I CANT STAND YOU STUPID COMMENTERS SAYING "criminals will get away faster" and "now people will be flying bad instead of driving bad " AND "fly-bys instead of drive-bys" YOU NEED TO BE A LICENSED LIGHT AIRCRAFT PILOT AND HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE
although it is not a flying car it is as close as we will get in 2011 2012 its called a roadable aircraft and its perfectly legal
It's a midget airplane with a automobile steeringwheel. How can you call it a car when it has wings? Is it because they are retractible? There are full size air crafts with that feature plus many smaller ones.
Well it doesn’t take off vertically and I am sure this is not what people dreamed of for decades. I would rather buy a cheap aircraft with foldable wings and just tow it on a trailer with a “real car” I got three words for Terrafugia UGLY, IMPRACTICAL and EXPENSIVE.
@4245047 not what people have dreamed of for the last two or three decades, yes. but back in the 40's 50's and 60's this is what the flying car basically looked like in artists renditions and even the one or two that were built. not exactly the same, but material, propulsion and aerodynamic technology has finally allowed one that may be practical to be built. it will probably be another 20-50 years before you get your wingless flying car, if even that soon. look up the Moller flying car.
Nice plane, but no offense that's not a flying car, it's a plane with folding wings. Flying cars don't have wings, watch the beginning of the movie 'Fifth Element' those are flying cars.
Don't get me wrong it's cool and all, just not what people expect when they hear "Flying car"
It doesn't qualify as a flying car, it's a car that transforms into a aircraft.
I want to see a real flying car, now that would be impressive. anyone can take a frickn car an put wings on it. hey, is the front of thing suppose to resemble a hammerhead shark?
wow... I guess if this changes future transportation needs, then we dont have to worry about all the car bombing terrorists anymore.... or drive-by shootings..... wow... fly-by's
its going to be an airport to airport flight , second people will get used to it if this gets serious and the numbers of flying cars increases , safety and security of passengers will be thought about seriously ,
USA Army should buy this and send to Afghanistan.American army should test this in Afghanistan mountains. They should put weapon on this vehicle. They do not have chance to blow this vehicle before they shoot they will fly off American will spy on more !!
haha the reporter is like thanxs for creating another deadly weapon to add to the collection...now if a bad driver or drunk driver gets a hold of this one we'll be needing 3 or 4 caskets instead of 2.
prise is high, no matter, if you have a small plane you have to pay a lot of rent to park on a air port, in this case you can park in your own garage so deduct that saving from the purchasing prise.
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um scratch everything iv'e said this machine is stupid you need to go to pilottry school to fly thats stupid you know how long that is its silly i wouldn't do that for this machine not at all
its actually around $190k which isn't to bad when you consider the fact that its a plane and a car hopefully the price will go down so people like me can buy it
@shaboopie12 Try $279.000.00, that's over a quarter of a million dollars!....So as I said in a previews message, this is NOT for the average person, but those who have more than enough and have no idea or do not know what more to do with their money!
@SantosRegal When you comment on YouTube, you have to look at the date of the person's comment your commenting on. shaboopie's comment is 2 years old that makes his comment correct. Inflation+production costs made it go up
@shaboopie12 I doubt this will become a standard vehicle. I don't recall them mentioning a price, but I'm guessing it will be $150k minimum. It won't replace cars, but it has the potential to replace small private planes. The foldable wing design makes it small enough so that it can fit in most ordinary garages, eliminating the need for a separate hangar. And of course you would need a driver's license to drive it on the road and a pilot's license to fly it.
the wings create a huge blind spot. should find a way to remove them. still would love to see one on teh road. i wonder if they have done crash tests on one yet.
you guys think you can do any better? you guys complain but that is all it is it is a waste of your time and a waste of mine reading the comments but interesting design nice to see some have the will to make flying cars a reality
Oh I would prefer a manual locking system on those wings,(catastrophic failure?), The reporter seems to be wise in the subject, but maybe not as he never seems to respond to the tec stuff that Sam is spewing. And Sam needs to dumb down some if he wants to appeal to more folks. I do love this whole concept though! I hate airports & traffic.
zeropointprophet wrote, "the reporter looks like a prick."
The reporter is asking good questions. As a pilot who flies his own experimental aircraft, I must say I much prefer this reporter's style to the superficial tripe pumped out by AirVenture's official video team. Yes the reporter appears skeptical, but such skepticism is well-founded. Beyond the "innovations" he asks about (some of which are potential points of catastrophic failure) this contraption has no viable market.
@gumpydoood ......dude you can only take off and land from public airports. you cant drive directly and too low over roads, you need a flight lisence. you just drive from airport to house/hotel
@gumpydoood actually you can only take off and land these at certified aerodromes...and they have to follow standard flight rules, so you wont have to worry about them flying low over the roads.
Aren't these supposed to be coming out next year or are they still in development...I saw something about there supposed to be up for sale next year unless I missed something
I love the idea, I just don't love this thing - it looks ridiculous. Still, I don't want to belittle the obvious effort that went into this, I'd just never buy one.
Actually, Moller's design uses vertiports--basically helipads--and since it's a VTOL, the landing area required only needs to be slightly larger than the vehicle itself. Extra room is unnecessary because there are no rotor blades, as on a helicopter. In theory, you could likely land an M400 directly in any parking space big enough to fit an H1 Hummer. Because the Terrafugia is a plane, it needs a runway to get off/on the ground. VTOLs make more sense where there are helipads--in most cities.
2011. No they won't sell it. Like electric cars, compressed air cars and everything that promises to change gas passenger car market, this will silently seize all public relations.
electric cars,compressed air cars and everything that promises to change gas passenger car market all rely on electricity produced by fossil fuels, so no gain there.
yes,but I fear there simply isn't enough land to satisfy everyone's need for wind turbines. Did you know at least 25% of all electricity ever made is lost in the resistance of the wires?
Wind turbines are not the only clean source of electricity and the gas car pollutes more in any case. Trying to keep rejecting non-gas cars is so ignorant.
The rejection of non-gas cars is less the fault of the public than the fault of the auto industry. When you consider that nearly every vehicle on the road is so grossly inflated in terms of it's sticker price versus it's ACTUAL build cost, no car company can be or is willing to be the first to offer alternative-fuel cars as it's primary product line. A hard-wired "fiscal responsibility" to their shareholders, and their own pockets, won't allow it. Call that exactly what it is: greed.
No, many people use the green argument "alternative cars are not totally pollutionless" to defend using the gas car. That is their fault and they shouldn't argue that alternative energy should be totally clean. It is cleaner than fossils and that's the point in alternative energy
People who defend the use of gas cars by arguing alt-fuel cars aren't pollution-less are in a vast minority compared to most green-minded folks. Anyone with an educated eye on the environment knows that even pure-electric cars have some level of pollution, even if it's only electro-magnetic noise or interference like what's given off by any and every computer monitor, cellphone, or television; which is by definition, still a pollutant.
It has been argued that the concept of the internal-combustion engine is obsolete; nut the truth is simply that the fuel is out-of-time. If you look up the Moller VTOL, specifically the Skycar M200x, it uses inexpensive, low-emissions Wankel rotary engines much like those that have been available in Mazda's RX series of cars for over 30 years. These engines comply with California's ultra-strict SULEV standard, and burn a mixture of 70% ethanol and 30% water-both of which are renewable.
Sorry, typed "nut" meant "but". For those who don't know, an SULEV is a conventional-gas-powered or gas-electric hybrid vehicle designed to produce minimal air pollution at it's point of use, typically 90% less than that of an equivalent ordinary full gasoline vehicle. Wankel's can be turboed to hell and back for those that are performance-hungry, and the M200's engines also meet the standard running full ethanol. Growing our fuel and only producing 10% of current emissions sounds good to me.
The fact is, until getting the biggest payday humanly possible after investing as little as possible ceases to be the rule, don't expect change. Technologies exist that are viable, but they are prohibitively expensive and hard to mass-produce. Auto makers can't bear the thought of narrowing their margin: they won't triple or quadruple their per-unit cost but keep the end product at or below the current models' price points--there's no money in it.
Although there are parasitic losses due to the construction, material and age of power grids throughout the country, these losses are probably not quite as dramatic as you claim. Also, electric, hydrogen, LPG, and compressed air vehicles do not all rely on fossil-fuel-based electrical sources. A great many power grids are based on hydro-electric, hydro-dynamic, solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, bio-reactor, or combinations of alternative-energy sources.
BrutalDeluxe: «Did you know at least 25% of all electricity ever made is lost in the resistance of the wires?»
I call bull. In the US in 1995, power losses in the transmission system were calculated at an average of 7.2%. The linked document from the US government can be found in the Wikipedia article «Electric power transmission». Don't pull numbers out of thin air! That number includes old lines, and can be improved even further by upgrading transmission lines and equipment.
I would be vary wary of flying with those wings, how
stable can they be? I can see one or both breaking apart under flight stress at those folding joints. It just seems like an insane design, two folding joints on each wing? Or I could see those wings getting stuck down, like you land and you have to drive somewhere but hey, your left wing won't come up!
Or in mid flight, the transmission starts sending power to the wheels..instead of the propeller.
Wow, the flying car...I think the minimum requirement for driving one should be a pilot's license and instrument rating....The thought of the masses flying an aircraft, talking on their cellphones, putting on makeup, yelling at their kids, while cruising at 3,000ft, scares the hell out of me...
Right.. think of a flying car full of crazy teenagers or hicks & kids, diving into your house, screaming. If it breaks down under the worst loss of power conditions it doesn't roll to a stop off a road.. This little turkey falls to a stop, out of the sky. Onto your house. Crashing through the roof, terrified shrieks, gas tank explodes; two broken legs, being roasted alive pinned underneath while some fat mom and her nine kid's corpses gaping through the windshield, bleeding all over you...
Why would you think that if it had an engine failure it would fall out of the sky? It has canards that keep it from stalling, so lower the nose, keep the airspeed where it needs to be and conduct a forced approach. Be realistic, this is cutting edge technology.
lol, you'd need a sport pilots license. As far as the crash goes...don't worry about it. You probably wouldn't live, so it would be someone elses problem! =D
Not a bad concept but you definately don't want to get in a road traffic accident...or fender bender...could be a real expensive repair bill!! AND if you have a fender bender on the ground do the NTSB still get involved?
Even know a helicopter is harder to control, but once u get used to it, it would be ok :P we just try to compare when the first time we driving and after 1 month...
nothing special and futuristic, just a small plane that can park at your home. gov't probably won't allow it to fly above normal streets, probably just within a certain zone, and the only difference is that u will be able to take it home and park inside ur garage.
My guess is this thing will follow the same path the newer luxury Hummers took: So expensive that like you said, nobody but the rich and famous can afford it. But before long smaller companies will create more affordable versions (the Toyota FJ Cruiser).
If regular road going cars were made out of plastics and/or composites, they would be much lighter, more fuel efficient and safer. Maybe this vehicle will influence the design of future cars.
No way. Improved efficiency and durability is not a true target of the automobile industry, as this would lead to less profits. What they want is an illusion of efficiency.
That's an intelligent comment (not). You still must hold at least a sport pilot license to fly the Transition, so it's not like a bunch of yahoos are going to be flying these things with no training. Also, shooting at an aircraft is a FEDERAL offense, not to mention undeniable proof of one's redneck status.
Guys criminals cant get away with it you need to ask permission to use a runway we are not in that lame phineas and ferb world
TheKristal10 3 weeks ago
I CANT STAND YOU STUPID COMMENTERS SAYING "criminals will get away faster" and "now people will be flying bad instead of driving bad " AND "fly-bys instead of drive-bys" YOU NEED TO BE A LICENSED LIGHT AIRCRAFT PILOT AND HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE
although it is not a flying car it is as close as we will get in 2011 2012 its called a roadable aircraft and its perfectly legal
kbop451 4 months ago
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Soulfulstrummer 4 months ago
this has been out since 2008???? i just heard about this yesterday
TheSabatte 6 months ago
What if you run out of gas in the air lol?
GF MUCH?
sarjan100 6 months ago 2
really, no need for a runway. Just have fans under it push it off the ground then jets in the back make it take off.
RunescapeVideoHQ 11 months ago
@RunescapeVideoHQ dude its not as easy as putting fans under it
kbop451 4 months ago
try cross wind landing that thing. LMAO
staywhereurat 11 months ago
@staywhereurat I wonder what the component is. About 1999, I lost a client flying his own V36 in a crosswind.
skyhawk2958 6 months ago
It's a midget airplane with a automobile steeringwheel. How can you call it a car when it has wings? Is it because they are retractible? There are full size air crafts with that feature plus many smaller ones.
dragonknight31 1 year ago
@dragonknight31 Its not supposed to be called a "flying car" its a "roadable aircraft" or whatever
physchohead24 11 months ago
This would be great....but people are too irresponsible for this
jmallton 1 year ago
890 pounds is 'heavy'???? What is the interviewer smoking????? (An average regular car is 3-4.5k pounds!!!
dlovefilm 1 year ago
cool man
ashayramolia 1 year ago
and the coyotes will buy the rest., a ke pendejoz
nosupecualponerme 1 year ago
wtf is wrong with this anchor,.. loose your weight first looser then talk about car's weight
MeFlyingRC 1 year ago
I want the flying car they promised us in the 1960s. Cmon. this frumpy lookin thing aint my idea of a flying car.
bheadh 1 year ago
now criminals can get away from cops easier
DACLAWER 1 year ago
@DACLAWER Dude I'm sure law enforcement is/will be on top of that!
dlovefilm 1 year ago
@DACLAWER Unless police choppers load up some machine guns and armed crazy skydivers
Chrisspy704 11 months ago
Well it doesn’t take off vertically and I am sure this is not what people dreamed of for decades. I would rather buy a cheap aircraft with foldable wings and just tow it on a trailer with a “real car” I got three words for Terrafugia UGLY, IMPRACTICAL and EXPENSIVE.
4245047 1 year ago
@4245047 not what people have dreamed of for the last two or three decades, yes. but back in the 40's 50's and 60's this is what the flying car basically looked like in artists renditions and even the one or two that were built. not exactly the same, but material, propulsion and aerodynamic technology has finally allowed one that may be practical to be built. it will probably be another 20-50 years before you get your wingless flying car, if even that soon. look up the Moller flying car.
magedogtag 1 year ago
i want to see the stig driving that thing
cristian821987 1 year ago
Nice plane, but no offense that's not a flying car, it's a plane with folding wings. Flying cars don't have wings, watch the beginning of the movie 'Fifth Element' those are flying cars.
Don't get me wrong it's cool and all, just not what people expect when they hear "Flying car"
StarlancerX 1 year ago
U suck dude
originaljackass 1 year ago
less talk more flying! Woo!
Ironsixx 1 year ago
It doesn't qualify as a flying car, it's a car that transforms into a aircraft.
I want to see a real flying car, now that would be impressive. anyone can take a frickn car an put wings on it. hey, is the front of thing suppose to resemble a hammerhead shark?
ReverendEldridge 1 year ago
AMAZING!
dancingwithoutwords 1 year ago
プッシャー式の軽飛行自動車か
Is it a pusher-type light flight car?
endhyke 1 year ago
wow... I guess if this changes future transportation needs, then we dont have to worry about all the car bombing terrorists anymore.... or drive-by shootings..... wow... fly-by's
sunniski 1 year ago
its going to be an airport to airport flight , second people will get used to it if this gets serious and the numbers of flying cars increases , safety and security of passengers will be thought about seriously ,
its only a begining and good luck .
bambooshy73 1 year ago
Very interesting to notice the folding mechanism was surely developed after the navy fighters way back even to WWII days.
GekkoKamen 1 year ago
god
dragomir989 1 year ago
Why would it be dangerous if you had to get a pilot license?
mistresspetra 1 year ago
this only means i have to transform my backyard into a runway
fixingbraincell 1 year ago 2
Looks cool and all but i'm not getting one...
FallingdownMiis 1 year ago
DONT DRINK and FLY!!!!
stanphoenix 1 year ago
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doubleshots404 1 year ago
Wow, this is the most wonderfull thing I have seen recently. You guys are doing a great job. Keep doing it.
WetinDeHapen 1 year ago
USA Army should buy this and send to Afghanistan.American army should test this in Afghanistan mountains. They should put weapon on this vehicle. They do not have chance to blow this vehicle before they shoot they will fly off American will spy on more !!
VOYTASNY 1 year ago
@VOYTASNY ....
Odenkay 1 year ago
haha the reporter is like thanxs for creating another deadly weapon to add to the collection...now if a bad driver or drunk driver gets a hold of this one we'll be needing 3 or 4 caskets instead of 2.
charlenekarras 1 year ago
Twitch at 1:08, wtf....
CarbineGuy 1 year ago
i think this pos has run out of funding
thomasuras 1 year ago
If thats a car, then im a small plain.
movieluver28 1 year ago
nice! wonder if anyone knows their web page
youngsinfo 1 year ago
Yea Wisconsin!
Bertziethegreat 1 year ago
Imagine drunk drivers in this!
hackman3000 1 year ago
The dude with the microphone......give it up bubba!
execk2 1 year ago 2
how much doese the car cost ?
myspaceisgayy 1 year ago
eysearching for a guy that would treat me well
TheoHebert7 1 year ago
What prudent pilot is going to drive this thing over potholes in upstate New York?
Flying cars always make me laugh.
Theriomalstrom 1 year ago 2
hmm looks more as a aircraft as a car
3000tomas 1 year ago
this videos sound quality was horrible but the thing itself is sick!
scrow619 2 years ago
prise is high, no matter, if you have a small plane you have to pay a lot of rent to park on a air port, in this case you can park in your own garage so deduct that saving from the purchasing prise.
afferencia 2 years ago
There was one like that in 60's all ready, where is it now?
garagecrap 2 years ago
lol i thought the title said terrifying...wtf is wrong with me. fuckin dyslexia
lujavana 2 years ago 16
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mrpw18 1 year ago
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um scratch everything iv'e said this machine is stupid you need to go to pilottry school to fly thats stupid you know how long that is its silly i wouldn't do that for this machine not at all
shaboopie12 2 years ago
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this is stupid
Gerryjoe09 2 years ago
its actually around $190k which isn't to bad when you consider the fact that its a plane and a car hopefully the price will go down so people like me can buy it
shaboopie12 2 years ago 6
@shaboopie12 Try $279.000.00, that's over a quarter of a million dollars!....So as I said in a previews message, this is NOT for the average person, but those who have more than enough and have no idea or do not know what more to do with their money!
SantosRegal 1 week ago
@SantosRegal When you comment on YouTube, you have to look at the date of the person's comment your commenting on. shaboopie's comment is 2 years old that makes his comment correct. Inflation+production costs made it go up
benknefelkamp 4 days ago
dum machine in if everyone gets it there will be air traffic theres no way to avoid traffic period
shaboopie12 2 years ago
@shaboopie12 I doubt this will become a standard vehicle. I don't recall them mentioning a price, but I'm guessing it will be $150k minimum. It won't replace cars, but it has the potential to replace small private planes. The foldable wing design makes it small enough so that it can fit in most ordinary garages, eliminating the need for a separate hangar. And of course you would need a driver's license to drive it on the road and a pilot's license to fly it.
BaddGirl420 2 years ago
Fly it, you SOB, stop wasting my god-damn time!!!
Vajrasiddha 2 years ago
no airbag though.
zerodayphoto 2 years ago
maybe they could add some cameras to help with the blid spots
zerodayphoto 2 years ago
the wings create a huge blind spot. should find a way to remove them. still would love to see one on teh road. i wonder if they have done crash tests on one yet.
smileynirvana2 2 years ago
this is by far the coolest airplane designed (and actually built) in history.
jwboll 2 years ago
come on guys this is our first aero car. sure it looks like a plane but what plane can fold up its wings and drive like a car?
TGazzaB 2 years ago
3:05 "...you can easily lower the stick out of the way..." but you can't get a bloke to easily move the damn mic out of his face.
D00MWEED 2 years ago
Finally somebody got a flying car right and is actually in production!
Kudos
ScottyDog2 2 years ago
Such a funny interview. The repeated mannerisms are great.
tmhurley27 2 years ago
more like a modified airplane
Froastwolf 2 years ago
Would be ideal for a drug runner!
chopsey27 2 years ago
no cuz u have to come to a complette stop to un fold the wings and it takes about 48 seconds to fold out. i learnd this in aerospace today
Improft101 2 years ago
you guys think you can do any better? you guys complain but that is all it is it is a waste of your time and a waste of mine reading the comments but interesting design nice to see some have the will to make flying cars a reality
TransamJc 2 years ago 4
Terrible Macro Lens
Terrible Camera Position
Good interview
NaderCorp 2 years ago
wow all that work and thats what they come up with
dude just buy a damn plane
narokemon 2 years ago
it a fucken plane not a car its nothing different to the old plane they use in mad max 2
DemonCovenant 2 years ago
LOL @ 2:10
Reporter: "...have a look inside?"
Dude: "Allright, sounds good"
*Dude walks away*
*Reporter holds the mic up, interviewing the air around him*
Brilliant!!!!!!!!!
The vehicle? Totally crap. One fart from aside and it crashes of the road, waaaay too light to travel above 30mph (on the ground). Epic FAIL.
Fijnstein 2 years ago
Oh I would prefer a manual locking system on those wings,(catastrophic failure?), The reporter seems to be wise in the subject, but maybe not as he never seems to respond to the tec stuff that Sam is spewing. And Sam needs to dumb down some if he wants to appeal to more folks. I do love this whole concept though! I hate airports & traffic.
clearitup2 2 years ago 2
zeropointprophet wrote, "the reporter looks like a prick."
The reporter is asking good questions. As a pilot who flies his own experimental aircraft, I must say I much prefer this reporter's style to the superficial tripe pumped out by AirVenture's official video team. Yes the reporter appears skeptical, but such skepticism is well-founded. Beyond the "innovations" he asks about (some of which are potential points of catastrophic failure) this contraption has no viable market.
COM0fAek 2 years ago 2
who's gonna insure your company?
bofocub 2 years ago
look bulky when driving on the road
suriadiman 2 years ago
que panza birrera tiene el periodista jajaj
neikke 2 years ago
Can't wait to see this in 2011....
our sky is going to turn into a highway... remember star wars revenge f the sith all those flying cars above us lol.............
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the reporter looks like a prick
zeropointprophet 2 years ago
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yes, yes he does
leapoffaith20 2 years ago
"ohHOkay...ummmmmm".....decent reporter :P
Peterr86 2 years ago
Is the reporter working for free? on a sunday?
baltixx 2 years ago 3
Is the reporter not being paid for this interview?
baltixx 2 years ago
wow the reporter seems real happy
LtdBudgetProductions 2 years ago 2
With the jackasses on the road now, there is no way I want one of these things flying over my head. People cannot even navigate the roads safely.
gumpydoood 2 years ago 28
Well, with that attitude I'd think you'd like it: the bad drivers will be even more likely to crash, thus clearing the gene pool.
There's a grumpy outlook for you.
madlutist 2 years ago
Yeah, you're right! If these hit the market, next thing you know, there'll be "drunk flying" as well as "drunk driving"
Scoopserver 2 years ago
@gumpydoood ......dude you can only take off and land from public airports. you cant drive directly and too low over roads, you need a flight lisence. you just drive from airport to house/hotel
rockonmyfriend 1 year ago
@gumpydoood which is why you would need a pilots license for this.
mikitymike 1 year ago
@gumpydoood the FAA only allowed them to take off from certified airports with a runway length of at least 2.5 km.
LittleDrummer55 1 year ago
@gumpydoood actually you can only take off and land these at certified aerodromes...and they have to follow standard flight rules, so you wont have to worry about them flying low over the roads.
LittleDrummer55 1 year ago
@gumpydoood= I'm glad we're nowhere near having the flying car. Like you said, with those jackasses out there.
vigo894 10 months ago
Aren't these supposed to be coming out next year or are they still in development...I saw something about there supposed to be up for sale next year unless I missed something
NB5BHVL 2 years ago
I love the idea, I just don't love this thing - it looks ridiculous. Still, I don't want to belittle the obvious effort that went into this, I'd just never buy one.
norman123go 2 years ago
I don't undersand why there is stick in this plane. I think that wheel could transform into a yoke.
mantas1111000 2 years ago
nice plane to die in an accident.
dadihaholech 2 years ago 5
That interviewer is kind of a douche bag.
redbeast2 2 years ago 2
yeh too true
dakin8888 2 years ago
its basically an aeroplane..
gbilios 2 years ago
excatly
dakin8888 2 years ago
i can fly a car without wings ! i done before and i can do it again lol
anass6 2 years ago
redundancy: repetition of an act needlessly... seriously try using another word lol
antonioar21 2 years ago
I strongly disagree, robots SHOULD be allowed to own flying cars in some cases. Has everyone forgotten the 4th adjudication?
barrtrek 2 years ago
1:08 WHAT HELL WITH HIS ARM??
workfornuts 2 years ago 3
hahahaha, that's really funny. An arm spasm or something.
Z3R0Degrees 2 years ago
hahahahahaahah i didnt notice that
sfalama 2 years ago
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dnvegeta 2 years ago
Actually, Moller's design uses vertiports--basically helipads--and since it's a VTOL, the landing area required only needs to be slightly larger than the vehicle itself. Extra room is unnecessary because there are no rotor blades, as on a helicopter. In theory, you could likely land an M400 directly in any parking space big enough to fit an H1 Hummer. Because the Terrafugia is a plane, it needs a runway to get off/on the ground. VTOLs make more sense where there are helipads--in most cities.
NCBikerBoy 2 years ago
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dnvegeta 2 years ago
quiet you annoying
Patfatty4 2 years ago
BOOOO! You Stink!
2012listo 2 years ago
2011. No they won't sell it. Like electric cars, compressed air cars and everything that promises to change gas passenger car market, this will silently seize all public relations.
teemuruskeepaa 2 years ago
electric cars,compressed air cars and everything that promises to change gas passenger car market all rely on electricity produced by fossil fuels, so no gain there.
BrutalDeluxe80 2 years ago
Electricity can be clean too.
teemuruskeepaa 2 years ago
yes,but I fear there simply isn't enough land to satisfy everyone's need for wind turbines. Did you know at least 25% of all electricity ever made is lost in the resistance of the wires?
BrutalDeluxe80 2 years ago
Wind turbines are not the only clean source of electricity and the gas car pollutes more in any case. Trying to keep rejecting non-gas cars is so ignorant.
teemuruskeepaa 2 years ago
The rejection of non-gas cars is less the fault of the public than the fault of the auto industry. When you consider that nearly every vehicle on the road is so grossly inflated in terms of it's sticker price versus it's ACTUAL build cost, no car company can be or is willing to be the first to offer alternative-fuel cars as it's primary product line. A hard-wired "fiscal responsibility" to their shareholders, and their own pockets, won't allow it. Call that exactly what it is: greed.
NCBikerBoy 2 years ago
No, many people use the green argument "alternative cars are not totally pollutionless" to defend using the gas car. That is their fault and they shouldn't argue that alternative energy should be totally clean. It is cleaner than fossils and that's the point in alternative energy
teemuruskeepaa 2 years ago
People who defend the use of gas cars by arguing alt-fuel cars aren't pollution-less are in a vast minority compared to most green-minded folks. Anyone with an educated eye on the environment knows that even pure-electric cars have some level of pollution, even if it's only electro-magnetic noise or interference like what's given off by any and every computer monitor, cellphone, or television; which is by definition, still a pollutant.
NCBikerBoy 2 years ago
It has been argued that the concept of the internal-combustion engine is obsolete; nut the truth is simply that the fuel is out-of-time. If you look up the Moller VTOL, specifically the Skycar M200x, it uses inexpensive, low-emissions Wankel rotary engines much like those that have been available in Mazda's RX series of cars for over 30 years. These engines comply with California's ultra-strict SULEV standard, and burn a mixture of 70% ethanol and 30% water-both of which are renewable.
NCBikerBoy 2 years ago
Sorry, typed "nut" meant "but". For those who don't know, an SULEV is a conventional-gas-powered or gas-electric hybrid vehicle designed to produce minimal air pollution at it's point of use, typically 90% less than that of an equivalent ordinary full gasoline vehicle. Wankel's can be turboed to hell and back for those that are performance-hungry, and the M200's engines also meet the standard running full ethanol. Growing our fuel and only producing 10% of current emissions sounds good to me.
NCBikerBoy 2 years ago
The fact is, until getting the biggest payday humanly possible after investing as little as possible ceases to be the rule, don't expect change. Technologies exist that are viable, but they are prohibitively expensive and hard to mass-produce. Auto makers can't bear the thought of narrowing their margin: they won't triple or quadruple their per-unit cost but keep the end product at or below the current models' price points--there's no money in it.
NCBikerBoy 2 years ago
Although there are parasitic losses due to the construction, material and age of power grids throughout the country, these losses are probably not quite as dramatic as you claim. Also, electric, hydrogen, LPG, and compressed air vehicles do not all rely on fossil-fuel-based electrical sources. A great many power grids are based on hydro-electric, hydro-dynamic, solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, bio-reactor, or combinations of alternative-energy sources.
NCBikerBoy 2 years ago
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NCBikerBoy 2 years ago
The Canadian province of British Columbia gets its power form Big Hydro power stations. Unlike Alberta which uses Coal.
Blondets1 2 years ago
BrutalDeluxe: «Did you know at least 25% of all electricity ever made is lost in the resistance of the wires?»
I call bull. In the US in 1995, power losses in the transmission system were calculated at an average of 7.2%. The linked document from the US government can be found in the Wikipedia article «Electric power transmission». Don't pull numbers out of thin air! That number includes old lines, and can be improved even further by upgrading transmission lines and equipment.
ccoraxfan 2 years ago
I stand corrected. And I feel relieved it's only 7.2%.
BrutalDeluxe80 2 years ago
I would be vary wary of flying with those wings, how
stable can they be? I can see one or both breaking apart under flight stress at those folding joints. It just seems like an insane design, two folding joints on each wing? Or I could see those wings getting stuck down, like you land and you have to drive somewhere but hey, your left wing won't come up!
Or in mid flight, the transmission starts sending power to the wheels..instead of the propeller.
Will wait for null-gravity Jetson's car.
korgri 2 years ago
Sort of like those wings on the aircraft that land on carriers. Yup, the technology just isn't there.
xxtwr 2 years ago
Wow, the flying car...I think the minimum requirement for driving one should be a pilot's license and instrument rating....The thought of the masses flying an aircraft, talking on their cellphones, putting on makeup, yelling at their kids, while cruising at 3,000ft, scares the hell out of me...
SpaceMedic 2 years ago
Right.. think of a flying car full of crazy teenagers or hicks & kids, diving into your house, screaming. If it breaks down under the worst loss of power conditions it doesn't roll to a stop off a road.. This little turkey falls to a stop, out of the sky. Onto your house. Crashing through the roof, terrified shrieks, gas tank explodes; two broken legs, being roasted alive pinned underneath while some fat mom and her nine kid's corpses gaping through the windshield, bleeding all over you...
korgri 2 years ago
Why would you think that if it had an engine failure it would fall out of the sky? It has canards that keep it from stalling, so lower the nose, keep the airspeed where it needs to be and conduct a forced approach. Be realistic, this is cutting edge technology.
xxtwr 2 years ago 2
i will buy one of 'em
AnthonyKiedisAK 2 years ago
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Adixso 2 years ago
its 200k
Clone1260whoOWNS 2 years ago
AWESOME!
Chubearishere 2 years ago
mama can i have a flying car please!?
Vleesball 2 years ago
ok ! folfs .what do i need to use this. a driver license or a private pilot license?
in case of crash ,would i face the ntsb or the hightway patrol ?
barukatube 2 years ago
lol, you'd need a sport pilots license. As far as the crash goes...don't worry about it. You probably wouldn't live, so it would be someone elses problem! =D
SpaceMedic 2 years ago
I was waiting for something looking like a car, not a plane. How can you drive this on a road if you are not alone on it?
zetequoi 2 years ago
i imaged flying cars like the ones on back to the future lol
Jed3245 2 years ago
Not a bad concept but you definately don't want to get in a road traffic accident...or fender bender...could be a real expensive repair bill!! AND if you have a fender bender on the ground do the NTSB still get involved?
Caylus1578 2 years ago
Hey dummies...this isn't a car. Its a small airplane.
RocketDescends 2 years ago
how awsome would it be to show up at work or school cruise in on 1 of these babys
fruitsala45 2 years ago
I prefer if inventor develop a flying car from a helicopter, so that it could fly up in a shorter distance and also landing in a shorter distance.
kenlvk 2 years ago
BINGO!!!
But a helicopter is a lot harder to control.
SpikeIncorporated 2 years ago
Even know a helicopter is harder to control, but once u get used to it, it would be ok :P we just try to compare when the first time we driving and after 1 month...
kenlvk 2 years ago
nothing special and futuristic, just a small plane that can park at your home. gov't probably won't allow it to fly above normal streets, probably just within a certain zone, and the only difference is that u will be able to take it home and park inside ur garage.
ShiaMisha 2 years ago
oh my god.... i knew some day this was gonna happen.
DemiandSelenafan0001 2 years ago
vr troopers... LMAO !!!! LOL !!!
theguyyah 2 years ago
Not bad, but what is the maximum flight time, and altitude? if the results are available yet
Avijew 2 years ago
It's said it can fly 650 km with a full fuel tank ;)
About the altitude, I'd say it's like those little planes :)
JupilAire 2 years ago
Looks like another toy for the rich and famous! try to make a marketable (aircar) for under 50k that meets F.A.A. standards.
Hopefully in another 25 years.
Dominique1970 2 years ago
My guess is this thing will follow the same path the newer luxury Hummers took: So expensive that like you said, nobody but the rich and famous can afford it. But before long smaller companies will create more affordable versions (the Toyota FJ Cruiser).
aenema22 2 years ago
"Roads? Where we're going.... you don't need Roads!"
-Dr. Emmit L. Brown
DSAhmed 2 years ago
AMEN.
aenema22 2 years ago
hahah, Classic film.
I may get the Flux Capicitor on this thing too. Why limit yourself to 2015, when you can go anywhere in time?
Croatch 2 years ago
Are you telling me... that this SUCKER is Nuclear!?!
" NO nO no No no... this sucker's electrical. But I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1 point 21 gigawatts of electricity I need."
-Dr. Emit L. Brown
DSAhmed 2 years ago
If regular road going cars were made out of plastics and/or composites, they would be much lighter, more fuel efficient and safer. Maybe this vehicle will influence the design of future cars.
sunnyallthetime 2 years ago
No way. Improved efficiency and durability is not a true target of the automobile industry, as this would lead to less profits. What they want is an illusion of efficiency.
DSAhmed 2 years ago
not a flying car. Its a road going aeroplane!
KWASHIC 2 years ago
lol and so.... it Begins!
Skycar, parachute car, and terrafugia.
Who will be the FIRST to mass produce an affordable flying car? We'll find out by 2015 . :)
Finally, something cool to look forward to. :D
finkledo 2 years ago
i dont want idiots in the air . Time for machine guns to take them out .
machippy 2 years ago
That's an intelligent comment (not). You still must hold at least a sport pilot license to fly the Transition, so it's not like a bunch of yahoos are going to be flying these things with no training. Also, shooting at an aircraft is a FEDERAL offense, not to mention undeniable proof of one's redneck status.
jdpainter 2 years ago
it didn't take off!
taylorandcortney 2 years ago
Primitive Transformer.
pudgey927 2 years ago
lame.
elchingon101 2 years ago
lol thats a perfect way to get away from the cops XDDDDDDD
nrloveis 2 years ago 5
haha!
siops 2 years ago
lmaoo so true dude XD
manhuntruler2 2 years ago