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Flying cars?

Scary thought if you ask me. Too many people can't manage a car in traffic safely as it is and some can't keep it out of the ditch on an empty straight-line country road.

I remember when GM started pushing (then small) SUVs with AWD on soccer mom types. Sho 'nuff, every Winter, these became known here as "Vehicle Most Often Seen In a Ditch."

Technology is often marketed as a substitute for prudence, consideration, skill, and native ability. That only takes one just so far.
 
Flying cars have been a dream for some time. There was a guy who worked on them for decades, and was using a Wankel engine and vectored thrust or something to make it work. The cars flew, but not steadily or well, and required too much skill to be in common use. There was also the question of whether a pilot's license would be required to use them.
 
Don Alaska said:
Flying cars have been a dream for some time. There was a guy who worked on them for decades, and was using a Wankel engine and vectored thrust or something to make it work. The cars flew, but not steadily or well, and required too much skill to be in common use. There was also the question of whether a pilot's license would be required to use them.
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Many years back I assembled a Clear plastic model of the Wankel engine. Seemed to remember a 3 cylinder engine with 3 little lights firing up when it ran.
 
Jacob Petersheim said:
Scary thought if you ask me. Too many people can't manage a car in traffic safely as it is and some can't keep it out of the ditch on an empty straight-line country road.

I remember when GM started pushing (then small) SUVs with AWD on soccer mom types. Sho 'nuff, every Winter, these became known here as "Vehicle Most Often Seen In a Ditch."

Technology is often marketed as a substitute for prudence, consideration, skill, and native ability. That only takes one just so far.
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Yup. 4 wheels slide twice as well as two. ;)
 
"Flying car races are no longer science fiction following the first-ever Jetson Air Games event — which Jetson, the organizers, have described as "Formula One of the skies."

"The event featured pilots flying four Jetson One vehicles, dubbed a "racing car for the sky" by the company that made them, each vying to cross the finish line. The personal aircraft, which faintly resembles a flying car from a science fiction movie, is designed to hold a single person and doesn't currently require a pilot's license to fly in the United States."

"Footage from the event, which took place in mid-October at the 2025 UP. Summit event, a private gathering of investors in the transportation industry, shows four Jetson Ones hovering about 20 feet (6 meters) off the ground as they weave between cones and speed over a grassy field and tarmac."

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Jetson ONE - Let the Jetson Air Games begin!​

 
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