Watch: A real-life flying car takes to the skies
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I always find it amusing when sci Fi games with flying cars have them still driving in imaginary floating highways, it's like they know they would regulate it into 2D autopilot sly roads somehow
We've basically done that with flight patterns for aircraft in busy areas right now, so it makes sense.
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Airbags are not forbidden in aircraft. They just haven't been considered to offer enough safety benfit for their weight and cost in most cases. That is starting to change though, and airbags integrated into aircraft seatbelts are becoming more common. They can be found in first class in a number of commercial aircraft, and are sold to be retrofitted into private planes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane_airbags
https://www.amsafe.com/product/airbag-restraint-systems/
There are many reasons I doubt this car will make it into commercial production, but the airbags will be OK.
TIL. I was regurgitating what I saw in a video a while back about the Switchblade, which was supposedly 3 wheeled because of the airbag thing.
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When will news media stop falling for this shit?
Oh, yes, when it stops generating clicks. I am part of the problem.
I've seen kites that looked more convincing. There are now some real, functional flying cars, although they are still far too expensive to be practical. This is not one of them.
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