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    DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
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    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    And the Pal-V, still not in the air.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    Most people are utterly unable to navigate in two dimensions. The hypothetical third dimension is asking for trouble.
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    Image of Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness
    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    As much trouble that most of the proletariat have with 2 dimensions, you wanna give them a 3rd dimension to navigate??!!???
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    11/13/08

    @Vintage Racer is out taking pictures: @Paul Y. can't think of a better, shorter handle: Once again gentlemen, you have crystallized my thoughts perfectly.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    posted a million times before, but I can't help it to post it again...

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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    Actually I believe one Caractacus Potts already owns the patent.


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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    Surely Al Gore can handle this. He already took care of one major invention for DARPA. But his anti-global-warming stance might be at odds with the carbon footprint of this vehicle.
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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    I'll pass. I know I'll probably be the last old grouch on the block who never joined the flying car revolution, continuing to drive my vintage terrestrial car on increasingly dilapidated roads, grumbling obscenities under my breath at the young kids with their modded Mitsubishi Airclipes passing me overhead.


    I just don't feel like getting a pilot's license and extra insurance, risk of death, etc. Flying cars are a great idea on the surface, and probably have valuable applications in the military/intelligence arena, but when you start fleshing out the details for private transportation, it's just a mess.

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    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    I think that personal flying cars would be a huge boon to society. That way when some rich jerk totals his flying Lambo because he thinks that AWD and dynamic traction control will let him do an Immelmann turn in 15mph gusts, his next ride will be in a black chromed Mercedes hearse.
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    11/13/08

    @WillysWonka:


    I think that would be a Split-S you're talking about; he shouldn't have any problems with an Immelmann.

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    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    I just witnessed a 47-point turn parallel park. Flying cars are no.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/13/08

    @boosted-lego-wagon: "witnessed" or "performed"? 'Fess up!
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars


    They might have to tinker with the whole vertical take off, flight time thing, and a few other fussy points, but a Charger makes for a pretty wicked looking aircraft!

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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    I've got everything sorted except for the VTOL aspect.


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    Image of wookie1901 wookie1901
    11/13/08

    In reply to DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars
    Do they have to work?
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    11/13/08

    @wookie1901: I guess more specifically what I mean is: Do they need to be landing cars?
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    Image of Franzouse Franzouse
    11/13/08

    @wookie1901: I like the way you think!
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