GarnerNC

May 26 2006, 09:28 PM

QUOTE(Absolute @ May 26 2006, 09:07 PM)

I've been following the creation of this technology for a little while but find when i talk to others about it they have never heard of it. A company called Moller International has created a car that can actually hover and fly. NASA has been working on a project with other agencies to work out "skyways" for years. This creation takes use to the skyways. You drive it to a local take-off area and dial in the phone number or the street address of where you want to go and then your off. It is computer operated and each car has a chip that keeps every car a certain distance from eachoter to deter accidents. The driving gas mileage is nothing to scream about but traffic is non existent.
Right now the price is $500,000 to get on the waiting list. But with other car companies eventually jumping on this I'm sure the price will drop.

http://www.moller.com/skycar/

Sounds very intresting im sure ford or chevy will definitly make it and sell it cheaper

 

 

 

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hulunes

May 27 2006, 07:43 AM

hoo,it is really a nice car.i have not heard this kind of car which is feasible.this car named M400 Skycar which can cruise comfortably at 275 MPH (maximum speed of 375 MPH) and achieve up to 20 miles per gallon on clean burning.it is a pretty performance for a flying car at present.
a little curious is about the licence of this car belongs to land traffic or air traffic? it is a interesting pemit.

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sportytalk

May 27 2006, 08:57 PM

I also haven't heard of this flying car or seen it advertised on television before, although I imagine at some point in the near future, cars that fly in the sky really will be a reality.

There is this problem of finding the primary sources needed to run the car at the moment, although as time progresses and more of these cars come out on the market, there's bound to be more locations where you can pick up the relevant fuels etc, which are needed for the car to run.

I personally would like to see space cars out on the market, as I feel with modern life, most of the space on the ground has been taken up by giant factories and new buildings meaning that there's less road space for the ever increasing amount of cars being produced. I feel space would provide more space in which to drive.
I imagine that there could be a problem with crashing though, especially if too many of these cars go in the air at the same time. I know they're meant to have this special computer card that can detect where the nearby cars are located and can stop crashing, but what if it actually crashes and the passengers go tumbling out of their car, full speed and kill themselves by the heavy fall? This same problem could occur if there's a breakdown whilst high up in the air. The car would just fall down full speed with gravity.

I'm pretty sure these problems will be looked into before the fully functional flying car is produced. Can't wait to see one!

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jaybird92185

Jun 9 2006, 05:34 PM

I've been looking at that for a while now and it seems cool and very pricy. But I bet that in the future the more popular car companies we see now a days like ford, chevy, etc. will make them and sell them for either more or less we don't know but when they get cheaper I'm gonna buy one I know.

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Cerebral Stasis

Jun 2 2006, 08:38 PM

I've been following this "Skycar" for nearly four years already, and although it looks neat, according to Current Science, prospects for it are quite low. It is apparently expensive and very inefficient (or so they say).

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silverkaiser

Jun 1 2006, 07:19 AM

Skycar hor.....i currently imagine the movie i saw which is "back to the future", although its a old movie but the director is genius . the skycar is juz same as wat u all say about in that movie. so i think the idea is taken from this movie.

this skycar might danger when there is thunderstorm or raining . am i right?
skycar might go to the future after been hit by thunder OMG ...was its true??
Dreaming

if the skycar go by chip then no need car license already because it work just like an automated train.

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Spyk3z

May 31 2006, 03:49 AM

When this becomes cheap there is going to be lots of troubles. Cops are going to need anti-air missile? blha.

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kylelnsn

May 30 2006, 08:23 PM

omg that is so cool i wnat a sky car that would be lush, nice job on that find, thats really fast imagin driving on a normal road ha that would be awsome, very god job boys and i really want one, thanks dudes lovely got somethign to save for now lol, jokin i never have no money (

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