Museum of Useless Inventions

[u/Numerous_Position649]

[u/ShubaltzTV]

You're crazy to think this thing will "fly" longer than the 3 seconds if showed. This is just a wasted prototype that'll go nowhere

[u/monkakappa → u/ShubaltzTV]

God forbid someone push engineering and innovation

[u/Dinovius → u/monkakappa]

But they didn’t

Innovation- we’ve had cold thrusters for years.

Engineering - nothing here is new. This could have been done by anyone but most have said “no sorry I don’t do crack”

[u/monkakappa → u/Dinovius]

So why hasn’t anyone made a flying car then of everyone could for years?

[u/mhorbacz → u/monkakappa]

Because it's a stupid idea

[u/monkakappa → u/mhorbacz]

So was going to the moon, but that’s American exceptionalism, doing stupid things no one else can

[u/Dinovius → u/monkakappa]

No it wasn’t. Why are you gaslighting?

First, it was a race. Whose racing to be the first to make car go boing?

Secondly the moon has enabled tons of scientific research. Moon rocks and dust, experiments done on the moon and in zero gravity. So much that has helped humanity

Why are you shellacking Elon for this? You’re convincing yourself you’re not trying to convince us you know this. You’re just trying to reenforce your own personality here. You can be an adult and unbiased say two things

It was a cool as thing. So are monster trucks. Cool ass shit. I never said it wasn’t cool. It’s cool.

Would you drive a monster truck? Does a monster truck wow anyone on the highway? Are they considered peak engineering?

No.

Come on chief.

[u/DomeSlave → u/monkakappa]

One of the first flying cars (1947):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_Model_118

One of the later flying cars:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL-V_Liberty

There have been a quite a few more:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_car

Guess what: they don't sell because they're stupid ideas

[u/Dinovius → u/monkakappa]

Because it’s not a fucking flying car lol

And to answer you , they have.

Lunar landers. SpaceX thrusters

That’s like asking me “why hasn’t anyone put a fishing pole on an iPhone?

Because what the fuck is the point ? FSD has killed a few people im sure the thrusters flipping a car over totally won’t hurt anyone lol

[u/Spirited-Lifeguard55 → u/monkakappa]

car is too heavy, even worse with electric car battery packs - known to be the heaviest thing compared to conventional cars.
For a single human, it already exists and works.

https://giphy.com/gifs/q01igVw9qN8B072nXa