http://m.wired.com/autopia/2012/04/the-flying-cars-are-coming-to-the-new-york-auto-show/ There’s a flying car coming to the New York International Auto Show this week. The Terrafugia Transition is a two-seat airplane with foldable wings, four wheels and turn signals. Over the past few years the Massachusetts company has called its creation a “roadable aircraft†and lately, a “street legal airplane.†But ahead of the Transition’s first appearance at an auto show, it’s perhaps more appropriate to simply call it what it is: a flying car.
I've seen this concept with some of futuristic "visionaries" in architecture. The same guys that have never grown so much as a tomato plant but imagine that they are going to grow a TREE that turns into the framework of a house, and that will continue to be a healthy, living tree after you essentially drywall in all the branches. Pssssaw...most of these humans can barely manage TWO dimensions. X-Y-Z coordinates and all the complexities inherent there AND constant attention required in order to stay aloft??? You gotta be kidding me. ound:
I really want to know who these fools are who keep parting with their money to bankroll these silly companies so I can start presenting my ideas for a business, including the floating rock, the drive-able submarine, and invisible shoes. This "flying car" is a two seater starting at $280k that looks absolutely ridiculous on the road and I'm sure drives like a loaded down Uhaul with a blasted suspension system. Compare to Cessna's lineup, their entry level two seater costs $150k. So, really, do you want to have a Cessna, which certainly will fly better than this thing plus a Porsche 911 Turbo, or do you want something that will be laughed at constantly as you drive [slowly and not safely] down the street? Cessna has a 180 hp 4-seater for $310k. I seriously just don't see a market for these flying cars, I don't know who would buy them.
I wonder about that also. EEStor was another in the same category. I wonder if it's money managers investing other people's money? (Though in the case of EEStor, they boondoggled the folks at Zenn, and were probably the cause of the demise of that company.) If you are smooth enough, you can always find someone to give you their money. Rather than finding who bankrolls flying cars, you need to study under the con artists who convinced the fools to invest.
