Skycar!

Added on October 18th, 2009 by Birdcat | Report Post
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The Future is now!

Skycar website
www.moller.com/skycar.htm

Skycar Rescue video!
www.moller.com/video1.htm

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RSIxidor (#950)

14 years ago

That shit does not look stable enough to drive on roads.

RSIxidor (#950)

Reply to RSIxidor

14 years ago

Sky roads that is!

tiki god (#1) (MCS+)

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14 years ago

is that third one shopped? I doubt it has a cruising altitude that high up.

is it real?

RSIxidor (#950)

Reply to tiki god

14 years ago

I searched through out the website and could not find a max altitude spec, but I’m pretty sure it cannot.

I’m also pretty sure the only people that will use this are superheroes.

Birdcat (#12441)

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Reply to tiki god

14 years ago

Oh yeah the third pic is totally CGI. The whole thing is stuff of fantasy atm. More R&D is needed as I mentioned in an earlier post.

This is the future

Skycar is made by Moller Int., but there’s a company called Urban Aeronautics with a patent on some technological innovation that allows their vehicles to maneuver without tilting, vastly increasing stability. Their best pitch is for the X-HAWK: Medical Rescue and Evacuation model.
www.urbanaero.com/Xhawk_main.htm#Medevac

JoeCrow (#441)

14 years ago

None of them ever flew off of a tether. and they’ve been talking about this shit for like 15 years. Do not want.

nicklogan (#751)

Reply to JoeCrow

14 years ago

He’s been at it with the mark 3 for about 25 years. the concept is weak and so is the design of the car. the vehicle does take off, but only about 30 feet off the ground nothing higher. The “turbines” aren’t strong enough.

Phyreblade (#5939)

14 years ago

AKA the “will it ever fly?” car…

Dragunov (#7888)

14 years ago

What I really wanna know is:

will it blend?

7footJesus (#389)

14 years ago

I’m pretty sure those aren’t authentic human beings in the cabin in the third (and fourth?) pic. They look kind of like Ken dolls, with maybe a Barbie in the back seat.

HoChunk (#5604)

14 years ago

Even if these did work great & were cheap to make, the FAA would never allow the skies to be filled with these things unless the consumer models had an undefeatable autopilot function and some strict “air lane” protocols to go along with it. Try and imagine a skycar being flown by soccermoms, teenagers, the elderly, or just some knucklehead late for an appointment? Can you picture the morning commute if everyone on your block had one of these in the yard?

Phyreblade (#5939)

Reply to HoChunk

14 years ago

Actually, I don’t think that would be necessary. Unlike roads, where the only directions you have to avoid a collision is left or right, a sky car could go in any direction. This should technically make the chances for collisions much less. and there would be less traffic overall, since I doubt everyone would be in the air.

But the advantage, as I see it, is that getting a sky car license should be much, much harder than getting a regular drivers license… It seems like anyone can get a drivers license these days…

nyoki (#3444)

Reply to HoChunk

14 years ago

I doubt it would be much worse than it is now, as Phrye points out, getting a license would mean intensive training. The FAA will just keep them at a low enough level that they would not be in the same airspace as commercial planes. Besides, I want one damnit!

Birdcat (#12441)

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Reply to HoChunk

14 years ago

From the Moller International website:
“Actually a computer does the flying. The pilot need only move the controls in the direction he wants to go so that little skill is required. (Still for the time being, the operator will need to have a private pilot’s license until the ease of operation and safety are thoroughly demonstrated.)”