Lil4X
Elio Addict
What happens when your autonomous navigation computer hands you the BSOD?
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The Future Of Transportation
- Thread starter wjdom
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CheeseheadEarl
Elio Addict
The Interstate system is styled after the Autobahn with multiple lanes and limited on and off ramps, the US never had that before.
Prior to the Interstate system we had the Highway system that had far too many surface street connections; now a lot of the original Highway system has become just a busy surface street.
The idea for the Autobahn was there, it was just modified incorrectly and it let too many others in to help design it.
Plus I understand that the Autobahn is nothing like it used to be; there are a lot of areas where it has speed limits and traffic just about as bad as ours.
Yes, it still opens up in some areas but those are starting to shrink.
One other thing the Autobahn has we don't; people that actually follow the rules of the road. Passing on the right is a big time no-no and people adhere to the "slower traffic stay right"; very few left lane campers there.
The doomed autonomous aircraft will probably land on top of my new Elio that will cushion the fall.
Lil4X
Elio Addict
"There is no try." - Yoda
Boy that's a heck of a place to attempt your first solo, with the ground coming up to meet you and your "VTOL" battery dead.
As an instructor once told me, "If I say, 'Eject, eject, eject!' and you say 'Huh?', you will find yourself in command of your first aircraft."
Ty
Elio Addict
I really like that. The 3D rendering is pretty good there except how the mirrors melt into the body and then unmelt at the end of the trip! LOL
Still, I want one.
Ty
Elio Addict
We do have an autobahn... limited access highway. We don't call it autobahn though. We call them Interstates. I've driven on the autobahn in Germany, into Luxembourg and Cologne.... got up to 140 and felt like I was flying in the Mini... Of course, 140KMH is only 84MPH... So, I've been much faster here in the States. Montana didn't have a speed limit for a long time either. Our highway system allows for much higher overall speeds as we actually have straight sections whereas the Germans didn't want sections that could be used for enemy aircraft landing. The autobahn was a pain as there would be short sections with no speed limit followed by many, many sections with speed limits. And, where is Ausfahrt? It took us a little while to realize that all those exits that pointed toward Ausfahrt weren't pointing to some city we were circling but rather that Ausfahrt means "Exit". We laughed once someone remembered what it meant.
Ty
Elio Addict
Am I the only one who REALLY likes the music in the background? I don't know why. I just keep playing it so I can hear it. I need a hobby...
DAVID BROWER
Elio Addict
That's a funny thought! They did mention autopilot in the concept video.
The future roads will be filled with autonomous cars and the sky with autonomous Jetson-like aircraft.
THE PEEL TRIDENT IS HARDLY AUTONOMOUS
BUT IT IS RATHER JETSON-LIKE .
IT IS SO SMALL THAT IS ALREADY THE SIZE OF A SUITCASE .
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The future roads will be filled with autonomous cars and the sky with autonomous Jetson-like aircraft.
THE PEEL TRIDENT IS HARDLY AUTONOMOUS
BUT IT IS RATHER JETSON-LIKE .
IT IS SO SMALL THAT IS ALREADY THE SIZE OF A SUITCASE .
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