Cool things I found on YouTube or other videos...

[Ronz Rocketz]

I'm pretty sure personal flying cars can never go mainstream. Except for airshows, aircrafts have to fly hundreds of feet apart from each other and 1000 feet above cities, just to keep everyone safe. Flying involve changing winds, a 3rd dimension, and engine failure procedures. Those are not for everyone.

Here's a 3-4 min video of that Lilium jet.

Sorry I meant to say autonomous flying cars, controlled by a central skynet. What could go wrong?

If you not already seen this, it's a good one... Turn up the sound! And full screen!

it is mesmerizing. There’s a similar video tracking the Challenger crew cabin but not so mesmerizing.

 

[teepot]

When we were in England from '87 to '91 milk delivery house to house used an electric vehicle called a milk float. Looked like a small truck with no doors and low to the ground.

 

[OverTheTop]

Don't forget Pikes Peak Hillclimb. Electric cars featuring in the placings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikes_Peak_International_Hill_Climb

 

[kuririn]

Vroom, vroom
Whine, whine.

 

[neil_w]

Another one enters the fray:
https://www.airev.aero/air-one
Mostly quadrotor design, but with a small fixed wing in addition. Larger (2-person) and more upscale than the Jetson.

 

[kuririn]

Mostly quadrotor design, but with a small fixed wing in addition. Larger (2-person) and more upscale than the Jetson.

This seems way more practical. Two seater, 110 miles range, one hour flight time. Room for small luggage.
One could fly from HNL to LIH or OGG. (Honolulu airport to Lihue or Kahului airports).
Drawing on website shows it folded next to a car in a garage.
If only.

 

[Funkworks]

Why not put them in with the gas cars on Formula 1? Too embarassing?

I think each racing category (like F1) already has very strict rules even for the technical designs, so EVs had to make their own. Making rules for a mixed category would probably be complicated, and I suppose embarrasing either ICEs or EVs on their respective faults would be beside the point. The actual racing might be decided by who's faster at the pit stop and that wouldn't attract as much interest.

Sorry I meant to say autonomous flying cars, controlled by a central skynet. What could go wrong?

I'm not entirely sold on self-driving cars. An important area but not one I've explored very much.

Vroom, vroom
Whine, whine.

People like me say they sound like space ships . At very low speeds, the artificial noise to warn pedestrians can actually sound like a very low key jet turbine.

This would be my chosen electric vehicle...

I'd like one of those too!

In this thread, I feel obligated to include a video in every post, so ... lemme see ... [quick YT search] ... here we go, can't go wrong with this:

 

[kuririn]

I'm not entirely sold on self-driving cars. An important area but not one I've explored very much.

I'm not sold either

 

[Funkworks]

It gets a little promotional at the end but I'm not one to argue about it.

 

[Ronz Rocketz]

In this thread, I feel obligated to include a video in every post, so ... lemme see ... [quick YT search] ... here we go, can't go wrong with this:

It’s amazing we can land a man on the moon but not have non cartoonish graphics.

 

[neil_w]

And one more. Sorry this is starting to feel like a thread hijack, maybe a separate thread would be appropriate?
https://www.volocopter.com/solutions/voloconnect/
Here is the obligatory video link:


Volocopter has a lot of videos on Youtube, worth checking out their channel if you're interested in this sort of thing.

 

[Funkworks]

And one more. Sorry this is starting to feel like a thread hijack, maybe a separate thread would be appropriate?

Done. It's the shark's den but I've played with sharks in the past and learning about Elon is what brought me to rocketry so I feel covered. We'll see.

Here's my other hero. (That's right, Marvin, Elon and Albert )

 

[kuririn]

Not new, but still cool.
Lexus mag-lev hoverboard.


Can only travel on an installed track.
Liquid nitrogen boils off in about 20 minutes, then hoverboard must be refilled.

 

[trialsguy]

It's probably fine. After all, they can't pass the "I am not a robot" test.

 

[Ronz Rocketz]

It's probably fine. After all, they can't pass the "I am not a robot" test.

 

[Cape Byron]

Very cool timber joint.

 

[Cape Byron]

 

[C.O.B.H.C.]

 

[kuririn]

This happened last week.
Hermeus prototype hypersonic aircraft, "Quarterhorse" revs up its engine and afterburner in a static ground display. Obviously hype and promo.
We'll see if they get something up in the air at Mach 5.

 

[Cape Byron]

Hermeus prototype hypersonic aircraft, "Quarterhorse" revs up its engine and afterburner in a static ground display. Obviously hype and promo.

'Hype and promo' are pretty de rigueur these days. Pretty sure you can't go the bathroom at Apple without a media release.

Nice rocket glider design for someone with more rocket glider design skills than me.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Don't know if this has ever been posted on the forum. It's a video by NASA that explaines the aerodynamics involved in high power rocketry.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Those Bullet Effects In Terminator 2 Weren’t CGI.

https://hackaday.com/2021/11/14/those-bullet-effects-in-terminator-2-werent-cgi/

 

[K'Tesh]

 

[Funkworks]

11 and 13 I know about, but Apollo 12? Who ever heard of Apollo 12.
(jk)
Here's proof it existed:

 

[kuririn]

11 and 13 I know about, but Apollo 12? Who ever heard of Apollo 12.

Being on Apollo 12 would be like finishing fourth in an Olympic final.
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Just kidding.

 

[Ronz Rocketz]

Apollo 12 has the best tag line other than "Houston, we have a problem."

 

[K'Tesh]

The difference between men and boys is the size of their toys...

 

[kuririn]

But it reminded me of the plot line of the cancelled TV show "Manifest"

Been binge watching that on Netflix.
3 seasons then cancelled by NBC. No resolution.
Dang.

Netflix has renewed Manifest for a fourth and final season.
20 episodes.
Woo hoo!

 

[OverTheTop]

Netflix has renewed Manifest for a fourth and final season.

Recommended to watch? I have seen the shorts and it looks interesting.

We are just about to finish the third season of You. It is essentially about a stalker but they have made all three seasons quite different story lines.

 

[kuririn]

Recommended to watch? I have seen the shorts and it looks interesting.

Definitely recommended.
After it was cancelled by NBC Netflix streamed all three seasons and it became the #1 most viewed on that service. No doubt that gave impetus for a fourth season. Also the cancellation came after a cliffhanger. We want resolution!