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Bud Brewster
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:33 am    Post subject: Volocopter ~ Outrageous Acts of Science Reply with quote
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I want one of these! Cool

Think You Could Learn To Fly The Volocopter In An Hour?


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mach7
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yah.....
No...
Sorry.
There is no way I'm going up in that!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
That thing reminds me of the Albatross in Master of the World, with its forest of tiny horizontal rotors. Does it really fly?
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
scotpens wrote:
That thing reminds me of the Albatross in Master of the World, with its forest of tiny horizontal rotors. Does it really fly?

Yes, Scot! It's a great improvement on the design of current helicopters!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The age of "Flying Cars" is on the horizon!!!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Gord Green wrote:
The age of "Flying Cars" is on the horizon!!!

They've been saying that for more than 100 years.

Link: https://themindcircle.com/the-weird-history-of-flying-cars/
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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True, Scot, we're not quite to this point yet —





— but the Volocopter is certainly a step in the right direction!
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