for the discerning contractor.........

**Paralytic** · 30 June 2021, 11:09

"It takes two minutes and 15 seconds to transform from car into aircraft."

Is that time billable?

**ladymuck** · 30 June 2021, 12:01

It runs on petrol? That'll upset the environmentalists.

**eek** · 30 June 2021, 12:51

Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

It runs on petrol? That'll upset the environmentalists.

I remember a while back looking at the economics of using batteries for a plane - it really didn't work out....

**d000hg** · 30 June 2021, 12:55

Originally posted by eek View Post

I remember a while back looking at the economics of using batteries for a plane - it really didn't work out....

The big players are all working on it VERY hard but no idea how feasible it is with current tech. Bio-petrol seems the other big area, but the greenies hate air-travel in general.

**AtW** · 30 June 2021, 13:04

Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

It runs on petrol? That'll upset the environmentalists.

Petrol is ok, diesel on the other hand is baby killer

**Paralytic** · 30 June 2021, 13:30

Originally posted by AtW View Post

Petrol is ok, diesel on the other hand is baby killer

Surely that depends on how much you feed it?

**NotAllThere** · 30 June 2021, 15:56

Originally posted by AtW View Post

Petrol is ok, diesel on the other hand is baby killer

Yay. I'm a babykiler.

**OwlHoot** · 30 June 2021, 16:07

Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

It runs on petrol? That'll upset the environmentalists.

Petrol. Pah! Think I'll wait for the scramjet model.

If you're travelling by flying car, there's no point pootling along as if you were in a flying lawnmower. You may as well go at Mach 4+

**DoctorStrangelove** · 30 June 2021, 16:46

Hope it's better than this one was:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVE_Mizar

Oooops.

for the discerning contractor.........