That 5 seconds of "flying" you saw is about all it can do. A vehicle that size is burning through propellant very fast. Nobody is going to be air-commuting to work in one of these.
I don't understand this fixation with it not being a real stunt
Making a car do a flip is hardly the most difficult thing the spacex guys have ever done. Remember these are the guys who put the previous roadster in space with a rocket that landed itself in 3 parts, and they're now consistently catching the biggest and most powerful sex toy ever built out of the air using 3 gimballing thrusters and a big tower with 2 metal arms.
it's vaporware, it will never be on the roads or in the hands of consumers, and it's not a complete car, just a show car, but it makes no sense for them to not just do the stunt at full scale
Its like with space rockets. People dont seem to understand that like 80% of what they see in the videos is the fuselage to hold the fuel needed for liftoff.
And those are designed to break away when the fuel is spent. Where are you putting that infrastructure on a car?
You DO understand that what you were shown is not an actual, working, flying car, right? THe compressed air "thrusters" were very showy for cameras and eyes, but NOT capable of getting that amount of weight off the ground, let alone sustain it, and do any stunts? RIGHT?
Cars can't hold enough fuel for sustainable wingless flight. You are implicitly telling me you don't have much of an education. You shouldn't have dropped out of school.
Son, we have had light aircraft forever, and guys are out there making rideable drones. We are not getting generally available flight, period. We can’t trust motherfuckers to signal on lane changes, observe crossings, or drive sober. What makes you think they’re going to be allowed to be the Jetsons?
Not having to pay for roads would be rad, but imagine everyone and their mother flying around wherever they want with typical road lemming spatial awareness. Think of the worst drivers you’ve seen on the road, then imagine them zipping along over your home. God imagine being in a mid rise apartment and having to keep your eyes peeled for some dumbass on a cell phone barreling into your living room.
This is going to be autonomous, as I said. This will use planned routes with planned exits if you have trouble. It will not be a free for all, flying around willy nilly
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u/7evenate9ine 6h ago
That 5 seconds of "flying" you saw is about all it can do. A vehicle that size is burning through propellant very fast. Nobody is going to be air-commuting to work in one of these.