"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
10/28/2020 at 15:08 • Filed to: None
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"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
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hell....ill take 3
kind of a cool looking thing....like someone saw a mclaren...then took a bunch of acid and slapped a helicopter on it
they are road testing now... expecting to be flight certified and shipping to customers by 2023 if i remember correctly
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ClassicDatsunDebate
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/28/2020 at 15:19 |
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All flying car concepts, going back to the late 70's have all been shipping to customers in two years.
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> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/28/2020 at 15:26 |
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It would be cool to get out to some places in a lot less time.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> ClassicDatsunDebate
10/28/2020 at 15:27 |
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true dat...lol
onlytwowheels
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/28/2020 at 15:37 |
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I saw this in the 1970's at an air show in Orange, Massachusetts.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> onlytwowheels
10/28/2020 at 15:39 |
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yeaaah...lol...this idea has been trying to take off for a looooong time
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onlytwowheels
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/28/2020 at 15:46 |
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https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/it-had-to-happen-the-flying-corvair/
ranwhenparked
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/28/2020 at 15:51 |
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How do companies like this still raise money? Seriously, who’s funding this? People who have a helicopter pilot’s license and can afford their own helicopter have their own helicopters , and once you hav e your own helicopter, owning a car in addition is not really a financial or logistical problem.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> ranwhenparked
10/28/2020 at 15:54 |
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*shrugs*
i dont know...but these things keep popping up...sooo...someone clearly is
TheRealBicycleBuck
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/28/2020 at 15:55 |
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I’ve been watching this one for a long time. It seems to be the one design that’s going to make it through the road testing. The downside is that you can’t just power it up and take off in the middle of a traffic jam. It’s a gyrocopter, so forward movement is required to get airborne.
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farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> TheRealBicycleBuck
10/28/2020 at 15:58 |
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i suspect thered be some legal issues to just taking off in the middle of a traffic jam too
you know..if that was an option
but yeah apparently it needs 150m of runway (least i think thats what the radio said)
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> onlytwowheels
10/28/2020 at 16:00 |
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That will nader work.
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onlytwowheels
> Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
10/28/2020 at 16:12 |
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BigBlock440
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/28/2020 at 16:15 |
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they are road testing now... expecting to be flight certified and shipping to customers by 2023 if i remember correctly
Ah, just 2 years away. That’s how you know it’s legit.
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ranwhenparked
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/28/2020 at 16:26 |
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Maybe the same way Theranos got funded - rich people can be idealistic too, and can let logic slip when they see something that they desperately want to be real badly enough. In this case, rich investors who dreamed of flying cars as kids and can be dazzled enough by a fancy presentation to believe that that’s a thing that can be practical.
In Theranos' case, there was also a certain amount of sex appeal, not sure if that's also happening here
WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/28/2020 at 16:50 |
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I’ll believe it when cars fly.
Grindintosecond
> TheRealBicycleBuck
10/28/2020 at 18:57 |
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Tilting the blades back behind the pushing propeller will help spin them up to speed, also a headwind will get them moving as well. the issue would be the cars around you in the traffic jam. Otherwise a zero takeoff is achieveable for a gyro.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Grindintosecond
10/28/2020 at 19:06 |
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Only with a headwind. The PAL-V’s takeoff roll is 180m at max takeoff weight and mean sea level. https://www.pal-v.com/en/explore-pal-v
pip bip - choose Corrour
> ranwhenparked
10/29/2020 at 03:55 |
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that woman at Theranos is/was a psycho
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ranwhenparked
> pip bip - choose Corrour
10/29/2020 at 07:05 |
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She's got those crazy eyes
Taylor Martin
> farscythe - makin da cawfee!
10/29/2020 at 18:30 |
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If these could be flown without a helicopter license, they’d take the world by storm... but for legal reasons they can’t.
Maybe making them autonomous would solve the problem, while also adding a whole new level of risk to this somewhat hazardous yet very futuristic idea.