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Could the Flying Car become more of a reality?

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Suddenly car trouble means falling to your death...

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You know, I used to think there was no way I'd see flying cars in my life time, but with the drone technology I've seen coming out with their self flying, navigation and landing, I can see flying cars being a thing.

I don't see them coming out for a couple decades but I can imagine seeing a few flying cars in the sky before I go.

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Nah, if it consumes power just to stay airborne it isn't really a great option for anyone. The reason jumbojets are economical is because they carry a lot of people and fly at high altitude where there's very little drag. This does none of those things. Also, imaging how the landscape would sound if every 'car' was held aloft by 16 propellers.

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I find it unlikely that the girl I had in biology long ago who thought those 'little circles in front of your eyes' were atoms (like actually seeing an atom, not that floaters are made up of atoms) would be capable of flying her own car. The thought of her driving one is scary enough.

 

Unless they are controlled by computers, there is no way the general populous will be capable of flying a vehicle; flying is a completely different beast from driving. Unless you were going at high speeds, a crash in a modern car is likely to only end in a banged up vehicle and minor injuries. A crash in a flying vehicle is probably death and and severe-to-total-destruction of the vehicle.

 

I feel like flying cars, if they become a thing, will be like ultra-lights. Not many people will use them and it will be more of a hobby thing than actually practical.

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I doubt so for a general traffic situation much until room temperature superconductivity is accomplished and leveraged. 

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Flying Lawnmower @OP

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Put the blades on the bottom and I see a revolution in the lawn mower industry.

 

EDIT: And here I thought I was being uniquely clever...

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