This 'Flying Car' Test Flight Went Badly Wrong, And Fast
Flying cars: we know they’re pretty much pie in the sky (pun totally intended). National security depends partly on people not being able to load small vehicles with explosives and fly them into crowded areas or into buildings. It’s just a bad idea, full stop.
That isn’t stopping people trying. Even so, when it goes as badly as this, the arguments against the concept just keep stacking up. This ‘Light Sport NI43RS Skyrunner’ was being tested by a husband and wife team when it failed to gain enough altitude to clear a building right ahead of the launch site and smashed into it – hard.
It’s not clear whether it was pilot error or a mechanical fault that caused the nasty-looking impact. Thankfully both the passengers survived, but judging by the damage to the $139,000-plus buggy, they’re damned lucky. We wish them a speedy recovery.
Other flying car projects we’ve seen have included the PAL-V Liberty, Toyota’s odd super-drone and these flying nightmares.
Source: Reddit
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Oh wow.
No comment.
You commented so there is.
U liar!
Because cars aren’t ment to fly
Pls use the Grand Tour bit where Walter Rohrl makes a statement on that
Pigs can’t fly either but hey, it’s 2018, physics don’t matter anymore!
Well I’d dare to hope a flying car is very much supposed to fly
My first question os why did they aim for a populated /infrastructral area in the first place. Seems like a lot of stupid is at work here
Let’s just keep cars on the ground.
They know that there are planes and helicopters to fly? Cars are meant to stay on the ground
That was not a smashing success they hoped it would be.
I wish them a speedy recovery though.
Where are you so i can punt you
What was the point of that, just keep the car on the ground. I’m probably the only one who should have the high ground tbh
Hello there…
“I believe I can fly!”
At least they tried 😛
cars can never fly because car’s designs have major downforce aero which makes it stick to the ground. and yet if it fly we would have to redefine it as a drone or mini plane…
Sorry, already been done.