• BoofStroke
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    1 year ago

    You can’t drive a helicopter down the freeway. You can’t land one just anywhere.

    • snooggums@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      You can’t with this car plane either, a runway that gives room for the wings and tail to extend AND to be out while moving forward up to speed or landing will be necessary.

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        1 year ago

        The point is though it can travel on the ground to the airport.

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          1 year ago

          So do cars and trains! They easily take people to the airport, where you can conveniently park your helicopter between uses.

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      1 year ago

      Why would flying cars be easier to land anywhere than a helicopter is? This is exactly why flying cars are impractical.

    • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      you can’t land a helicopter just anywhere… so the solution to that is to “need a runway”. I fail to follow the logic