Whitechapel - The Flying Car Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:43:50 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=227978#Comment_227978 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=227978#Comment_227978 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 17:36:46 -0700 NickDonald
Skycar

I have to say, I'm suitably impressed. All the info is on their site and they've even got videos of the freaking thing "flying"! Check it out: http://www.moller.com

[sorry 'bout this, I'm having a lot of trouble getting the link to stick to the post: http://www.moller.com/index.php?option=com_jomtube&view=video&id=77&Itemid=79 - if anyone can help me out with that I'd be much obliged] ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=227986#Comment_227986 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=227986#Comment_227986 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:04:17 -0700 StefanJ
My college friends and I were just blown away by this when we heard about it and saw the pictures.

I graduated in 1986.

While the looks of the prototype changes every few years, Moller's sky car is still doing the same thing it has for twenty-five years: Hovering a few feet off the ground, making lots of noise, and causing young journalists who think they've got the story of the decade to gush FLYING CAR FINALLY HERE!!!! and recite the latest variation of the press release.
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Look carefully at that video. See that tether? That was supposed to be a temporary safety measure . . . as mentioned in press releases from 25 years back.

This is more than vaporware, in that the guy actually builds things, but the actual flying car always seems a few years (and maybe some investor dollars?) away. ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=227998#Comment_227998 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=227998#Comment_227998 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:10:30 -0700 NickDonald
It looks a lot nicer than it used to, though... ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=227999#Comment_227999 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=227999#Comment_227999 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:12:18 -0700 Brandon Seifert The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228007#Comment_228007 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228007#Comment_228007 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:37:23 -0700 StefanJ "It looks a lot nicer than it used to, though... :"

Cripes, to quote Groundskeeper Willy, "If it werrrrni't against the laws of nature I'd marry it." It's like a Gerry Anderson gizmo come to life. ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228010#Comment_228010 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228010#Comment_228010 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:10:07 -0700 stsparky The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228016#Comment_228016 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228016#Comment_228016 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:10:10 -0700 Brendan McGinley The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228035#Comment_228035 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228035#Comment_228035 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:22:04 -0700 callisto23 The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228044#Comment_228044 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228044#Comment_228044 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:35:09 -0700 aike The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228052#Comment_228052 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228052#Comment_228052 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:28:05 -0700 Ben Klumaster Oh no, my mistake. I read about it recently, but the actual fine was in 2003, for "fraudulent unregistered stock". The actual article was about them releasing a FlightSim plugin and asking for more investments. ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228066#Comment_228066 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228066#Comment_228066 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:34:28 -0700 epalicki The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228090#Comment_228090 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228090#Comment_228090 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:30:14 -0700 aike
But seriously, I still find this ever so disappointing, every time it comes up.

*edited to remove snark* ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228118#Comment_228118 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228118#Comment_228118 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:44:37 -0700 Emmymau The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228132#Comment_228132 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228132#Comment_228132 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:40:39 -0700 epalicki
As an object, the Skycar is remains very pretty, even 25 years later (and it amuses me that Skycars have appeared in Warren's run on Astonishing X-Men as well as in a few post-Alan Moore issues of TOP 10), but in terms of functionality, it's becoming less and less unique when compared to, say, a helicopter. ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228141#Comment_228141 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228141#Comment_228141 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:12:49 -0700 stsparky
Carplanes are old tech and boring. Ask any James Bond fan.
]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228177#Comment_228177 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228177#Comment_228177 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:10:28 -0700 looneynerd The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228185#Comment_228185 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228185#Comment_228185 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:29:58 -0700 NickDonald
But here's an idea, why don't they develop some sort of flying mass transit system? I'm a genius! ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228344#Comment_228344 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228344#Comment_228344 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:54:02 -0700 Ben Klumaster The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228347#Comment_228347 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228347#Comment_228347 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:15:22 -0700 Nygaard The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228348#Comment_228348 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228348#Comment_228348 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:19:17 -0700 NickDonald
The only drawback I can see is the possibility of an airborne collision with the Umbrella Crested Poppins. ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228536#Comment_228536 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228536#Comment_228536 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:26:54 -0700 Finagle
http://www.terrafugia.com/ ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228602#Comment_228602 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=228602#Comment_228602 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 05:14:29 -0700 thud There are already very small helicopters, the old standby autogyro, and the new wave of ultralight aircraft that are more efficient than the flying car. ]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=231218#Comment_231218 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=231218#Comment_231218 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:38:41 -0700 roadscum DARPA wants a flying Jeep:

In this case, the federal techno bad boys of DARPA have decided to have a crack at a real, no-shit flying car: and probably not just an ordinary car, but an off-road one to boot. They don't want a light plane that you can drive on a road, like the Terrafugia Transition. They don't want a paramotor, either. According to the Transformer TX announcement issued yesterday:

The Government’s envisioned concept consists of a robust ground vehicle that is capable of configuring into a VTOL [Vertical Take Off and Landing] air vehicle with a maximum payload capability of approximately 1,000 lbs.

The sky-jeep should be able to carry four fully-equipped troops, or alternatively one stretcher and one medic. It should be no bigger than 30 feet long by 8.5' wide and 9' high in ground configuration - on the order of two Hummers nose-to-tail - and should have wheels and suspension giving "road performance similar to an SUV" and "capable of handling light off-road travel".


Don't get too excited though, DARPA are better at planning than doing;

Like all DARPA projects Transformer TX is unlikely to succeed at all. Even if US Marine rifle companies one day do ride to war in handy four-man sky jeeps rather than cumbersome choppers or Humvees, that doesn't necessarily mean flying cars for all any more than Harriers or Ospreys did.
]]> The Flying Car http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=231525#Comment_231525 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7961&Focus=231525#Comment_231525 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:31:04 -0700 stsparky