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re: Elon Musk is About to Unveil a Flying Car
Posted on 10/16/26 at 2:57 am to northshorebamaman
Posted on 10/16/26 at 2:57 am to northshorebamaman
The first iteration of most things are an ocean away from their “best” version, and the creators are likely very aware of that notion.
Posted on 10/16/26 at 4:52 am to northshorebamaman
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value of an emerging technology
Would be a lot cooler if it prevented women lacking spatial synapses from rimming the curb....
He said rimming
Posted on 10/16/26 at 4:59 am to BoarEd
Who gives a shite about flying, a production car that does 0-60 under 1 second 
Posted on 10/16/26 at 5:54 am to BoarEd
I'm a simple kind of man.
Give me a stoked FI Chevy 350, Muncie rock crusher 4-speed, 12 bolt, AM radio and a heater. I'll stay amused.
Give me a stoked FI Chevy 350, Muncie rock crusher 4-speed, 12 bolt, AM radio and a heater. I'll stay amused.
This post was edited on 10/16/26 at 5:56 am
Posted on 10/16/26 at 6:13 am to BoarEd
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Right. Saying that the thrusters point up, not down, was him saying that it would never leave the ground
I never said anything about "leaving the ground". Why continue to lie?
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The fact that the thrusters provide acceleration both horizontally and vertically through the air is actual flight. It might only be a short flight, but it is flight.
So NBA players can fly?
Posted on 10/16/26 at 6:14 am to Undertow
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I only gave an accurate descriptor.
This
quote:
you people will never give him any credit
Was anything but accurate
I like Elon
Posted on 10/16/26 at 6:17 am to SlowFlowPro
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I will bet a large amount of money the car doesn't fly.
You are just a sad sack mother fricker. Why do you think everybody wants to hear you whine about everything?
Posted on 10/16/26 at 6:19 am to SlowFlowPro
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So NBA players can fly?
I guess law school doesn't require physics?
This may or may not translate to something practical, but to say it's just kinetic energy demonstrates a basic misunderstanding of what's happening.
Posted on 10/16/26 at 6:20 am to northshorebamaman
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And sure, there's a massive dose of marketing involved. It's Elon Musk, after all. I just don't think something has to be commercially viable to be an interesting or potentially useful engineering achievement.
It's very interesting tech
That's why lying about what is actually did isn't necessary (not saying you are I'm bringing the whole "flying" conversation full circle)
Posted on 10/16/26 at 6:42 am to SlowFlowPro
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What I am curious is how much battery is left after that 0-60 thrust start.
I don’t think that will be a huge factor if you just use it once or twice. That takes a lot of power, but it’s so short-lived that the total energy use probably isn’t dramatic. I’d guess that the battery percentage drop will be on the order of 5% of the fully charged battery, but the driver won’t notice that, because it will happen gradually as the battery runs the compressor that charges the cylinders.
I just checked ChatGPT. It estimates 3% to 4.5% of the fully charged battery to jump once.
ETA: It’s even less for accelerating from 0-60.
This post was edited on 10/16/26 at 6:46 am
Posted on 10/16/26 at 6:57 am to Penrod
cant wait for the next starship jump into space.
might hop in the helicopter later to make the jump to Vegas.
might hop in the helicopter later to make the jump to Vegas.
This post was edited on 10/16/26 at 7:02 am
Posted on 10/16/26 at 7:23 am to BoarEd
One of the most practical features is the fan pulling the car to the ground for stabilizing high speed turns. Really interesting.
Posted on 10/16/26 at 7:57 am to BoarEd
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He just unveiled a car that can fly over accidents on the road.
He did not
Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:00 am to BoarEd
with air traffic controllers being so busy with air traffic now, i wonder how difficult it would be to control all the flying cars in the future.
Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:11 am to SlowFlowPro
Hey Slo? Jordan flew. Proof me wrong.
Slo, that means show me proof.
I watched people fly off of mountain tops. Under their own power and the wind.
There were visions of rockets that could land themselves. You saw it.
The future is here. Embrace it.
Slo, that means show me proof.
I watched people fly off of mountain tops. Under their own power and the wind.
There were visions of rockets that could land themselves. You saw it.
The future is here. Embrace it.
Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:13 am to themunch
Show me why you downvoted truth.
Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:13 am to TerryDawg03
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One of the most practical features is the fan pulling the car to the ground for stabilizing high speed turns. Really interesting.
That's not unprecedented tech. The Tesla Roadster isn't even the first car to drive upside down. But, yes, that is one of the most practical features, primarily for race cars.
This post was edited on 10/16/26 at 8:15 am
Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:22 am to BugAC
Bug, maybe we should start a bingo card for whenever SFP shows up in a thread...
"BuT i'M ON thE RiGhT"
"I'm SMArtEr ThaN yOu"
"i wiN" (Or, as I like to say: the pigeon that plays chess)
He redefines terms
Won't admit at any point he may have been mistaken
Claims some type of superiority to others
Claims knowledge of dozens (!) of technical subjects
Feel free to add more! SFP Bingo is fun for family & friends!
"BuT i'M ON thE RiGhT"
"I'm SMArtEr ThaN yOu"
"i wiN" (Or, as I like to say: the pigeon that plays chess)
He redefines terms
Won't admit at any point he may have been mistaken
Claims some type of superiority to others
Claims knowledge of dozens (!) of technical subjects
Feel free to add more! SFP Bingo is fun for family & friends!
Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:24 am to Lsut81
the whole flying thing is a gimmick strictly for marketing and making the reveal go viral. obviously this feature will never be allowed in the real world or make it to mass production.
i do think it will be extremely fast though (and super expensive)
i do think it will be extremely fast though (and super expensive)
Posted on 10/16/26 at 8:25 am to SlowFlowPro
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So NBA players can fly?
Oh for crying out loud what the frick is wrong with you man
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