Comments on: The Aeon Project Egg-Shaped Flying Car Envisions the Future of Transportation http://inhabitat.com/the-aeon-project-egg-shaped-flying-car-envisions-the-future-of-transportation/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: markleonardo http://inhabitat.com/the-aeon-project-egg-shaped-flying-car-envisions-the-future-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-348494 markleonardo Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:56:33 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=284070#comment-348494 I worked on some areodymanic co-efficients for an egg shaped vehicle [.03 Cd] with VTOL capabilities. I worked on some areodymanic co-efficients for an egg shaped vehicle [.03 Cd] with VTOL capabilities.

]]> By: msyin http://inhabitat.com/the-aeon-project-egg-shaped-flying-car-envisions-the-future-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-348402 msyin Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:07:09 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=284070#comment-348402 The applications used in the heads up display were incredible and can be used in the cars of the future ( next 5 years max) which would revolutionize how we design cars as well as how we can interact with the world around us as we are driving. A car that can drive itself is not as far off as one that can fly so this could be used in those models. It was very cool to watch. I can see the possibilities. The applications used in the heads up display were incredible and can be used in the cars of the future ( next 5 years max) which would revolutionize how we design cars as well as how we can interact with the world around us as we are driving. A car that can drive itself is not as far off as one that can fly so this could be used in those models.

It was very cool to watch. I can see the possibilities.

]]> By: me me me http://inhabitat.com/the-aeon-project-egg-shaped-flying-car-envisions-the-future-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-348313 me me me Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:41:35 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=284070#comment-348313 when is this going to be available. when is this going to be available.

]]> By: lazyreader http://inhabitat.com/the-aeon-project-egg-shaped-flying-car-envisions-the-future-of-transportation/comment-page-1/#comment-348264 lazyreader Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:01:13 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=284070#comment-348264 Robert A. Heinlein's lost first novel For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs, featured egg-shaped 'flying cars' that had collapsible wings for fixed-wing flight as well as retractable helicopter-style rotors for take off. Ford experimented with flying cars in the 50's. When Ford approached the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about regulatory issues, the critical problem was that the (then) known forms of air traffic control were inadequate for the volume of traffic Ford proposed. Other problems would also need to be resolved in some ways, however, including intoxicated pilots or pilots that drive/fly without a license. Standards would have to be agreed upon by the international community, such as air miles being translated to nautical miles and not affecting the reading of an odometer. Ultimate concerns of flying cars include public safety in built up urban areas, that malfunctioning or incorrectly operated flying cars could crash into houses, shopping districts or pedestrian areas, severely damaging buildings or killing civilians. People today drive old cars with rusty parts, poor breaks and shoddy maintenance and poor servicing and to think that everyday people would be able to maintain flying cars is absurd. The amount of energy it takes to get an object just to hover a few inches off the ground is enormous, never mind getting it several hundred feet or in the stratosphere plus energy for thrust to move it at a high speed. We have problems enough after 9/11 managing thousands of passenger planes, try to imagine millions of smaller passenger vehicles. Robert A. Heinlein’s lost first novel For Us, The Living: A Comedy of Customs, featured egg-shaped ‘flying cars’ that had collapsible wings for fixed-wing flight as well as retractable helicopter-style rotors for take off. Ford experimented with flying cars in the 50′s. When Ford approached the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about regulatory issues, the critical problem was that the (then) known forms of air traffic control were inadequate for the volume of traffic Ford proposed. Other problems would also need to be resolved in some ways, however, including intoxicated pilots or pilots that drive/fly without a license. Standards would have to be agreed upon by the international community, such as air miles being translated to nautical miles and not affecting the reading of an odometer. Ultimate concerns of flying cars include public safety in built up urban areas, that malfunctioning or incorrectly operated flying cars could crash into houses, shopping districts or pedestrian areas, severely damaging buildings or killing civilians. People today drive old cars with rusty parts, poor breaks and shoddy maintenance and poor servicing and to think that everyday people would be able to maintain flying cars is absurd. The amount of energy it takes to get an object just to hover a few inches off the ground is enormous, never mind getting it several hundred feet or in the stratosphere plus energy for thrust to move it at a high speed. We have problems enough after 9/11 managing thousands of passenger planes, try to imagine millions of smaller passenger vehicles.

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