Comments on: Video - “Roadable Aircraft” to be built http://blog.flightstory.net/975/video-roadable-aircraft-to-be-built/ The Aviation Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:59:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: F-14Ds Rock! Anytime, Baby! Remember the Tomcat! http://blog.flightstory.net/975/video-roadable-aircraft-to-be-built/#comment-54821 F-14Ds Rock! Anytime, Baby! Remember the Tomcat! Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:10:15 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/975/video-roadable-aircraft-to-be-built/#comment-54821 actually, i kinda like the idea, however primitive it is now; why give a car wings when it would seem much more prudent to give a plane wheels? that's the thinking driving the company, which refrains from calling their creation a "flying car". maybe in twenty years it'll actually be practical... actually, i kinda like the idea, however primitive it is now; why give a car wings when it would seem much more prudent to give a plane wheels? that’s the thinking driving the company, which refrains from calling their creation a “flying car”. maybe in twenty years it’ll actually be practical…

]]> By: rg http://blog.flightstory.net/975/video-roadable-aircraft-to-be-built/#comment-60402 rg Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:13:40 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/975/video-roadable-aircraft-to-be-built/#comment-60402 Problem is... You can't just launch from your neighborhood street. The speed needed to become airborne probably exceeds the speed limit. Not to mention power lines etc. Think you can just drive on to an airport and go? I doubt it. Don't see any communication equipment installed. Head to the Interstate for take off... You'll need to clear a path for your wings (hogging all three lanes) Not too user friendly. Much less trying to land in rush hour traffic. Problem is…
You can’t just launch from your neighborhood street.
The speed needed to become airborne probably exceeds the speed limit.
Not to mention power lines etc.
Think you can just drive on to an airport and go?
I doubt it.
Don’t see any communication equipment installed.

Head to the Interstate for take off…
You’ll need to clear a path for your wings (hogging all three lanes)
Not too user friendly.
Much less trying to land in rush hour traffic.

]]> By: F-14Ds Rock! Anytime, Baby! Remember the Tomcat! http://blog.flightstory.net/975/video-roadable-aircraft-to-be-built/#comment-60521 F-14Ds Rock! Anytime, Baby! Remember the Tomcat! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:54:18 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/975/video-roadable-aircraft-to-be-built/#comment-60521 true, there is little infrastructure for the concept, which is relatively new (in a practical sense), but how hard would it be for communities to build their own little airstrips (smaller than airfields) that residents could commute from? public buildings could maintain their own strips (inner-city ones would probably rely on airstrips in the outskirts). utilities can be relocated underground, headset communications based off cellphones wouldn't be too difficult, and i thought the whole concept of a flying car was to eliminate traffic! not to say the idea is appropriate in these economic times, but... it would be workable true, there is little infrastructure for the concept, which is relatively new (in a practical sense), but how hard would it be for communities to build their own little airstrips (smaller than airfields) that residents could commute from? public buildings could maintain their own strips (inner-city ones would probably rely on airstrips in the outskirts). utilities can be relocated underground, headset communications based off cellphones wouldn’t be too difficult, and i thought the whole concept of a flying car was to eliminate traffic!

not to say the idea is appropriate in these economic times, but… it would be workable

]]> By: Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog http://blog.flightstory.net/975/video-roadable-aircraft-to-be-built/#comment-72934 Flightstory.net - Aviation Blog Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:51:13 +0000 http://blog.flightstory.net/975/video-roadable-aircraft-to-be-built/#comment-72934 [...] Related: Video - “Roadable Aircraft” to be built [...] […] Related: Video - “Roadable Aircraft” to be built […]

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