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Post by drakkenfan on Jul 7, 2010 13:45:58 GMT -5
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Post by manofevil on Jul 8, 2010 6:14:04 GMT -5
I am back from my banishment. That's right I was kicked off the board for vandalizing it with porn. Now I can only bring you the posts that are new and improved by the board's mods! The sweetest smelling mods in the world!
Di-Di-Dii Di-Di-Dii Chk-Chk-Chk-Chk-Chk-Chk-Chk!
A flying car. How droll!
Kudos to anyone who remembers where that line comes from.
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Post by Nutzkie on Jul 11, 2010 0:36:58 GMT -5
Well with a maximum air speed of 170 mph and economy of 30 mpg on the ground, it certainly has it's strong points, but at the end of the day it's still more of a plane that drives than a car that flies.
The Terrafugia may be impressive and all that, but it still needs more than 1,700 feet of runway to get off the ground, which leaves it pretty squarely within the airplane category. The true Holy Grail for personal flying machines still remains then, what engineers commonly refer to as VTOL. (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) Because it's only with VTOL that people stuck in traffic can pull to the shoulder, push a button, and instantly pull a "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang" over the throng in front of them.
And isn't that what we all really want from a flying car?
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