02-25-2010, 11:20
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Could this be the beginning of the end for the automobile? I am curious with what it runs on and how often it needs to be serviced. Comments?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...jet-packs.html
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02-25-2010, 13:12
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Hmmmm. I wonder If I can convert my snowblower?
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02-25-2010, 13:30
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Yeah - wait until he flies into his first high-voltage power line with the thing because he didn't see it - I've seen what they can do to helicopters. 
And so it ges...
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02-25-2010, 21:47
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Could this be the beginning of the end for the automobile?
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Maybe motorcycle. Can't take a date out, buy groceries, run the kids to school, and you'd need serious clothes to fly in winter. A flying car will kill the automobile, not a jet pack.
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02-26-2010, 04:24
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Considering that jet-packs and the like have been in the works since the 50's [with a few minor successes with severely short ranges due to a limited fuel supply]....No, no I do not think that it will ever replaces automobiles.
Now if they ever produce small units for military use I wouldn't be too surprised if they were used as a form of jump-pack to allow the wear to make short hops, or even landings from planes [ala Starship Troopers the Novel]. But civilian use? Not likely.
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02-26-2010, 09:09
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Imagine drunk drivers in flying cars  |
I doubt manual would be the main control scheme for a flying car. Point and click flying with computers to detect everything from drunk to angry flying and lock out controls.
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02-26-2010, 09:47
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That's Awesome! I don't think it'd replace the automobile... but that is pretty cool. Think of the combat applications to something like that.... brings a whole new meaning to "Fighting soldiers from the sky...." Change the Ballad of the Green Beret to say "Fearless men... who jump and (FLY)" haha
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02-26-2010, 10:06
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how can a 254 lb. vehicle generate 200 HP? 
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02-26-2010, 10:18
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Low torque and really high rpms combined with a favorable measuring standard.
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02-26-2010, 10:52
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http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question...on/q0195.shtml
I'm an EE and not an Aero Eng, but power is power. The above link explains it much better than the textbook I have from Physics 250. Man that was a long time ago.  Cool question to dust off the cobwebs. Thnx.
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02-26-2010, 11:00
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but power is power
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Which is why high torque diesel engines are used to power Corvettes and Mustangs, right? 
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02-26-2010, 15:23
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02-26-2010, 17:31
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LMAO
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