# A functional Flying Car that is cool-looking! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-functional-flying-car-that-is-cool-looking/671955 "2013-10-22T18:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-functional-flying-car-that-is-cool-looking/671955/1 "2013-10-22T18:53:01Z")
> **[Finally, a functional flying car that actually looks pretty cool](https://gizmodo.com/finally-a-functional-flying-car-that-actually-looks-pr-1449189601)** > > People complain that we still don’t have flying cars, but that’s not entirely true. There’s the Terrafugia Transition, but it looks like a piece of crap — a plane that we’re supposed to believe is car. Thankfully we now have the Aeromobil Roadable... Someone in a thread linked to this website io9. I had never heard of it but now I find myself checking it a few times a week. Just fun updates on geek-oriented science and pop-culture topics. Check out the link above for a look at a working flying car that actually looks cool, not a horse designed by committee… ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-functional-flying-car-that-is-cool-looking/671955/2 "2013-10-22T19:38:08Z")
Nice, I might actually get my flying car. Very stylish, I think it is a looker. Wonder how much it is going to cost for version 3.0? **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-functional-flying-car-that-is-cool-looking/671955/3 "2013-10-22T19:39:00Z")
That totally fucking rocks! ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-functional-flying-car-that-is-cool-looking/671955/4 "2013-10-22T22:15:24Z")
The first terrafugia came out in like 2009, I’m surprised some people still haven’t heard of it. I just linked to it in a recent post here. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-functional-flying-car-that-is-cool-looking/671955/5 "2013-10-22T22:51:02Z")
I call bogus. How do the wings reach their retracted state when they do not appear to pivot vertically and the tailplanes do not appear to pivot at all, yet are a foot higher than the line of the wing plane? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-functional-flying-car-that-is-cool-looking/671955/6 "2013-10-24T00:20:49Z")
Bump. I took a minute to watch the video, which is way cool and pretty much proves that either someone’s got a hell of a CGI workstation or the thing really does drive like a car and fly like a plane. But there’s a peculiar cut between car mode and the wings expanding - the clip starts with the wings already spreading out, with no answer to my question above. If there isn’t something bogus about this - e.g., the transformation is more difficult than implied, or even that there are two separate vehicles - how do the wings cross the tailplanes? It may even be that the wings are flexible and the operator has to manually walk each wing over the tail - which is too inelegant to show. But National Inquirer minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-functional-flying-car-that-is-cool-looking/671955/7 "2013-10-24T02:55:19Z")
The older model has been for sale for a few years, the one that looks like a cessna. The newer one that looks like a harrier is not made yet i think.