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[–] 14 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

That's how he paid for that stupid car.

You notice how the windows are all dark. Even the front ?

That car had no seats or anything inside. Just the jet engines machinery. what a joke.

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  • [–] 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

    Not like it matters. That thing is a bomb on wheels. Even if that big rc car could still flip with a floppy human charging the center of gravity, you'd have to have a death wish to get inside that thing while it's moving, let alone jumping

    200lbs of highly compressed air right behind the passengers.... If it popped, it would be like the Titan submersible, except after it turns you into red mist it would also release shrapnel

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  • [–] 1 point 8 hours ago* (1 child)

    I saw some video years ago about why hover cars are incapable of stopping. Which means they are pointless as a means for transportation, for the most part.

    When something is in the air, there is little you can do to put on the brakes.

    Even a jet has to land first, then brake the wheels.

    It's just like a boat being in the water but worse.

    There is no way to quickly maneuver nor stop.

    The bigger it is, the worse this problem becomes.

    Also unlike a boat which still has some semblence of a plane to balance on. Something in the air can rotate 360° in every axis.

    Meaning it's very easy for it to flip over.

    Unlike a wave making a boat rise a bit or tip a little to the side, a big gust of wind could flip a hover car over.

    The only way to fully resolve that problem would be multiple propulsion jets on every side.

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