There seems to be much hype surrounding the flying car or Uber like flying taxi service. In an article that reads..
Flying Ubers may become common in 10 or 20 years, Anderson predicts. First, aircraft need to be tested over and over for safety. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration also needs to create regulations for flying cars. In October, the FAA brought the industry closer to liftoff by announcing rules on operating and piloting air taxis.
Isn't it a bit exaggerated?
I don't think it's gonna happen in 10 years, maybe after 20 years?
First I think they wouldn't be economically feasible. Secondly I don't think anyone would like someone flying and saying 'hello' through their window.
What do you think?
https://jetson.com/
That looks pretty sweet. They'll need more horsepower to lift the average American, though.
They aren't realistically convenient. For $ 128k, you only get 20km ride for a single charge. Would you pay?
What I'm asking is for real alternative to cars or trucks.
This is how tech progresses, though. Plus, there are tons of use cases for what you described.
Not now as they won't allow you fly it everywhere.
I agree the tech progresses this way but it doesn't mean that we have them already.
If you consider drone to be a car, they are already here.
Amazon was going to roll out drone deliveries several years ago, but the stupid state regulators shut them down.
That makes it hard to guess when commercial products that do this will be widely in use.
people are just retards and will follow gov "policies"...
https://postimg.cc/Q9srcTQd
I wonder when people will say at a unison: fuck the state
Thanks. That's why I think it's not gonna be happening anytime soon. It's not tech or Science that cannot develop for it, it's the concern of public safety and rules about flying in the city.
Also, I think that the companies building it need to rethink about powering these cars by batteries. Flying vehicles require a lot of energy, a lot more while taking off.
I'd certainly prefer a combustion engine, too.
i really do not give a shit.
And, I bet your grocer will be cool with it too.
Yes I would pay. The distance to buy my groceries is exactly 10km. Enough for these "flying cars". I do not give a shit about anything else.
I can just imagine you descending into the parking lot in your fully black jetson, presumably blasting Vader's theme music from some speakers.
"parking lots" are for pussies city boys... I am NOT such a pussy... I will use such "flying cars" to go from my wilderness place to the grocery shop to buy some beers.
I was just assuming he had a parking lot. Land on his roof or wherever. Hell, you could even leave it running and just toss down a ladder.
the conclusion is always the same: FUCK THE STATE
Bitcoiners do not have to pay any "taxes for roads"... FUCK 'EM'ALL we just fly
We'd have these already if they'd stop building those stupid roads.
stop paying taxes = more flying cars
Yes. If you consider the size of a consumer video drone and the weight they carry and then think about helicopters and the weight they can carry. The flying car is just something inbetween.
The range of this example would be disappointing. Even with a lot of advancements in power/weight in future fuels or batteries still underwhelming. But it would exist. Therefore yes, I think flying cars will become real.
people are so shit at just regular driving that the thought of them being equally as retarded, but in the sky, doesn't fill me with hope
Me too. It's not worth it. Instead of it, the money should be invested in some better infra to better commute.
I have a friend that works at one of these flying car startups doing battery physics. I can't remember which company, but the company has been doing R&D for 10+ years already and raised billions of dollars. IIRC their angle is more of a bus-type vehicle rather than a car one given the costs involved.
Based on the energy/power limitations alone, my friend wasn't optimistic about releasing a production vehicle anytime soon when I talked with him last year. Drones, which these are mostly huge versions of, seem to be advancing rapidly, but they aren't carrying humans so they don't need to carry much weight or be so safe they never crash or be capable of crashing gently.
The safety requirements mean more weight, more testing, and more time. Getting heavy stuff in the air means we need better and lighter batteries or other energy sources that we aren't using like microreactors.
It'll take more time. I believe well first see flying cars for two passengers, for more. I agree we need better and lighter energy sources to see real flying passenger vehicles.
Right after they kill all these pesky humans they can fly around all they want. Probably just a few more years.
We should of been in flying cars already