Comments on: Terrafugia flying car makes its first flight http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/ Resource for Car Reviews, News, Advice, Road Tests, Green Cars, Hybrids Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lazybones http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/#comment-123016 lazybones Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:19:59 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/?p=26221#comment-123016 "Not quite to Marty Mcflys standards, but well done anyway " Andrew you going to have to wait for Opel to release their flying car.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7f1feSjDks “Not quite to Marty Mcflys standards, but well done anyway ”

Andrew you going to have to wait for Opel to release their flying car….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7f1feSjDks

]]> By: lazybones http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/#comment-122970 lazybones Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:37:29 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/?p=26221#comment-122970 "This is one car that really doesnt need to be mande" I was thinking, what is the market for this flying car. Clearly not in the 4.0L/100Km category :) But this will appeal to those you want a cheap plane. I've done some flying and even a Cessna 172 (the other plane in the shot) is going to set you back $100-$200 ph to rent or a cool $300K to buy new. Then if you own one you go to pay parking fees etc! So imagine a plane small enough you can keep in your garage, you drive to the airfield, fly to the next airfield then drive again to your destination. This is not a day to day commute thing, is more a enjoyment of flying thing on the cheap. Assuming the list price is not more expensive than a Cessna in the first place. “This is one car that really doesnt need to be mande”

I was thinking, what is the market for this flying car. Clearly not in the 4.0L/100Km category :) But this will appeal to those you want a cheap plane. I’ve done some flying and even a Cessna 172 (the other plane in the shot) is going to set you back $100-$200 ph to rent or a cool $300K to buy new. Then if you own one you go to pay parking fees etc!

So imagine a plane small enough you can keep in your garage, you drive to the airfield, fly to the next airfield then drive again to your destination. This is not a day to day commute thing, is more a enjoyment of flying thing on the cheap. Assuming the list price is not more expensive than a Cessna in the first place.

]]> By: ghanarhea http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/#comment-122945 ghanarhea Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:50:07 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/?p=26221#comment-122945 Terra means earth. Terra means earth.

]]> By: Shak http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/#comment-122908 Shak Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:33:59 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/?p=26221#comment-122908 This is one car that really doesnt need to be mande but was anyway. This makes the X6 look relevant but anyway stupid american celebs will probably go straight for one. Oh and btw the jetsons have already preordered theirs. This is one car that really doesnt need to be mande but was anyway. This makes the X6 look relevant but anyway stupid american celebs will probably go straight for one. Oh and btw the jetsons have already preordered theirs.

]]> By: The Salesman- Goes one better http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/#comment-122867 The Salesman- Goes one better Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:50:39 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/?p=26221#comment-122867 All good and well but how do you go about parallel parking? I don’t think a car like this has any commercial value. Unless your last name is Jetson. All good and well but how do you go about parallel parking? I don’t think a car like this has any commercial value. Unless your last name is Jetson.

]]> By: Andrew M http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/#comment-122865 Andrew M Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:36:25 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/?p=26221#comment-122865 perhaps driving it by the clock tower with a lightning rod ought to give it a boost perhaps driving it by the clock tower with a lightning rod ought to give it a boost

]]> By: Andrew M http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/#comment-122864 Andrew M Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:35:33 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/?p=26221#comment-122864 Not quite to Marty Mcflys standards, but well done anyway Not quite to Marty Mcflys standards, but well done anyway

]]> By: lazybones http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/#comment-122857 lazybones Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:56:00 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/?p=26221#comment-122857 "Parachute comes as standard…. " Yikes...wouldn't fancy jumping from a rear prop aircraft. Not without an ejector seat or floor hatch!!! “Parachute comes as standard…. ”

Yikes…wouldn’t fancy jumping from a rear prop aircraft. Not without an ejector seat or floor hatch!!!

]]> By: lazybones http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/#comment-122852 lazybones Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:53:04 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/?p=26221#comment-122852 The bank robbers dream car :) The bank robbers dream car :)

]]> By: Jimbo http://www.caradvice.com.au/26221/terrafugia-flying-car-makes-its-first-flight/#comment-122784 Jimbo Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:49:45 +0000 http://www.caradvice.com.au/?p=26221#comment-122784 This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. How tempting will it be to just drop the wings on a straight stretch of road and rather than going all the way to the airport. This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen.

How tempting will it be to just drop the wings on a straight stretch of road and rather than going all the way to the airport.

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