The demo video shows the propellors folding up for “cruising speed”. I guess it becomes a jet aircraft at that point.


27 posted on 06/10/2013 8:03:42 AM PDT by Drawsing (The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
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To: SeekAndFind
This one shows promise:


28 posted on 06/10/2013 8:05:37 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Hulka

The cruise speed is probable not much higher than the speed you can drive on interstates. The only advantage is you can fly over congestion...


29 posted on 06/10/2013 8:06:47 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Where did you catch me in that uncomprimising position?


30 posted on 06/10/2013 8:07:47 AM PDT by catfish1957 (My dream for hope and change is to see the punk POTUS in prison for treason)
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To: central_va

They are claiming 200 mph with a range of 500 miles.


31 posted on 06/10/2013 8:10:37 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: COBOL2Java

Noodleplaning?


32 posted on 06/10/2013 8:10:43 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Hulka

I can remember flying a Cessna 150 at a IAS of 105 knots against a head wind and I was barely keeping up with the cars on the interstate. Kind of weird....


33 posted on 06/10/2013 8:11:49 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: thackney

Unless that is a 2000 hp engine behind that fan no plane with stubby wings like that is going over 100 knots. Maybe in a power dive it’ll go 200 knots....


34 posted on 06/10/2013 8:13:21 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There will never be a practical flying car.

The problem is 98% of the people can’t handle 2 dimensions, adding a 3rd will be a blood bath.

The sad part is if flying cars ever do become popular, in the left lane of the top lane of 50 vertical lanes there will still be some @$$¶º|£ driving slowly and blocking the fast traffic behind them.


35 posted on 06/10/2013 8:13:53 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: central_va

Are you looking at the old version or the new design? Both pictures were posted in this thread.


36 posted on 06/10/2013 8:16:31 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: SeekAndFind

Excellent.....


37 posted on 06/10/2013 8:17:24 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey NSA Goon watching FR... Suck this - > =====>)
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To: central_va

They old one, the Transition, does have top speed 100 knots

http://www.terrafugia.com/aircraft/transitionR


38 posted on 06/10/2013 8:17:49 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: central_va
Maybe in a power dive it’ll go 200 knots....

Maybe they are adding a hurricane tail wind.

39 posted on 06/10/2013 8:18:49 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey NSA Goon watching FR... Suck this - > =====>)
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To: qam1

Saw one of those idiots the other day- left lane doing 50 with a bumper sticker- “Get off my ass, I’m saving gas”. Fine, want to be a jackass and go under the speed limit- do it in the right lane.


40 posted on 06/10/2013 8:19:48 AM PDT by petercooper
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