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innerSpaceman · 06-29-2010, 03:58 PM

I'm pretty sure that if I could afford the flying car, I could afford an estate large enough to have ... and money enough to construct ... a runway - - plus whatever pesky license fee I need to run a private airport. Pfft, dollars? Who cares?

Tref · 06-29-2010, 08:21 PM

CoasterMatt · 06-29-2010, 08:24 PM

Screw that - I want a Light Cycle!

Morrigoon · 06-29-2010, 08:42 PM

Wow, a flying car... and only 10 years behind schedule!

I'm sure they could make it a flying boat car by adding those float things like "de plane" on Fantasy Island, and putting the wheels there. If you're going to plunk down $200K for a flying car, why not an extra $50K for a flying boat car?

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-29-2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Wow, a flying car... and only 10 years behind schedule!

I'm sure they could make it a flying boat car by adding those float things like "de plane" on Fantasy Island, and putting the wheels there. If you're going to plunk down $200K for a flying car, why not an extra $50K for a flying boat car?

Part of the deal with the flying car is that it actually functions as a car, shrinking down to car size, so you can drive to and from airports. I think boat floats would negate that.

innerSpaceman · 06-29-2010, 10:09 PM

Nonsense. If wings can be tucked up or out of the way somehow so you can drive, so can boat floats.

Morrigoon · 06-29-2010, 10:39 PM

But they'd add weight

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-30-2010, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Nonsense. If wings can be tucked up or out of the way somehow so you can drive, so can boat floats.

The wings fold upward. If the floats are attached to the bottom of the wings I don't see how that would work.

Moonliner · 06-30-2010, 09:10 AM

I know a car that can do all three.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-30-2010, 09:13 AM

am I seriously joining a discussion of the real-world-logistics of creating a boatplanecar?

One would presume that if the goal were to design a boatplanecar, the designers would not be limited in their design options to "okay, attach floats to this existing planecar". Just because there's no way to attach floats to the wings-as-designed doesn't mean it's inconceivable that floats can be attached and fold away with some alternate design. By your argument, they should have given up on designing the Transition. I mean, if you attach folding wings to a car, they'll block the doors, there's no way that could work.

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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Wow, a flying car... and only 10 years behind schedule! I'm sure they could make it a flying boat car by adding those float things like "de plane" on Fantasy Island, and putting the wheels there. If you're going to plunk down $200K for a flying car, why not an extra $50K for a flying boat car? __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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06-29-2010, 10:09 PM	#16
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Nonsense. If wings can be tucked up or out of the way somehow so you can drive, so can boat floats.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	But they'd add weight __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	I know a car that can do all three.
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06-30-2010, 09:13 AM	#20
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	am I seriously joining a discussion of the real-world-logistics of creating a boatplanecar? One would presume that if the goal were to design a boatplanecar, the designers would not be limited in their design options to "okay, attach floats to this existing planecar". Just because there's no way to attach floats to the wings-as-designed doesn't mean it's inconceivable that floats can be attached and fold away with some alternate design. By your argument, they should have given up on designing the Transition. I mean, if you attach folding wings to a car, they'll block the doors, there's no way that could work. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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