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« on: February 24, 2017, 04:56:07 pm »
Anyone see this? Our kids, or grand-kids, may be flying themselves to school soon. This is pretty cool! I se some things online calling them fake but I also see where they got bought out and what looks like real news coverage. Anyway ... her eit is.

https://youtu.be/WQzLrvz4DKQ
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2017, 05:07:23 pm »
Cool.  But our kids are not going to be flying them to school like parasailing or jetskiing it is a fun but impractical method of transport.  Could be an optional activity on a cruise ship or at a resort, but not a commuting device.
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2017, 05:13:10 pm »
People can't drive on a road with lines, I don't ever expect short commuting via the air is realistic (I expect the Earth to swallow us up before then).
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2017, 05:13:26 pm »
Quote from: MyGodWearsAHoodie on February 24, 2017, 05:07:23 pm
Cool.  But our kids are not going to be flying them to school like parasailing or jetskiing it is a fun but impractical method of transport.  Could be an optional activity on a cruise ship or at a resort, but not a commuting device.
You don't need water. I'm not sure what you are saying.
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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2017, 05:23:51 pm »
i am saying what phish is saying.  Maybe if tesla self driving cars can be added to this.  But otherwise, these are just mid air collision waiting to happen
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2017, 11:37:20 pm »
It's not the mid air collision I would be worried about, it's the collision with the ground when you inevitably steer the thing into it on accident. Why do you think he's flying it over water anyway?
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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2017, 09:41:40 am »
It looks like Green Goblin's glider.

They did an episode on The White Rabbit Project (essentially Mythbusters) about this basic product.  They fly it over water so that they don't get killed testing it, essentially.  Pretty cool tech, but no practicality.
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