First FAA approved flying car

[Orion]

Something everyone who views this thread needs to be aware of:
If you want to fly one of these, you'll need to get a pilot's license.
Most people aren't going to be willing to go through the years of studying to get that.

If/when large-scale AI systems become possible, there's going to be numerous, huge ones controlling how you fly. Even if you got your pilot's license, if a city's vehicular population went skyward, there'd simply be far too much traffic going every which-way for even the most skilled pilot to cope. Flying would be limited to distinct 'lanes', where each vehicle would be separated by a fair distance even though it's being controlled by an AI. Only when you leave the lane would you be allowed some control, but even then, you'd probably have a small onboard system that would do the flying to your destination for you.

In short, even if things get to Jetson's-style stage, no one's going to be allowed to fly their vehicles, unless they're well-trained emergency services or government/agency operatives.

 

[Piercing Light]

Something everyone who views this thread needs to be aware of:
If you want to fly one of these, you'll need to get a pilot's license.
Most people aren't going to be willing to go through the years of studying to get that.

If/when large-scale AI systems become possible, there's going to be numerous, huge ones controlling how you fly. Even if you got your pilot's license, if a city's vehicular population went skyward, there'd simply be far too much traffic going every which-way for even the most skilled pilot to cope. Flying would be limited to distinct 'lanes', where each vehicle would be separated by a fair distance even though it's being controlled by an AI. Only when you leave the lane would you be allowed some control, but even then, you'd probably have a small onboard system that would do the flying to your destination for you.

In short, even if things get to Jetson's-style stage, no one's going to be allowed to fly their vehicles, unless they're well-trained emergency services or government/agency operatives.

Which kinda makes them useless!s1butz

 

[Orion]

You're sure as hell won't be able to safely travel in your personal flying vehicle any other way.

 

[Silverslide]

I need to wait until we are advanced enough to make our cars robots that drive us their selves, thus there would be no drunk driving >_<

 

[Luap]

I imagine one day that all vehicles (Boats, Cars, Planes and, now, Car-Planes) will all be linked up to a super powerful extreme satellite with a deductive power that will control every aspect of how the vehicle works and will get everyone to the place they need to go in the smallest amount of time with no crashes and no needs for any type of intersections to stop at. Have small bridges for people on foot (and any other type of manual travel ie. bike, skateboard, etc.) that go over above the streets.

I want to learn how to drive a plane now. Then I can get a Car-Plane. And did I hear it right? Go twice the speed with half the mileage of an SUV?!? That's amazing and green.

 

[Prajna]

I need to wait until we are advanced enough to make our cars robots that drive us their selves, thus there would be no drunk driving >_<

You never heard of too much Valvoline, huh?

 

[Space Cowboy]

Well according to Back to the Future we should be getting hover cars in 5 years.

This is a first step I suppose.

 

[Laine]

Cool, but how the eefff are they going to get in the air. Whats the point of having a flying car if you cant land/take off from you current location, its not like there are mini airplane runways everywhere.

 

[Bebop Blues]

Cool, but how the eefff are they going to get in the air. Whats the point of having a flying car if you cant land/take off from you current location, its not like there are mini airplane runways everywhere.

Land wherever the hell you want?

 

[Laine]

K, but you stil cant take off from where ever you want.

 

[Bebop Blues]

Well if you live on a long road that doesn't get a lot of traffic you could.

 

[Laine]

Well i live in 9th most populated city in the U.S so thats kinda rare...but i guess you can find one. And there's nothing wrong with running over a few cars right?

 

[Pinwheel]

ohoho boy
can you imagine the car wrecks

 

[Bebop Blues]

Well i live in 9th most populated city in the U.S so thats kinda rare...but i guess you can find one. And there's nothing wrong with running over a few cars right?

Not at all!

ohoho boy
can you imagine the car wrecks

Yes, yes I can

 

[Prajna]

Land wherever the hell you want?

Yeah, you know I'll just park in the parking lot and take up five spaces, that's just pure evil!

When and if these o become public I'm sure they'll be setting up, as well, some specialized parking docs for them.

 

[Bebop Blues]

Yeah, you know I'll just park in the parking lot and take up five spaces. That's just pure evil!

When and if these o become public I'm sure they'll be setting up, as well, some specialized parking docs for them.

A lot of people already do that any way so why not? And you could find a really big parking lot, land in the least crowded area, put the wings up, and drive to find a better spot.

 

[thylings]

Screw that, I want my Back to the Future style flying car. T.T

 

[Bebop Blues]

You gotta wait another 5 to 25 years.

 

[Orion]

I imagine one day that all vehicles (Boats, Cars, Planes and, now, Car-Planes) will all be linked up to a super powerful extreme satellite with a deductive power that will control every aspect of how the vehicle works and will get everyone to the place they need to go in the smallest amount of time with no crashes and no needs for any type of intersections to stop at. Have small bridges for people on foot (and any other type of manual travel ie. bike, skateboard, etc.) that go over above the streets.

It wouldn't be done by a single satellite hanging over the city. Each city would handle its own traffic, most likely with things akin to radio towers at various points. Cars send their information to them, and by figuring out the bearing from the car to several different ones, it's exact location can easily be found through triangulation, and it's data would be fed to the nearest tower, which would be handed to the city's travel system/AI. Although getting satellites into space would probably be easier by then, it would still be more economical and precise to use towers and triangulation.

However, there will still need to be wheeled vehicles, like trucks or cargo carriers that are simply to large to get flying or hovering. They might have to share the streets with people, but if flying vehicle technology manages to work without the take-off aspect (pure hover vehicles), I would imagine a 'layer' of the city, or certain expressways, would be how the trucks move.

The only way pure hover technology on the small scale is going to work is if we find room-temperature superconductors. So far, the warmest one we've got is still around -140℃, and requires liquid hydrogen cooling systems to help maintain its temperature.

 

[Bebop Blues]

Honestly, I'd prefer a hover car before a flying car with hover capabilities.