Re: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon
Uber is more than fly-curious about taking ridesharing to the air. The company announced Tuesday that it plans to roll out a network of flying cars in Dallas-Fort Worth and, of course, Dubai by 2020. Wired.
Re: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon
For sure it will require some good regulations that would, but won't. be better made by engineers. Imagine your typical Philly car driver in the air! The other problem is noise. AA -Original Message- From: David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 11:34 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon I would love to have a flying car, especially when within the DC area. My major concern is that we have far too many lawyers ready to sue any new technology offering. Don't you think that some form of immunity to unreasonable lawsuits might be required for any small to mid sized companies that hope to enter the field? Otherwise they will go the way of diving boards. Dave -Original Message- From: Adrian Ashfield <a.ashfi...@verizon.net> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 11:12 am Subject: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon It seems that a flying car is getting close to being commercial. Companies trying to make one include:. Terrafugia Kitty Hawk Airbus Group Moller International Xplorair PAL-V Joby Aviation EHang Volocopter Uber Haynes Aero Samson Motorworks AeroMobil Parajet Lilium Inherently inefficient , I doubt they will be very practical without either an improvement in battery technology or a small LENR power source. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/technology/flying-car-technology.html AA
Re: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon
Dave, I too would love to have one but I,d hate to think of my neighbors in one! Ron On Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:33:34 -0400, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: > I would love to have a flying car, especially when within the DC area. My > major concern is that we have far too many lawyers ready to sue any new > technology offering. Don't you think that some form of immunity to > unreasonable lawsuits might be required for any small to mid sized > companies that hope to enter the field? Otherwise they will go the way of > diving boards. > > Dave > > -Original Message- > From: Adrian Ashfield > To: vortex-l > Sent: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 11:12 am > Subject: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon > > It seems that a flying car is getting close to being commercial. > Companies trying to make one include:. > Terrafugia > Kitty Hawk > Airbus Group > Moller International > Xplorair > PAL-V > Joby Aviation > EHang > Volocopter > Uber > Haynes Aero > Samson Motorworks > AeroMobil > Parajet > Lilium > > Inherently inefficient , I doubt they will be very practical without > either an improvement in battery technology or a small LENR power source. > https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/technology/flying-car-technology.html > [1] > > AA > > Links: > -- > [1] > https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/technology/flying-car-technology.html
Re: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon
I would love to have a flying car, especially when within the DC area. My major concern is that we have far too many lawyers ready to sue any new technology offering. Don't you think that some form of immunity to unreasonable lawsuits might be required for any small to mid sized companies that hope to enter the field? Otherwise they will go the way of diving boards. Dave -Original Message- From: Adrian Ashfield <a.ashfi...@verizon.net> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 11:12 am Subject: [Vo]:flying cars on the horizon It seems that a flying car is getting close to being commercial. Companies trying to make one include:. Terrafugia Kitty Hawk Airbus Group Moller International Xplorair PAL-V Joby Aviation EHang Volocopter Uber Haynes Aero Samson Motorworks AeroMobil Parajet Lilium Inherently inefficient , I doubt they will be very practical without either an improvement in battery technology or a small LENR power source. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/technology/flying-car-technology.html AA
[Vo]:flying cars on the horizon
It seems that a flying car is getting close to being commercial. Companies trying to make one include:. Terrafugia Kitty Hawk Airbus Group Moller International Xplorair PAL-V Joby Aviation EHang Volocopter Uber Haynes Aero Samson Motorworks AeroMobil Parajet Lilium Inherently inefficient , I doubt they will be very practical without either an improvement in battery technology or a small LENR power source. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/technology/flying-car-technology.html AA
