Finally, a car that flies - Neatorama

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After years of being the staple of science fiction movies and cartoons, the flying car is finally here. The team at Terrafugia Transition have designed a car that changes into a plane in 30 seconds. It runs on regular unleaded gas, and can be yours for $194,000.

- via terrafugia

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oh great .. just what I need .... the other excuse to play the lottery

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I wouldn't be surprised to hear a story of some millionaire who buys the thing then two days later ends up crashing it.

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These crop up every few years, and are always fun to watch.

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Pretty cool! If these were widely available a lot of people would be getting their pilot licenses.

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It's definitely a cool idea but what happens if it actually makes it mainstream? I wouldn't want to walk outside during rush hour. It's one thing to crash into another car on the ground. It's a completely different ballgame when one aircar crashes into another aircar. Donnie Darko anyone? (Obviously not the time distortion element of the movie... just the idea of a car falling through the roof of your house :) )

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I hope the climb rate is better than the test flight indicated. And is it legal on the roads? Getting a vehicle type-certified ain't trivial.

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Fugly and Impractical, no wonder they used MIT engineers (Go Bears).

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the video is no longer available!

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Video has been removed by user.

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Here's a link to Terrfugia's youtube channel, several videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/TerrafugiaInc

The test flight video they have shows a horrible climb rate, unless it was a touch and go.

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"After years of being the staple of science fiction movies and cartoons, the flying car is finally here."

Finally here? Am I the only person who remembers the Taylor Aerocar, the Waterman Aeromobile or even the Flying Pinto??

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Taylor Aerocar FTW (by 60 years)!

http://www.aerocar.com/

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Ignoring safety concerns, this is still a really bad idea. Cars and planes have very different engineering requirements. You end up with a machine which is a bad car and a worse plane.

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As long as you're not looking at it, it appears to be a fine vehicle.

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That flight was actually flown here, in my hometown. It happened to be the same day I left for vacation (March 5th). But it was done well in advance of my trip to the airport.

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Cool

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