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Flying Car Again
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 3:09 pm
by MoonlightVFR
Here we go again.
Soon to be on front cover of Popular Science magazine at a news stand
Larry Page has committed 100 million dollar budget for developing a flying car.
I am reluctant to buy in. Really reluctant.
My first thought was "Larry" use some of your resources $$$ to help General Aviation.
You seldom ever see or hear a small airplane in the sky.
Re: Flying Car Again
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:53 pm
by bsdunek
Right. How many 'flying cars' have their been that ended up nothing? Next it will be driverless/pilotless flying cars.
Re: Flying Car Again
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 8:56 pm
by bagarre
bsdunek wrote:Right. How many 'flying cars' have their been that ended up nothing? Next it will be driverless/pilotless flying cars.
They call those Drones and some are big enough to carry a person.
We have the technology today to make pilotless aircraft.
The biggest hurdle is the FAA.
Re: Flying Car Again
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2016 7:06 am
by hilltop170
The biggest hurdle for me would be to get in an aircraft with no pilot.
Re: Flying Car Again
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 2:43 pm
by jrenwick
hilltop170 wrote:The biggest hurdle for me would be to get in an aircraft with no pilot.
We might someday see a two- or four-seater quadcopter with a full-time autopilot, where you just tell it where you want to go. It senses proximity to obstacles and other aircraft, and avoids them. It knows how to find a designated parking spot to land in near your destination. It has a BRS parachute that it can deploy in emergencies. I might be willing to give such a thing a try.
Re: Flying Car Again
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:17 pm
by jrenwick
Aryana wrote:.... The fact that his Cessna doesn't have a single semiconductor or line of code keeping it in the air is what he loves about it.
Hehee! Yeah, I get that. OTOH, I'm told my Prius has more lines of code in it than a 747, and I haven't seen a glitch yet that I was aware of.