• Question: why is there no flying cars in 2013

    Asked by sackboy123 to Angela, Gopal, Hannah, Becky, Vince on 14 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by krishan12.
    • Photo: Gopal Ramchurn

      Gopal Ramchurn answered on 14 Jun 2013:


      There are no flying cars but there is a flying bike! See the news today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22885602

      There are two ways you could fly a car – use propulsion engines like for planes, or use a rotor system as for helicopters. Both methods are very very costly and cannot be easily engineered onto the small body of a car. You also need to carry lots of fuel. In the future when we’ll be able to build super efficient batteries and make lighter materials using Graphene, flying cars will surely become a reality!

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