ON THE WEB: WHERE’S MY FLYING CAR?
by Hazed
We’ve been promised flying cars since the early days of aviation, but still they are not here. Why not?
This article runs down some of the reasons. Chiefly what I call “sofa-bed syndrome”. A sofa-bed is neither comfortable when used as a sofa nor as a bed. Similarly with a flying car: merging an aeroplane and an automobile just doesn’t produce a good design.
The article goes into a lot more detail about the design compromises and how they could be solved – it makes fascinating reading. Take a look here:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/19/flying-cars-why-havent-they-taken-off-yet