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The Purple Fuzzy

January 12, 2009, 06:22:20 AM
How cool would this be?!?




Flying Car Prepares for Test Drive

Is it a car? Is it a plane? Actually, it's both. The first flying car, equally at home in the sky or on the road, is scheduled to take to the air next month.

If it survives its first test flight, the Terrafugia Transition, which can transform itself from a two-seater car to a plane in 15 seconds, is expected to land in showrooms in about 18 months' time.

Its manufacturer says it is easy to keep and run since it uses normal unleaded fuel and will fit in a garage.

Carl Dietrich, who runs the Massachusetts-based Terrafugia, said: "This is the first really integrated design where the wings fold up automatically and all the parts are in one vehicle."

The Transition, developed by former NASA engineers, is powered by the same 100 bhp engine on the ground and in the air.

Terrafugia claims it will be able to fly up to 500 miles on a single tank of gas at a cruising speed of 115 mph. Up to now, however, it has only been tested on roads at up to 90 mph.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479167,00.html

Sis

#1
January 12, 2009, 06:41:16 AM
Wouldn't it be fun to be a test pilot?

The Purple Fuzzy

#2
January 12, 2009, 06:42:18 AM Last Edit: January 12, 2009, 06:45:02 AM by The Purple Fuzzy
I think I'd rather be a pilot AFTER they tested it and got all the bugs out. ;)

It sounds like something my son would LOVE to do.  He likes to do dangerous stuff. :smirk:

EricShane

#3
January 12, 2009, 04:49:58 PM
Quote from: Sis on January 12, 2009, 06:41:16 AM
Wouldn't it be fun to be a test pilot?

not really  :o


lol..
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iridiscente

#4
January 12, 2009, 11:50:36 PM
Ben would want one of these....

Chseeads

#5
January 13, 2009, 04:03:49 AM
Quote from: iridiscente on January 12, 2009, 11:50:36 PM
Ben would want one of these....

Anything would be an improvement over that two-tone pink bug.


:hypocrite:


mini

#6
January 13, 2009, 05:23:34 AM
This idea has been tossed around for ages....there was a article at the airport recently about the history of flying cars.  Ill see if I can find a link to it.
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I wonder if we made a wax figure of Mini, and then melted it, if we'd get Roscoe... -MellerYeller

The Purple Fuzzy

#7
January 13, 2009, 06:30:25 AM
It's still a cool concept. :grin:

Chseeads

#8
January 13, 2009, 06:33:58 AM
Might help keep ya from runnin over deers.....


mini

#9
January 13, 2009, 05:44:53 PM
Knowing you, you would start wiping out the eagles.... :grin:
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Chseeads

#10
January 13, 2009, 05:56:54 PM
I came relatively close to running into an eagle one time anyways...LOL

Sis

#11
January 13, 2009, 07:14:15 PM
It would feel like you were in a Jetsons cartoon.

almondjoy

#12
January 15, 2009, 05:45:29 PM
That's what I was thinking. LOL

MelodyB

#13
January 15, 2009, 06:53:28 PM
I want one.
Have you slapped that one dude from Indiana with a pie in the face today?
 

Sis

#14
January 15, 2009, 09:56:32 PM
A Jetson's cartoon?   :hypocrite:

Brother Dad

#15
January 15, 2009, 10:00:50 PM
I don't like heights.

almondjoy

#16
January 15, 2009, 10:54:05 PM
Me either. 

CDAGeek

#17
January 16, 2009, 12:05:34 AM
Quote from: MelodyB on January 15, 2009, 06:53:28 PM
I want one.

The moment I  started mentioned the article to my mom, her exact response was "No."

...I wonder if you'll need a pilots license to legally fly one?

Sis

#18
January 16, 2009, 02:29:37 AM
Yo momma knows you pretty well, huh?

CDAGeek

#19
January 16, 2009, 06:46:40 PM
Anything cool or interesting is something I generally want to get my hands on. The more it does, and the less practical it is, the more I want it. This is why I have a binary watch.

Melody

#20
January 16, 2009, 06:51:42 PM
that is cool.  I would so drive/fly that.... but not for testing...lol 

the real question is: 

Would it fit my 6'8" (250lb.. don't tell him I shared that) husband?

mini

#21
January 16, 2009, 07:12:23 PM
If its anything like most planes...no!  LOL
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mini

#22
March 18, 2009, 01:22:56 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHXnLCIgNug

GREAT SNARGLEHOOZIES!  IT FLEW!  *faints*
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The Purple Fuzzy

#23
March 18, 2009, 01:39:30 PM
You doubted? :lol:

mini

#24
March 18, 2009, 01:41:48 PM
Very much so.  Its been tried so many times...I didnt think it would ever fly.  But for 194G, you can have one too!
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