Why we don't have flying cars

When I was a kid watching back to the future part 2 and the fifth element I have always thought how cool it would be if we have practical flying cars. My ideal flying car would be a delorean with a hover conversion but we all know that wont happen by the year 2015. Flying cars would be a seiorious issue on the war on terror. I'm talking about flying car bombs!! That would be a seiorious thing to think about when creating a flying car for a viable means of transportation. You would also concider how supid people are on the road on a land car. Drunk driving is a crome but drunk flying would be a result of thousands diying in one accident. And there are still deaths in result of drunk driving. Just would be a hundred times worse with flying cars. Uor cidys would collapse because of bad and drunk drivers flying into buildings. People in the 1950's and 1960's set their hopes up to high on the early 21st century.

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I'm still waiting on my
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Maybe in a star wars like civilization. I mean judging by how advance they are it seems drunk driving is none existent

www.dailymail.co.uk... cetech/article-2011985/Flying-car-Terrafugia-Transition-declared-road-legal.html

More of a plane with collapsible wings and a v4, but it is street legal.

Originally posted by FlyingWhales
www.dailymail.co.uk... cetech/article-2011985/Flying-car-Terrafugia-Transition-declared-road-legal.html

More of a plane with collapsible wings and a v4, but it is street legal.

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Moller Skycar's

We have them, and the technology is sound. The problem is one of economics, not technology.

A google image search will provide many more flying cars from Moller. I hope to work for this company some day.

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Not only drunk driving, but people flying into space, dying..Or people flying to other countries, how would you have a border in the air to regulate who's coming in and out of the country? Drug trafficking and any other illegal trafficking would be out of hand, there's way too many things that could and would go wrong and it would be hard to stop certain things.

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Oh and not to mention if you're one of those people who like to drive on close to (E)mpty, and you run out of gas. Your life will be over..lol

Coming next year.





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People fly planes today. I just think with rigid licensing it could be possible.And with todays technology computer assisted flight or complete auto pilot would be possible. I think about this stuff all the time S&f


here is some flying craft I compiled in this thread.They are all single person craft though.

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I know someone who worked for Boeing in 1981...they were working on flying cars then....here is a link to a 2004 newspaper article....read and enjoy!

seattletimes.nwsource.com...

Originally posted by Authenticated
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Not only drunk driving, but people flying into space, dying..Or people flying to other countries, how would you have a border in the air to regulate who's coming in and out of the country? Drug trafficking and any other illegal trafficking would be out of hand, there's way too many things that could and would go wrong and it would be hard to stop certain things.

Not only would flying cars not be able to go to space, but they would be restricted to only flying within the distance of 1 full diameter of the craft to the ground. In the cases of Moller and other prototypes that are available, that would be 10 feet. Flying cars are designed so the operator would not need a pilots license.

Of course the drinking would be a problem, but as that is a personal choice that comes down to the operator, that should not deter prolification of new technology, even though in the case of the flying car they've been around since the 60's and 70's.

And as for the traficking of drugs in and out of the country, the Us national security team known as Border Patrol, as well as DHS (homeland security) have already thought of that, and I have personally seen these systems with my own eyes being used in several border deserts in Arizona: IR balloon imaging systems Trust me, nothing gets past those things... at least nothing with a heat signature.

So to conclude; Security- No major risks; Operating- no major risks... If I could afford one I would totally rock it.

Originally posted by W3RLIED2
So to conclude; Security- No major risks; Operating- no major risks...

Except for the teenage girl who just flew into your attic because she was texting her BFF about how she just got her license when she spilled her nail polish and ruined her favorite shoes ...

You know it would happen.