2006-08-16 07:34:56 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
Honestly, I don't think so.
Let me clarify. The closest technology we have right now is magnetic travel. A few high-speed trains are in use in Europe/Asia that use polar magnetic forces to move... but as far as "flying cars" go ... there's nothing that I know of that is 1. stable enough to operate easily and 2. cheap enough for the average person to have.
Flying cars may be created sometime in the next 50 years, but I seriously doubt that any of us will own one. They'll be far too expensive.
Think about it... we're still running cars with single-combustion engines. Though they've advanced over time... we've had the same type of travel for close to 100 years! I don't see any further advances coming anytime soon.
2006-08-16 07:39:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let us pray that we don't.
Think about all the idiots out there driving now that almost hit you and the ones that do. They can't handle driving in 2 dimensions, how are they going to handle 3 dimensional driving?
Then what happens when you have a wreck between 500 feet and 5,000 feet off the ground. Airbags will be of no use.
Can you see grandma? She can barely see over the dash of her regular car, and now she's driving a flying car. No Thanks.
If you want to fly, get a pilot license and a Cessna. :-)
2006-08-16 08:18:38 · answer #2 · answered by my_alias_id 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually at the Henry Ford musum in detroit michigan there is a car plane so I would say that that is a car that can fly it was built in the 70's they were not manufactured due to rising costs of production.
2006-08-16 11:28:45 · answer #3 · answered by kibbi21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought we would have had flying cars by now. When I used to watch "The Jetsons" the year 2000 seemed so far away that I was sure that was what life was going to be like. Bummer!
Another thing I want is transporters like in Star Trek.
2006-08-16 07:40:36 · answer #4 · answered by EPnTX 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They already exist. I read in popular mechanics about a 3 passenger car that hovers like a helicopter and can take off vertically and reaches speeds of 500 MPH. It has 3 on board computers that control its flight. It gets 15 MPG and has a range of 300 miles. It can be parked in your garage and costs a 1/4 mil.
2006-08-16 07:43:58 · answer #5 · answered by Cal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and NO. it has been done and it can only get better however within the next 100 hundred years it unlikly it will replace the current auto as a mass transport soulition
2006-08-16 07:40:18 · answer #6 · answered by X2 epsilon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a good posabilaty we will but not trying to be mean i don't think we will be seeing flying car's any time soon
2006-08-16 07:41:41 · answer #7 · answered by Wings 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in our lifetimes. We don't have the infrastructure to have those safely (imagine a tipsy driver crashing through someone's roof).
2006-08-16 07:48:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know about you but i seen a car fly off a ditch and into another car it was really cool looked like fun
2006-08-16 07:38:58 · answer #9 · answered by self0dest0 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
These have been the subject of magazine covers for over 50 years. It won't happen.
2006-08-16 07:46:34 · answer #10 · answered by Dan K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋