XPost: sci.physics, sci.space.policy, sci.electronics.design   
   From: krw@nowhere.com   
      
   On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 00:00:54 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
      
   >In sci.physics John Larkin  wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 18:19:02 -0000, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
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   >>>BTW, the lack of commercial success for flying cars has nothing to do   
   >>>with propulsion methods.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> But propulsion does matter, in the sense that there is no affordable   
   >> way to make a flying car. Helicopters get terrible gas mileage.   
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   >You do know helicopters spend a fair amount of time not traveling, don't   
   >you, but that has nothing to do with flying cars.   
      
   Cars spend a fair amount of time not driving, too.  So?   
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   >The cost of the engine is a tiny fraction of the cost of developing,   
   >certifying, manufacturing and marketing a flying car, or a flying   
   >anything for that matter.   
      
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