What’s another name for hell on wheels? For experienced pilots, it could be the new sport pilot flying the Terrafugia flying car. The flying car drives as a car with it’s wings folded up, and transitions into a light sport aircraft when traffic gets backed up. – Just kidding. The Terrafugia Transition seems like a very cool concept, but I’m wondering just how practical it is.
This flying car may have some uses, such as connecting people in far flung rural areas. I don’t see how it would be very practical in a very busy city without strict rules about take off and landings only being performed on actual airport runways.
Before you shell out the down payment of the $194,000 purchase price, you may want to consider this:
Most regular cars suffer significant wear and tear from being on regular roadways. Think potholes, pitted windshields, worn breaks, bad shocks etc.
Will the owners of this aircraft be performing preflight checks each and every time they move from the driving configuration to flying configuration?
Airports closely monitor litter and debris called FOD (foreign object debris) – aside from adopt-a-highway programs, and street sweeping, roadways are nowhere near as well maintained for potholes debris, etc as airport taxiways, runways, ramps, and tarmacs.
I think that road debris, and shoddy road maintenance may be the achilles heel of the plane car and because of that along with the significant purchase price, I doubt that it will gain widespread use anytime soon…
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Terrafugia Transition Light Sport Carcraft Hits the Roads and Skies
What’s another name for hell on wheels? For experienced pilots, it could be the new sport pilot flying the Terrafugia flying car. The flying car drives as a car with it’s wings folded up, and transitions into a light sport aircraft when traffic gets backed up. – Just kidding. The Terrafugia Transition seems like a very cool concept, but I’m wondering just how practical it is.
This flying car may have some uses, such as connecting people in far flung rural areas. I don’t see how it would be very practical in a very busy city without strict rules about take off and landings only being performed on actual airport runways.
Before you shell out the down payment of the $194,000 purchase price, you may want to consider this:
Most regular cars suffer significant wear and tear from being on regular roadways. Think potholes, pitted windshields, worn breaks, bad shocks etc.
Will the owners of this aircraft be performing preflight checks each and every time they move from the driving configuration to flying configuration?
Airports closely monitor litter and debris called FOD (foreign object debris) – aside from adopt-a-highway programs, and street sweeping, roadways are nowhere near as well maintained for potholes debris, etc as airport taxiways, runways, ramps, and tarmacs.
I think that road debris, and shoddy road maintenance may be the achilles heel of the plane car and because of that along with the significant purchase price, I doubt that it will gain widespread use anytime soon…
No related posts.