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Asked by kiraacarr98 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 16 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by gooner1802.
Question: why is there no such thing as a floating car?!?!
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Sean Murphy answered on 16 Mar 2012:
You don’t have one because it’s very hard to build something that fits the bill — fast, safe, affordable. “Safe” is probably the hardest. Look how many people cant drive a car in 2 dimensions! I have a friend that builds quadrotor helicopters (it has 4 large fans on each corner). This is probably the closest we will get to flying cars in the near future.
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Lena Ciric answered on 16 Mar 2012:
We have some in London – the London Duck. It’s a tourist car/boat. I think I’ve seen some in Liverpool, too. Have a look at the link: http://www.londonducktours.co.uk/
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lopchap commented on :
I think they mean floating as in water.-just saying.
ogoldfinch09 commented on :
Looking at how air affects the steering and maneuverability of vehicles such as hovercraft, floating cars would be horrendously dangerous. The only reason I can think for making one is so that it can drive above other cars effectively making new lanes so that traffic moves faster. Unfortunately the science community does not consider this project worthy of the resources it would take to build a single floating car let alone on for everyone. It should be noted that flying over roads would require very different engineering than an airplane and helicopter blades would certainly not be welcome in an urban environment.
superpiman commented on :
they have already created cars that fly, but they are too noisy, polluting, expensive and dangerous to be sold(“how loud can you burp” by the science museum). Also, it’s hard to paint road lines in the sky!