Flying cars have been around for ages, they're called helicopters. They're loud, expensive and dangerous as every other idea for something equivalent is.
Helicopters aren't cars. But actual flying cars have indeed existed for at least ten years. I'm too lazy to go find this segment I watched on the topic, but I remember seeing one.
Gyrocoptors. They're closer to a flying car, since if you can drive a car, you can legally fly a gyrocoptor in the US. Just remember to file flight plans, and watch out for power lines. The way you land the things is to kill the engine.
You do glide. The rotor providing lift isn't connected to anything, the lift is provided by horizontal speed. You'd have to literally hit a building, a mountain, or power lines to crash the things. You don't need a pilots license to operate them, because you basically can't crash them and the entire aircraft weighs quite a bit less than a car.
We've had actual flying cars too, though they were really just car shaped quadcopters and never made it to mass production because they sucked as transportation.
Yeah, concluding that from 1 day’s worth of trading is brave. Last 5 years or so shows much more volatility but still generally upwards… I can’t be bothered to see what those general spikes align with.
That makes me believe people are seeing though these bullshit marketing stunts but let's wait until the market opens on Monday after all the video has been marinating over the weekend everywhere.
all that tech already existed, and is used elsewhere on actually cool things that do stuff. it just wasn't applied to cars because there's no practical purpose aside from trying to boost public sentiment and stock valuation.
sure it was sort of neat, but seeing real machines work on those principles is even neater. it just looks less cool because, y'know, safety
I guess I could hook up an air compressor along the tesla charger and keep it hovering instead of landing it. Bonus, it would keep the snow off the roof.
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Flying cars have been around for ages, they're called helicopters. They're loud, expensive and dangerous as every other idea for something equivalent is.
What do you do if the engine dies in your car? Put your hazards on and pull over. In your helicopter? Pray you can autorotate to a field.
But in a plane? Weeee! I'm in a glider!!
Bonk!
Helicopters aren't cars. But actual flying cars have indeed existed for at least ten years. I'm too lazy to go find this segment I watched on the topic, but I remember seeing one.
here you go
May the Shwartz be with you
At first I thought someone had done that to a SAAB which would have been appropriately hilarious
Did that thing really fly? The center of lift seems way off from the center of weight.
Motor is just fore of the prop, engine compartment of the car must be empty.
Is that the car-plane from The Man With The Golden Gun?
it's one of the first pictures I got searching 'flying car 70s' because I had a vague recollection that someone built it in the 70s
Close to a hundred years. Yes, I was surprised to discover this, too.
Of course there have been who knows how many subsequent attempts ever since.
Gyrocoptors. They're closer to a flying car, since if you can drive a car, you can legally fly a gyrocoptor in the US. Just remember to file flight plans, and watch out for power lines. The way you land the things is to kill the engine.
They've still got the same danger as helicopters. If something goes wrong, you can't glide and you'll likely just fall out of the sky.
You do glide. The rotor providing lift isn't connected to anything, the lift is provided by horizontal speed. You'd have to literally hit a building, a mountain, or power lines to crash the things. You don't need a pilots license to operate them, because you basically can't crash them and the entire aircraft weighs quite a bit less than a car.
Hmm, TIL, thanks.
We've had actual flying cars too, though they were really just car shaped quadcopters and never made it to mass production because they sucked as transportation.
Honestly the older ones with the wings from the 40s are probably less “kill you if something goes wrong” than anything today.
Musk “it’s a flying car!”
Car just falls slowly and doesn’t fly anywhere
Fuck musk and all that, but this was a damn cool stunt and some seriously impressive engineering.
Why does there have to be a "but" there? He didn't do any of the engineering, so fuck him regardless.
Unfortunately he paid the engineers to make this stunt for the sole purpose of increasing his wealth.
I don't think it's going to work out for him this time, but I've been wrong before
Yeah, concluding that from 1 day’s worth of trading is brave. Last 5 years or so shows much more volatility but still generally upwards… I can’t be bothered to see what those general spikes align with.
COVID and gas price, then Trump and gas prices?
That makes me believe people are seeing though these bullshit marketing stunts but let's wait until the market opens on Monday after all the video has been marinating over the weekend everywhere.
but, like, not really?
all that tech already existed, and is used elsewhere on actually cool things that do stuff. it just wasn't applied to cars because there's no practical purpose aside from trying to boost public sentiment and stock valuation.
sure it was sort of neat, but seeing real machines work on those principles is even neater. it just looks less cool because, y'know, safety
I would install a roof top parking on my house, transform the driveway into garden.
Roof load of 1700kg car?
You'd be surprised how much snow can weigh. Though it is usually not so heavy in such a small space.
I guess I could hook up an air compressor along the tesla charger and keep it hovering instead of landing it. Bonus, it would keep the snow off the roof.
To push car up, wind of greater force must push down on roof.
No snow, true.
Great way to get a shitty car into your living room.
Dont be silly, if I wanted it in the living room, I couild just open the windows and fly it in.
Musk didn't do shit tbh, it's all engineers and marketing team.
Absolutely
No one said he did. It's thw engineers doing the interviews.
It's seriously impressive shit and I'm glad they got to do it.
The engineering looked like the Ronald Reagan starwars. Impressive ofc, but cool? It looked like shit IMO.
And all that to overshadow donalds problems, smh.
Was it "falling with style", or did they just aim it at the ground and miss?
you upvoted this pic because... why though ?
I upvoted this pic because... truly don't know.
We are not the same
People dick riding musk should know he's a fucking Nazi.
People buying his cars should know they are enriching a fucking Nazi.
People should know, the only people that are impressed by Nazi shit are Nazis.
Can be nazi and also make impressive car
See bmw lol
A car that's way more expensive than it should be, can't be self-maintained by design, and absolutely lacks indicators from the factory? Pass
Nah I'm talking 2013 and earlier
Also the B58 is probably the best production engine right now, even Toyota uses it
Real and heterosexual.
I feel like I should speak up, because I feel deeply betrayed.
We had established a solid timeline for moving forward with the project, and the current progress allows us to meet all prerequisites comfortably
Despite our sincere expectations that we would now initiate our relationship, we find ourselves dumbfounded to have received such a curt and inconsiderate reply.
Be advised that we're considering all our options, including litigation and not leaving the basement.
Middling regards,
Betrayed Person
Tl;Dr these hos be lying
It comes right after they eat hot chip.
Is anyone really that excited to have cars crashing into your second story bedroom?
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/bac7b582-2a9d-4736-af12-47f62e832101.jpeg
Still first story!
Oh, it flew alright
Dude clean your phones camera lens, it’s super smudged and it’s making the screenshot all blurry
What happened?
Tesla released a new video introducing a Tesla semi and a new Tesla Roadster.
The Roadster flew, hovered, or jumped over the semi.
Got it. Thanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dLI-5HGKAQ
Loser rejected for eternity.
Anyone acting like this who is out of highschool is a walking huge red flag
This is Lemmyshitpost, I stopped taking anything seriously here.