Why isn't a flying car invented yet?

Question

When can we fly a car?

Answer 1

Many reasons. First, flying is extremely difficult (think--you now have to pay attention in 3 directions, not 2), and the average person couldn't do it. So, it would have to be completely computer controlled (this would further be necessary because flightspace must be monitored--can't have civilians mistakenly flying onto military bases, for example). Second, flying, for short distances, is extremely expensive in terms of fuel--it simply would be disgustingly wasteful to fly one person to and from work. Third, flying takes a lot of power, which is necessarily noisy. Most of us don't want our next door neighbor to power up a jet engine at 6:00 in the morning while we're trying to sleep.

Besides, what benefit would a flying car even have? You would have to create the equivalent of "roads" in the air (you couldn't allow open flying as this would be too dangerous, noisy, etc.), so eventually it would suffer from the same type of gridlock as we have currently. And if you're going to run everything by centralized computer control, you might as well just do the same thing for cars.

Answer 2

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, Wisconsin, and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) conventions held at various cities. A number of companies are actively building these vehicles.

Answer 3

There's been several over the years,actually.

Here's latest one,,,
www.moller.com

here's 1st one.. note the date,,,1934
http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/aircraft/waterman.htm

A fellow named Glenn Curtiss was associated with that,,
Actually Curtiss is considered to be the original inventor of "flying cars",,at least on paper.
Curtiss is a "Famous Name" to folks into Flying/Aircraft,Motorcycles,engines,etc.

Here's one of earliest "successful" ones,,,and probly most well known.
There's still some flying around
http://www.aerocar.com/


Henry Ford was one of earliest "beleivers"

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviationspace/8ca6d4d03cb84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html


They actually been around a while...
I think it's easy to imagine why they aren't common---The GROUND would be littered with them in smoking,crumpled heaps.

Answer 4

Because of the cost. The average consumer wouldn't be able to pay for the fuel let alone the vehicle itself and imagine the insurance bill.

Answer 5

we already have flying cars. There called planes.

Answer 6

ummm because people can't drive a car with out being freaking killed what do you think would happen if we could fly them?

Answer 7

some people can barely drive,would you like them flying into each other then falling on everyone below.once that little problem is solved then maybe we will see something like that

Answer 8

No one knows but flying cars arnt safe yet and we dont even know what willl happen when they are safe. If they just realse It people. Would crash everywhere.

Answer 9

when u go get off of the computer and get a f***in life.....haha, jk, idk, I know that we have cars that can drive into the water and then be like a boat, but idk about fllying..........i bet if you had as much money as like bill gates u could fund a special project with aston martin and mix one of their sports cars with the landing and flying technology of a harrier jet.....but u need a lot of money

Answer 10

WHAT? You mean cars CAN'T fly?????? MY car flies!!