"You know how our electric cars have giant batteries that sometimes burst into an unquenchable fireball that burns hot enough to melt metal? What if we add a bunch of highly compressed gas in cannisters around the frame!"
Also, can 1-3 seconds in the air even be considered as "Flying" vs other machines?
For example:
The Kiity Hawk vs Tesla Roadster, what flyes more?
Kitty Hawk wins by a wide margin in actual sustained atmospheric flight—whether comparing the 1903 Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk or the modern Kitty Hawk eVTOL aircraft against the newly demonstrated Tesla Roadster.
The only scenario where a Tesla Roadster "flies" farther is if you count Starman’s 2008 Roadster launched atop a Falcon Heavy in 2018, which is in a ballistic heliocentric orbit rather than achieving self-powered aerodynamic flight...so not exactly flying, more like falling forever.
Carbon fiber canisters. Like the submarine that imploded on itself. We car guys figured that out way back in the early 2000's. Carbon fiber intercooler pipes look cool until you hit boost.
114
u/beardeddragon0113 7h ago
"You know how our electric cars have giant batteries that sometimes burst into an unquenchable fireball that burns hot enough to melt metal? What if we add a bunch of highly compressed gas in cannisters around the frame!"