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The Flying Car....part 2
- Thread starter zpatman
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All I can think of for some reason is what type of edge this would give you in a high speed chase
All I can think of for some reason is what type of edge this would give you in a high speed chase
It's so ugly.
Cars go in trends, ugly for 10 years and then cool looking for 5. I think this flying car is in the ugly stage, give it 10 years. :icon_winkIf you want her to look good too you have to pay extra
If I had a spare $196K laying around, I'd SO be kickin' it Jetsons-style!
Can you even legally take off from a normal road? If not, I'm not interested.
I don't remember seeing anything in the FAR/AIM.
The Flying Car, seen around the Southern Aircraft Plant (approximate lineage: Southern Aircraft Corp. 1939-1949 - Garland, Texas - later Intercontinental Mfg. 1949-2003 - now part of General Dynamics Corp.) immediately after WWII, was a prototype called the "Southern Roadable". With attached wings, tail and propeller, the 1800-pound vehicle could fly at up to 128 mph. The rudder control activated its clutch and brakes for highway driving.
The "Roadable" with demountable wing and twin-boom, twin-tail unit, the contraption was a development by Ted Hall born of his twin-boom auto-plane concepts. It is uncertain if this was ever specifically produced under the Southern banner, or if it was another one of Hall's projects in the works, as it was first flown at San Diego CA in 1939.
SAC was unable to meet development schedules, so the unit was returned to its designer in California and into the dustbin of history.
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
That's still 5 years from now.