Ramjet
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Have Valk, Will Travel!
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« on: May 12, 2012, 06:48:24 AM » |
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Oss
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The lower Hudson Valley
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« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2012, 07:57:52 AM » |
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If you don't know where your going any road will take you there
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When you come to the fork in the road, take it
Yogi Berra (Don't send it to me C.O.D.)
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« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2012, 08:01:11 AM » |
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Apparently it is real, as a concept. The actual operation in the video is, I believe, not real.
The car needs an "electromagnetis grid" to operate on. Several write-ups on several sites.
This is amazing though.
No wheels better than two wheels?
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take personal responsibility and keep your word
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Blues
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'03 Standard Black Beauty
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« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2012, 10:27:34 AM » |
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I can't believe the announcer said that! He has a lot of damn nerve!
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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2012, 10:28:18 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2012, 12:02:25 PM » |
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When and if that VW comes available, maybe a group of VRCC members could pool some bucks and buy one for me.  Thanks in advance,...I always wanted a "flying car" since I was a child. |
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scoot
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Lifes too short Ride it hard
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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2012, 02:53:42 PM » |
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When and if that VW comes available, maybe a group of VRCC members could pool some bucks and buy one for me. Thanks in advance,...I always wanted a "flying car" since I was a child. I'm still waiting for my jet back pack.  |
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« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2012, 06:40:26 PM » |
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Is Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder from Star Wars finally a reality? No, but if that idea ever came to pass, this is sort of how it would look.
The video above shows a VW flying two-seater zipping through Beijing. The car, powered by minerals underground, was the brainchild of a girl in China who responded to the carmaker’s call for car innovation concepts. The idea is that thrusters on the back of the car would propel it forward.
Getting the “car” to work for real would require electromagnetic strips embedded into the roads below it, creating the hovering effect via electromagnetic suspension. As a prize, the girl’s parents got to “test drive” the car in a simulated video. According to Creativity Online, VW received 119,000 ideas and got 33 million hits on its website.
Other concepts that made the finals and the Beijing Motor Show included a “Music Car” that changes colors based on the driver’s musical preferences and a “Smart Key” — a phone that can also start the car.
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« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2012, 06:43:22 PM » |
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That's easy for him to say...... |
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« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2012, 06:56:47 PM » |
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I sorry-was that 2 from column a and 1 from column b or 1 from column a and 2 from column b??  RIDE SAFE. |
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Today is the tommorow you worried about yesterday. If at first you don't succeed screw it-save it for nite check. 1964 1968 U S Navy. Two cruises off Nam.
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