# A Viable Flying Car At Last?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-viable-flying-car-at-last/85293>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [June 4, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-viable-flying-car-at-last/85293 "2014-06-04T19:12:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-viable-flying-car-at-last/85293/21 "2014-06-05T08:57:13Z")

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My feeling is that the main purpose of a flying car would be the same as the VV1 3-wheeler a.k.a. the Persu; to suck in venture capital as long as possible.

Quite a few years back, some guy around here had one of those Amphicars. I’ve seen him tooling around town a few times on a nice summer evening although never had the chance to see it slog into a lake.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 8:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-viable-flying-car-at-last/85293/22 "2014-06-05T08:57:55Z")

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This class of aircraft does not enjoy the best safety reputation…Few if any records are kept. Three acquaintances of mine, two of them good friends, have been killed in ultra-lite aircraft crashes…They can be tricky to fly and very unforgiving of pilot errors…

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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-viable-flying-car-at-last/85293/23 "2014-06-05T21:48:09Z")

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I’ll chime in with [this](http://community.cartalk.com/discussion/2298072/another-flying-car).

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**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-viable-flying-car-at-last/85293/24 "2014-06-05T22:49:21Z")

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“…the compromises are usually not for the faint of heart.”

I’ve read that the fuselage and empennage were shortened for road-worthyness which does indeed make it tricky to fly.

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