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Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Bayoibee: 2:29pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Hope there’ll be street lights in the sky, imagine two flying cars coming from sharp corners in opposite directions lol |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Xkale1234(m): 2:40pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Designandbuild1:guy forget Lagos come kano and see if na to break law of road or traffic number 1 in Nigeria |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by kmaster007: 3:24pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Lagos agbero go still find deir way to collect deir money anyhow ogbiwa: |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Gjmff: 3:31pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Good |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by dontbothermuch: 3:47pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
High tension wire ooo |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by twosquare(m): 3:51pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Nikola Tesla developed something on wireless electricity which was shunned or so...it should suffice. CaptainFM1: |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Brushstrokes20: 4:10pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
The future is here! |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Cutehector(m): 4:15pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Thylord:lol. 1 Like |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by mbak(m): 4:56pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Oil and gas industry will kill it if it’s gonna become a threat.
truth |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by dayabiuuku: 5:18pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
i could remember the film harry potter where a car was flying also in one of chris browns video a car was flying thank GOD , ITS NOW POSSIBLE |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Josywhyte: 5:34pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Nigerians go still parachute wey dem go use dey sell gala for sky for this flying cars. Even black market battery or fuel go sell too.... |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Rossiminku: 6:23pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Angrygoat: Inferiority complex is a terrible disease. Hope you don't transmit it to your children. |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Rossiminku: 6:25pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Reference: Oh shut up. Asshole. When it comes to Nigeria, as it will, don't ride. Even though we know your big fat head will rush into it. |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by seyz91(m): 6:29pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
You only read what this people wrote down in books These are the ones with real brains that make things happen in real life not those lies we read in book that we just digest in naija university just to have good grades Eazi1: |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Arkmanbuddy(m): 8:07pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Alusiizizi: That's not true, how do copters lift? The design could partially conceal the main rotor with enough inlet of air to allow for lift to take place. Then in mid air, the shape changes, the tyres are retracted to allow for a jet propulsion. I'm still thinking of tye design. I know it's possible to lift without having the full 'components' of a plane. |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by JaceBlaze: 8:21pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Flying cars? Lol |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Deering1008: 9:51pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Imagine 1,000,000 cars flying over the sky of Lagos on a Monday morning�.. House of commotion niyen. |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Mykillo74(m): 10:09pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Alot of accidents in the air, this must not get to Nigeria. |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Angrygoat: 11:50pm On Jun 08, 2021 |
Stfu ghetto kids. Slum kid. U no dey my level Rossiminku: |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by streetsoldier1(m): 6:28am On Jun 09, 2021 |
No need to spend money on visa application, just gatter money buy the flying car and plan your route to canada or anyother place of choice... |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Nastt20nastt: 7:43am On Jun 09, 2021 |
Good morning |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Nastt20nastt: 8:02am On Jun 09, 2021 |
good morning |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Alusiizizi(m): 4:54pm On Jun 09, 2021 |
Arkmanbuddy: I knew someone would bring up helicopters. In fact helicopters also work by Bernoulli principle. Those blades are nothing more than smaller aerofoils. Their blades have to spin very fast in order to make up for the somewhat reduced surface area, which brings up another issue involved with "miniaturizing" the flying cars in order to look more like cars than planes. Safety. In order to make those air ducts powerful enough to lift a standard vehicle and at the same time compact enough to make the design look "cool", their blades will need to be spinning with an extremely high angular velocity, and this will bring up issues relating to design material, rotor housing and such that can very quickly increase the weight of the vehicle, possibly making the whole thing impractical, not even accounting for the engine that will have to drive those rotors. Then there's the issue of stability. The large profile of planes and helicopters help to make the vehicle relatively more stable due to the forces being distributed over a larger profile, this convenience will be mostly absent in the more compact flying car and probably a good deal of fly by wire control will need to be integrated into the vehicle. Conclusion: I don't see a compact flying car coming into the general market for at least another 20 years. |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Arkmanbuddy(m): 10:56pm On Jun 09, 2021 |
Alusiizizi: Sure a gyroscope could do the job of stabilizing the car. Instead of one large rotor, there could be 4 medium sized hidden rotors with large enough airducts for proper lift. Also, do not underestimate the human mind. There'll be materials that can be used as rotors due to their lightweight. Four rotors moving at least 1000rpm should be enough to lift a 10ton vehicle off the ground. |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Alusiizizi(m): 2:40pm On Jun 10, 2021 |
Arkmanbuddy: Yes, gyroscopes, (AKA "fly by wire" ). Also I agree with you on the future of materials development (How do we spell "nano-tubes" ), but I'm not sure about that 1000rpm though. Helicopter blades rotate at about 4 times that speed if I recall correctly and their surface area has to be that large to produce enough lifting force. Something as small as what I think you have in mind will need angular velocities in the neighborhood of 15,000rpm. It might be more sensible to adopt a jet engine, I'm afraid. |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Arkmanbuddy(m): 10:44pm On Jun 10, 2021 |
Alusiizizi: Adopting a jet engine would eliminate the thought of having flying cars that could lift off vertically. You're right about the angular velocity of the rotors...but we're talking about four rotors placed at the four edges of the car for balance: 2 in front and 2 at the back. I believe if high velocities of the rotors are achieved, this can be possible. Jet engine could then be initiated in-flight if the driver wants it. Pleasure having an intellectual discuss with you, bro. It gladdens my heart. |
Re: Flying Cars Are Now Imminent As Researchers Finally Hit A Major Breakthrough by Alusiizizi(m): 11:41am On Jun 12, 2021 |
Arkmanbuddy: Same here as well, amid all the noise. At any rate, jet engines are inherently fuel in-efficient, perhaps more so than can be tolerated by the general market, so we are still stuck with rotating blades. Regarding your 4-propeller suggestion, I believe(if memory serves right) that several outfits have built such device, I'm not sure if any of the earlier versions ever flew, but check out this Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_Robotics_Cormorant. I think it's what you have in mind. |
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