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Flying Car More Economical Than SUV

Posted by michael on from the runs-on-vapor dept.

fusion812 writes "The M400 needs 35 clear feet to take off but thanks to its 770 hp engine can whiz to 365 mph - cruise control kicks in at 326 mph - and climb at 6,400 feet per minute. You may hear it before you see it: it emits a rather noisy 65 dba at 500 feet. Interestingly, with a fuel consumption of 20 miles to the gallon on the road, it's rather more economical than a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) and looks positively eco-friendly compared to a Hummer."

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  1. Re:oh yeah by Vlad_the_Inhaler · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    RTFA, although there is not much detail there.

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  2. Re:so what by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's see what the girls prefer, shall we?

    1. Guy in flying car, want a ride, ladies?

    2. Guy in big beefy land-based car.

    Ummmmmm...am I missing something?

    Let's jump back 100 years.

    "If I see one of those girly auto-mo-beeles when cruising for chicks in my horse-and-buggy, well, look out! [b]I am the studly one![/b] Ladies! Ladies? Ladies? Come back! Come back!"

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  3. Re:That may be so... by M1FCJ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's a good point. Is it more efficient than a helicopter I wonder. In most cases STOL is good enough. Let's do some googling on this...

  4. Re:That may be so... by GooberToo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Would some thoughtful mods care to please correct the moding that has gone on here in this thread? Please review my profile. I never troll. Period. In the mean time, I've been hammered hard by moderators for telling the truth and offering facts about gyrocopters. Please, don't mod this post up, rather, please correct the modds which others have done. As is, some very bad and dangerous information is being pushed forward. Basically, most everything in this thread which was modded down is correct and everything that was modded up is false.

    MODS, PLEASE DO YOUR JOB AND MOD DOWN THE BAD STUFF AND MOD UP THE CORRECT/ACCURATE INFORMATION. MODS, PLEASE READ THIS THREAD WITH -1 SCOPE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE GOOD AND VALID INFORMATION WHICH HAS INCORRECTLY BEEN HAMMERED BY OTHER CARELESS MODS. Once you read the entire thread, it's fairly easy to see that everything I've stated has been supported by facts offered by my self or others kind enough to add real value to the thread.

    THANK YOU.