If you have taken physics or you are science-oriented, you'll realize that this is very likely a sham. I'm not 100% certain, but if you think about the physics, what is being suggested is impossible.
Think about the enormous amount of energy required to keep this car afloat if it's based on propellant. Consider how Harrier Jump jets spend so much fuel to do something similar for a few seconds.
The only way to accomplish this practically would be to rely on a technology that counteracts gravitational forces without expending energy. The aliens that have been spotted sporadically likely use such a technology. But we are nowhere near that level of technology yet. [Edit - deleted: Our scientists still don't know where gravity comes from.]
Zoom in on the bottom of the car, its obvious its fake, its a rig that probably weighs a few hundred pounds, not thousands. Also if you consider the speed it goes up the half pipe, its obviously being assisted by vacuum or magnets.
This is everything that musk is, a phony thats just convincing enough for the average person that doesnt know better. He's the personification of smoke and mirrors.
It is a vacuum assist. Musk says there will be 3 versions of this roadster, one with the vacuum downforce assist, the second will have the launch assist thruster, and the last will be the full one that won't be street legal that can do the jumps and flips and such and will be sold as invite only. I don't really think any of them are realistically going to come to the market, even the vacuum assist portion will drastically increase the energy expenditure of the vehicle severely limiting mileage. The vacuum downforce assist alone is unrealistic to be used on any normal road and would be restricted to track use only, think of all the road debris it would be sucking up and any bumps in the road would cause damage.
Further, for the vacuum assist to work, it requires side curtains to drop down and scrape along the ground. So yeah, definitely specialty use only if ever at all.
This is everything that musk is, a phony thats just convincing enough for the average person that doesnt know better. He's the personification of smoke and mirrors.
He's pretty good at it though. Sadly, that's what it takes to make it in business.
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u/WritersChopBlock 4h ago edited 3h ago
CONSIDER THE SCIENCE BEHIND THIS.
If you have taken physics or you are science-oriented, you'll realize that this is very likely a sham. I'm not 100% certain, but if you think about the physics, what is being suggested is impossible.
Think about the enormous amount of energy required to keep this car afloat if it's based on propellant. Consider how Harrier Jump jets spend so much fuel to do something similar for a few seconds.
The only way to accomplish this practically would be to rely on a technology that counteracts gravitational forces without expending energy. The aliens that have been spotted sporadically likely use such a technology. But we are nowhere near that level of technology yet. [Edit - deleted: Our scientists still don't know where gravity comes from.]