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And the unforgettable 2CV.
I think that sister Clotilde would probably have driven it.And the unforgettable 2CV.
Ah, Louis de Funès, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_de_Funès - a man after my own heart ! As all truly great comedians, he had that absolutely manic, frenzied energy in his performances that is almost hypnotizing to watch (well, at least for me, anyway )!I think that sister Clotilde would probably have driven it.
No, the Blade Runner flying car is possible with off the shelf technology today. We are developing a 4 wheel roadable flying car that looks and drives like a car and flies both vertically and horizontally. It has no wings to unfold and uses it's body as a wing. It will also be amphibian. The vehicle is called the Sky Chaser and we have built a working full scale prototype that flies. The vehicle will be both manual and fully autonomous l. And will be powered by a hydrogen fuel cell l, giving it hours of range. For more information see our website:The flying car in sci fi stories usually relies for lift on some form of "anti-gravity" lift engine. That is certainly true of Syd Mead's famous concept art. This removes the downblast we know from Harriers and Helicopters.
Until such an engine is designed a true flying car as opposed to a roadable helicopter is a pipedream
No, the Blade Runner flying car is possible with off the shelf technology today.
We are developing a 4 wheel roadable flying car that looks and drives like a car and flies both vertically and horizontally.
Quite simple: "the Blade Runner flying car is possible with off the shelf technology today" is no more an accurate statement than "TIE Fighters are possible with off-the-shelf technology today."What is your point?
By the time practical personal VTOLs - not counting choppers - become not only available but affordable, it's safe to assume that computer controls for them will be readily available. Not just onboard autopilots, but ground-based air traffic controls. It's reasonable to assume that the bulk of such craft not only won't be regularly flown by actual humans, they might well not be able to.The main problem with air car is not the possibility, it's practicality. Just imagine what an enormous headache mass-produced flying car would represent from the points of safety, traffic control and regulations. Land cars at least did not fell on somebody head if malfunctioned, and not every land car accident means certain death.
Most likely that, yes. But then - what's the purpose of flying car at all? If we have the means to efficiently auto-control the traffic of aerial cars, then by definition we would also have the means to auto-control the traffic of land cars. Which means, that movement would be optimized, there would be no gridlocks, very little accidents, ect. So if the purpose of flying car is to avoid problems of road traffic, then the required lefel of automatization would solve those problems as well.By the time practical personal VTOLs - not counting choppers - become not only available but affordable, it's safe to assume that computer controls for them will be readily available. Not just onboard autopilots, but ground-based air traffic controls. It's reasonable to assume that the bulk of such craft not only won't be regularly flown by actual humans, they might well not be able to.
Aircraft can go where roads don't. People wouldn't have a problem with auto-piloted aircraft going 200 MPH diagonally across a grid-layout city; a car doing the same would create a bit of havoc.Most likely that, yes. But then - what's the purpose of flying car at all? If we have the means to efficiently auto-control the traffic of aerial cars, then by definition we would also have the means to auto-control the traffic of land cars. Which means, that movement would be optimized, there would be no gridlocks, very little accidents, ect. So if the purpose of flying car is to avoid problems of road traffic, then the required lefel of automatization would solve those problems as well.
Hi, my name is William Walker and I am a big fan of the Blade Runner movies, and have been developing a roadable Blade Runner style fling car since 2016 in San Diego, Calif, USA. I call it the Sky Chaser and I moved to Sweden 3 years ago to develop the full scale vehicle which is now being tested and is flying. The Sky Chaser looks a lot like the Blade Runner Spinner and has 4 large wheels and drives like a car. It also flies vertically like a drone and horizontally like an airplane. It has no external props and no unfolding wing, and uses the body as a wing. It is a tilt rotor tricopter with two tilting motors in front and 1 fixed motor in back for VTOL. The vehicle is also amphibian and can navigate as well as take off and land on water in all modes of operation. It will be both manual and fully autonomous, and it will be hydrogen powered, giving it hours of range. The project is currently moving to Abu Dhabi, UAE where it will be developed as a commercial vehicle. For more information see the links below:
*Website - https://skychaser.se
*eVTOL news -
https://evtol.news/sky-chaser-concept-design
https://evtol.news/sky-chaser
*Project Video -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FAdls15OriuQ4hoD2xPwXeNQDQTKpK1t/view?usp=drive_link
* Flight videos - 1/6 scale, Full scale, and simulation -
https://www.tiktok.com/@william.walker39
Nailed it!!! All the glittering promises of tomorrow I was made in my gullible youth...I am reminded of the monorail train, the VSTOL passenger liner and the passenger hoverliner or hydrofoil liner when I read the ideas in this thread.
As the above were all built in some form and seemed to be the future of transport. But as I write this in 2024 they are now niche vehicles at best.
I am sure the Musks of the world (and the Xis or Putins) will get their bottoms in the seats of a flying limo at some point.
As for the rest of us, I always smile at the scenes in "Coogans Bluff" where Eastwood uses a helicopter from the Pan Am Building in NY.
You're in good company with Neal Stephenson. In his novel Seveneves, for a future civilisation, iJunk are all museum pieces and they've devoted their energies to megaengineering projects.Nailed it!!! All the glittering promises of tomorrow I was made in my gullible youth...
You're in good company with Neal Stephenson. In his novel Seveneves, for a future civilisation, iJunk are all museum pieces and they've devoted their energies to megaengineering projects.
Indeed. Big Wells and Stapledon fan too.When it comes to dystopian futurism, I'm more of a Brave New World man myself, with a(n un?)healthy dose of Nineteen Eighty-Four thrown in for good measure - you know, the Classics, my good chap?
Ah, Louis de Funès, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_de_Funès - a man after my own heart ! As all truly great comedians, he had that absolutely manic, frenzied energy in his performances that is almost hypnotizing to watch (well, at least for me, anyway )!
=iff ONE Fly Car generate (f.e. 60 dB ) noise,hover test with audio on: