Re: [Vo]:Kamen's New Segue

2017-04-20 Thread Brian Ahern
I agree that a flying car is the worst of both worlds. A bad car and a bad plane. Still, I would like one. From: Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 9:57 AM To: Vortex Subject: Re: [Vo]:Kamen's New Segue Another flyi

Re: [Vo]:Kamen's New Segue

2017-04-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Another flying car! Not going to happen. Economically, it makes no sense. It is cheaper by far to buy (or rent) an ordinary car, drive to the airport, and fly an ordinary airplane. A machine that does both will do neither well. With self-driving taxis, it will be even less of a problem getting to

Re: [Vo]:Kamen's New Segue

2017-04-19 Thread MJ
http://newatlas.com/urban-aeronautics-cityhawk-flying-car/49025/ On 19-Apr-17 14:45, Jones Beene wrote: Wow and whoa. Notice about 1:47 in the vid there could be some lose ends, so to speak ... https://youtu.be/kzYb68qXpD0 ...have they rigged up some rope to keep the wings stabilized?

Re: [Vo]:Kamen's New Segue

2017-04-19 Thread Jones Beene
Wow and whoa. Notice about 1:47 in the vid there could be some lose ends, so to speak ... https://youtu.be/kzYb68qXpD0 ...have they rigged up some rope to keep the wings stabilized? Well that is a possible explanation. :-) This concept, no matter how beautiful and intriguing -- will never