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    Terrafugia flyinig car

    This should result in a couple of extra threads here over the next few years. http://www.physorg.com/news197094248.html

    A flying car requiring only a sport-plane pilot's license... And who investigates accidents? Was it an air crash or a road crash?
    Tags: flying car, terrafugia
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    Can a person go directly from flying to driving? Or is it necessary to find a landing strip off the highway and then drive to the highway from there?

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    • #3
      Flying accidents will be sturdied by the NTSB, highway acidents by the NHS, although the NTSB also investigates some significant road accidents.

      The makers say it's not a flying car, but a roadable airplane. Designed to be a good airplane and able to make the home-airport leg too. You will need at least a sport pilot licence to fly it, and a driving licence to drive it.

      Why wouldn't it be flown by sport pilots just like any other sport airplane, if it qualifies as such?

      Finally, it can legally take-off and land only at legal take-off and landing places (that is, airports).

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      • #4
        A sad excuse for a car combined with a crappy airplane for the price of a much faster Ferrari.

        Why?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Evan View Post
          A sad excuse for a car combined with a crappy airplane for the price of a much faster Ferrari.

          Why?
          I agree. Like a motorglider is neither a good airplane or glider. This will also be subject to road dings that could readily put it into no fly condition. Seems like a rich person's toy to me. Not very functional as a plane with little useful load and probably a very bad car as well. You could get a very nice true LSA for a lot less and keep your VW for driving to and from the airport.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Deadstick View Post
            I agree. Like a motorglider is neither a good airplane or glider. This will also be subject to road dings that could readily put it into no fly condition. Seems like a rich person's toy to me. Not very functional as a plane with little useful load and probably a very bad car as well. You could get a very nice true LSA for a lot less and keep your VW for driving to and from the airport.
            It is not supposed to be a good car, and I agree that it won't be as a good airplane as if it lacked the car function, but...

            - Who said that toys for the rich is not a good business?

            - Will your VW be waiting for you at Sweet Monkey River landing strip when you get there?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Gabriel View Post
              - Will your VW be waiting for you at Sweet Monkey River landing strip when you get there?
              No, but I doubt the folded wings and canard wing are going to do well driving the rutted roads over to Shady's house either.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by deadstick View Post
                no, but i doubt the folded wings and canard wing are going to do well driving the rutted roads over to shady's house either.
                Right

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