A Plane in Every Garage- The Long and Twisted Road to Flying Cars

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I don't want flying cars to exist. I don't need another thing to keep me awake at night, such as thoughts of drunk drivers crashing into my 2nd floor bedroom while I am sleeping.

[melangellatc]

As a retired (28 years) air traffic controller… I am SO glad we never had flying cars! “Real” pilots were scary enough often times!

[SAString]

It cracks me up that not one of these inventors ever thought that the "flying car" would result in flaming small aircraft falling out of the sky over cities and roads daily after the inevitable collisions between pilots who felt that they own the entire sky. It's bad enough down here on the roads, with so many drivers utterly unconcerned about anyone around them in the adamant belief that the whole road is theirs and theirs alone.

[martineldritch]

Teen drivers, inebriated drivers, elderly drivers, drivers with bad medication reactions; all bad enough on 2 dimensional surfaces, imagine all that in 3 dimensions ?

[rainbowtheythemshe]

I'm not even allowed to drive a moped 😂 you don't want me flying anything heavier than a broom 🧙‍♀️

[Richard_Turner]

James may nailed it.. if your car can fly you will just fly everywhere not wait until the road is blocked 😂

[SvenDansk]

If you don't think we have flying cars, you haven't seen Brandon Semenuk in a rally race.

[ThatBoomerDude]

Back in 1964 when I was 8 years old my (aeronautical engineer) dad explained to me *why I would never have a flying car:* Even though flying cars had already existed for nearly 20 years by then. Everything that makes a GOOD CAR (suspension, strong (heavy) body, transmission, etc.) makes a really BAD AIRPLANE and everything that makes a GOOD AIRPLANE (wings, etc.) makes a really BAD CAR. *He's still right.*

Note: The spate of electric "drone" style "flying cars" is no exception to what he said. They are impractical, expensive, not really "cars" at all, and batteries can only keep them aloft for a few minutes.

[miseajeux]

some people can't be trusted with a normal car, let alone a flying car.

[matthewlong]

Before even watching the video: As a former Doordasher, I can attest to the fact that a disturbingly large portion of the population can't handle driving in two dimensions safely, let alone three. Furthermore, even the best drivers would probably lose heart at the idea of merging vertically. There is also the problem of blind spots, which would take up most of your necessary field of view.

[ventonthorn]

If your car's engine conks out you pull off the road and call AAA or a tow truck. If your flying car's engine conks out... uh, well...

[thepax]

Knowing how people drive on the roads, I'd very worried how the avarage person "fly's" 😅

[drgunnwilliams]

Not all flying Pintos recorded over the years, had wings!😂😅

[Alejandra-cvrj]

I dont want to imagine the maintenance bill for a flying car just look up how expensive it is to maintain helicopters.

[samuelmeasa]

I'm rather happy we don't have flying cars. The number of people who had issues keeping their eyes on the road and off their phones.

[AnotherPointOfView]

Doesn't matter how clever the automation gets with a flying car, the weather is going to be the killer.
Bad weather (or even clear air turbulence) gives you a random variable for which normal pilots do their best to mitigate by avoidance altogether.
Also, automation like this would require redundancy in every critical component, which increases cost.
I have personally developed software for dual-redundant control systems, and it adds far more complexity than you might imagine.

I personally dont think this concept will ever become mainstream for cost, practical and safety reasons.

[rayceeya]

Flivver has a short "I" sound and Pitcairn has a long "A". Simon's pronunciation is driving me crazy today.

[carylgibbs]

I very clearly remember my kindergarten teacher (age 5) reading us a story and showing us pictures of the flying cars we would have any day now. That would have been 1972. I think about this often.

[davidmtwigg]

And you thought problems with road rage were bad? Imagine air rage. 😳

[dennistate]

Tim Wilson: "where the f is my jet pack?!" Should be soundtrack for episode.❤