
Originally Posted by
ramblingboy42
I have some Popular Mechanics magazines dating back over 50yrs proposing flying cars.
It'll never happen.
Not exactly correct. The first flying car to actually be driveable and to actually fly dates to 1937. The most successful to date is the 1949 Taylor Aerocar. Up to about six examples were built, and at least one is still operational. There have been quite a few unsuccessful attempts from about 1910 to the present, with at least one killing the inventor.
The problem is not only that the demands made on the design by operation on the road and in the air are quite different, but that any successful vehicle has to meet the design and maintenance rules for both aircraft and car, and that the operator has to have both a car and pilot's licence. This not only makes the design task much more difficult, but makes the manufacture much more expensive that either type of vehicle.
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
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