Will we ever have flying cars?

Question

remember when you were a little kid and you thought the future was going to be flying cars and weird clothing.... will it ever happen??? LOL =) its a different question but fun to think about!!!! Thanks!

Answer 1

Actially...We Allready Do...But Not Legal For Use By The General Public...Alot Of Reading Here...Just Click The Links I provided You...

An aircraft that can replace the automobile is still an object of fantasy and speculation. Such a flying car would have to be very easy to fly safely and be able to operate from driveways and parking lots with little or no special preparation...
Today, there is an active movement in the search for a practical flying car. Several conventions are held yearly to discuss and review current flying car projects. Two notable events are the Flying Car forum held at the world famous EAA Airventure at Oshkosh, WI and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) held at various cities.

Current development examples...
The LaBiche Aerospace FSC-1 is a developmental prototype Flying Car and is an example of a practical flying car capable of utilizing today's automotive and aviation infrastructure to provide true "door-to-door" travel. The vehicle can be parked in any garage or parking space available for cars. The FSC-1 is the first known vehicle capable of automatic conversion from aircraft to car at the touch of a button. LaBiche has flown a 1/10th scale model, tested a ¼-scale model and is currently finishing the FSC-1 prototype for road and air testing, as of 2006. Currently, the FSC-1 requires a pilot and driver's license to operate. However, upon approval from the FAA, development is underway for utilizing a new satellite-navigation "hands free" flight system to travel from airport to airport that will eliminate the need for a pilot's license. Numerous safety systems and fail safes are also employed on the FSC-1, such as a recovery parachute.

The Moller Skycar is a prototype personal VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft that some call a flying car. However, the Skycar is a good demonstration of the technological barriers to developing the VTOL flying car. Moller International continues to develop the Skycar M400, which is powered by four pairs of in-tandem wankel-rotary engines, and is approaching the problems of satellite-navigation, incorporated in the proposed Small Aircraft Transportation System. Moller also advises that, currently, the Skycar would only be allowed to fly from airports & heliports. Possible future ' vertiports ' might include FAA-specified fields, parking lot areas & private properties, depending on space & noise parameters. However, the FAA has already stated that they do not have, nor do they intend to fund any vertiports in the future. To date, the single-person M200 model has flown freely, and the passenger M400 has flown on a tether. In 2006, additional fluid-dynamics testing was underway for the M400. On February 12, 2003, Molller was fined $50,000 by the SEC for a fraudulent unregistered stock offering.

Answer 2

Planes, jets, Helicopters and anything that flies is proof. The day we mastered flight travel was the day anything travel wise could technically fly. Cars, buses etc. But the preblem is the way the worlds designed and the dandgers without being able to have auto pilot for them all and the cost would be horrific plus we'd all need pilot licences unless they flew them selves and you never went in to manual. I'm pretty much 100% certain even before the 70s is would potentially be possible but just not legal due to out cities structures. Doesn't mean it isn't possible. Teleportation devices and lightspeed flight now thats a not any time soon question but anythings possible anytime. technology moves as fast as the inventor one day some will wake up and go i've got it light speed goes something like this. or one day scientist by pure fluke will make a great finding. Take Holograms for example they predicted 2022 but they're technically already possible to some degree. :-)

Answer 3

"Where are my flying cars? I want my flying cars." As said by Avery Brooks in that old commercial.

Something as fanciful as flying cars haveno rules by which to apply to the machinery. Even if such things existed in mass quantities, can you imagine what it would be like to add a third realm of travel to the already existing forward and backward ideas? It would be mass chaos.

The FAA for flying machinery would have to rewrite the whole book on areospace travel and each person would have to subscribe to new tests an laws regarding the piloting of their vehicle. Not to mention the level of psi the personal craft would have to undergo if someone got a great idea to fly beyond the realm of trafficed lanes in the sky. What if they decided to fly beyond the atmosphere on a "joyride". There would be a multitude of flying tow trucks right at the blue vs. black line making their money on young 16 year olds who just wanted to see the stars.

Mass nightmare. It'll never happen in our lifetime.

Answer 4

Hard to say. Back in the 50s, some people had their own ideas about what the year 2000 would be like. They envisioned flying cars and cities in the clouds, and things like that. Well, none of these things are here yet. However, that doesn't mean that those things won't exist in the future. So my answer is: maybe, maybe not.

Answer 5

No. Think of all the unskilled labor that would be disposed of. All the maintence and building of said cars would require advanced degrees, not high school drop out. There would be no maintence or building of roads anymore, that gets rid of the illigale immigrants. The government would never allow it. Not to mention that they could never *require* that people buy a flying car, and therefore, the roads would be dangerous during that transition time with both flying and driving cars on the roads. And would drivers have to have pilot's liscenses'?

Answer 6

Probably not, unless they r completely controlled by computers. Flying requires a lot of attention and consent ration. Most people are not willing to offer so much commitment to a task. And so many people are down right stupid and or have a serious lack of comman sense.
We also thought that we would work less hours per wk.. We should have gone to 32 work wks. But corporations took control of our government, sending jobs over seas and the Mexican invasion. Wages have been cut in half now we have to work more.

Answer 7

Labiche Fsc-1

Answer 8

Someday, they'll need flying cars.

Why?

Because the streets will be too packed with people; either we'll turn out like Japan and start walking in droves of thousands, or we'll litter the skies with cars.

Most likely, litter the skies with cars and completely obliterate the ozone layer.

GOD BLESS AMERICA, YO.

Answer 9

i think that flying cars are a very fun and whimsical idea, but it would be a very costly interface to create to enable everyone to operate safely. our current flight control and security system is already extremeley overwhelmed. between possible terrorist acts and the current rate of deadly driving accidents, a flying car would require some sort of pre-programmed navigation system, as opposed to the fantasy of flying into the sky for a random drive. i think that track cars like those seen in "the minority report" are more likely to be seen in our childrens' lifetimes.

Answer 10

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Will we ever have flying cars?
remember when you were a little kid and you thought the future was going to be flying cars and weird clothing.... will it ever happen??? LOL =) its a different question but fun to think about!!!! Thanks!