Title: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: cc on August 29, 2020, 04:22:32 PM
Post by: cc on August 29, 2020, 04:22:32 PM
SkyDrive's contraption floated several feet off the ground for four minutes
Fukuzawa says he hopes the car can be made into a real-life product by 2023, but he acknowledged that making it safe was critical.
"Of the world's more than 100 flying car projects, only a handful have succeeded with a person on board," he separately told The Associated Press. "I hope many people will want to ride it and feel safe."
The machine so far can fly for just five to 10 minutes, but if that can become 30 minutes it will have more potential, including in the Chinese market, Fukuzawa said. The Japanese government is stressing the possibility of connecting remote areas and providing lifelines in disasters.
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: cc on August 29, 2020, 04:24:37 PM
Post by: cc on August 29, 2020, 04:24:37 PM
Fun to think about - but it'll never "fly" as a practical and safe item - and would scare other drivers near it shitless
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Anonymous on August 29, 2020, 05:27:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 29, 2020, 05:27:59 PM
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Anonymous on August 29, 2020, 07:16:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 29, 2020, 07:16:04 PM
Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight(//technology/japanese-flying-car-successful-test-flight)
SkyDrive's contraption floated several feet off the ground for four minuteshttps://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxbusiness.com/foxbusiness.com/content/uploads/2020/08/931/523/skydrive-1.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 [/img]
Fukuzawa says he hopes the car can be made into a real-life product by 2023, but he acknowledged that making it safe was critical.
"Of the world's more than 100 flying car projects, only a handful have succeeded with a person on board," he separately told The Associated Press. "I hope many people will want to ride it and feel safe."
The machine so far can fly for just five to 10 minutes, but if that can become 30 minutes it will have more potential, including in the Chinese market, Fukuzawa said. The Japanese government is stressing the possibility of connecting remote areas and providing lifelines in disasters.
Flying cars may eventually fill some emergency purposes, but as a means of daily transportation??
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Odinson on August 29, 2020, 07:55:43 PM
Post by: Odinson on August 29, 2020, 07:55:43 PM
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Anonymous on August 29, 2020, 08:13:06 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 29, 2020, 08:13:06 PM
Thats just an upscaled drone with a cockpit..
I know, all versions are, so far.
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Gaon on August 30, 2020, 12:38:14 PM
Post by: Gaon on August 30, 2020, 12:38:14 PM
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2020, 02:03:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2020, 02:03:14 PM
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Zetsu on August 30, 2020, 03:26:22 PM
Post by: Zetsu on August 30, 2020, 03:26:22 PM
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2020, 03:39:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2020, 03:39:59 PM
If you want your city to look like it's been crippled by a few dozen air raid bombardment attacks, by all means, support the idea of flying cars for the public.ac_unsure
I am not too concerned about that. We will not see flying cars being the primary means of transportation in our lifetimes.
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: cc on August 30, 2020, 03:55:13 PM
Post by: cc on August 30, 2020, 03:55:13 PM
If you want your city to look like it's been crippled by a few dozen air raid bombardment attacks, by all means, support the idea of flying cars for the public.ac_unsure
Ya, a bit of a never-gonna-happen pipe dream
I remember way back some company built a car / boat that "just didn't fly"
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2020, 05:33:40 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 30, 2020, 05:33:40 PM
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Zetsu on August 31, 2020, 02:24:18 PM
Post by: Zetsu on August 31, 2020, 02:24:18 PM
I am not too concerned about that. We will not see flying cars being the primary means of transportation in our lifetimes.
Ya, a bit of a never-gonna-happen pipe dream
I remember way back some company built a car / boat that "just didn't fly":sad:
I'm happy that's the case for the moment, I remember some people said auto pilot is only a stepping stone for flying cars in the future, without it I don't want to imagine how traffic will be like in the sky when people even struggle to maintain or maneuver their cars on a flat road.
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: cc on August 31, 2020, 02:50:22 PM
Post by: cc on August 31, 2020, 02:50:22 PM
don't want to imagine how traffic will be like in the sky when people even struggle to maintain or maneuver their cars on a flat road.Quote
Good point
Title: Re: New Inventions - Japanese flying car company conducts successful test flight
Post by: Anonymous on September 02, 2020, 03:01:10 PM
Post by: Anonymous on September 02, 2020, 03:01:10 PM
Airline pilots report 'guy in a jetpack' flying past them near LAX