Falling with style

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• borokov@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  • Tesla create a real flying car !
  • Look inside
  • Barely 1 second of flying autonomy. More like a jumping car, or a falling with style car.

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  • s@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “flying car”

    calls it a Roadster

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    • cRazi_man@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It tries to fly, but falls shy of that description. It should be called shyster.

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  • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah it’s impressive as an engineering feat, but it’s actually completely pointless

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    • tjoa@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes because people buy expensive cars because of how practical they are

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    • drath@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      impressive as an engineering feat

      Is it even that? RCS thrusters aint a new thing, with enough money you can strap them to anything, be it a fridge or a car shaped object

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Style’s not the right word. It looks violently engineered, while the car itself is like a Lancer with one of those awful knock off Countach bodykits.

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• Ariselas@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Top Gear did it best ztB8932YbVgsvJk.png

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• Cellery@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We shouldnt even be giving musk meme time.

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• Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do they still race these weird cars?

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  • burt@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes! and they are getting weirder.

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  • Botzo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yes: IMSA (US Series) and WEC (EU/Intl.)

    • youtube.com/@imsaofficial
    • youtube.com/@fiawec

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  • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not those but something similar

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    • baldingpudenda@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Image

      The cars are 1150mm, or about 46 inches, tall and weigh 1000KG. They’re very small. here’s a driver change

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  • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The LM-GTP (a continuation of the GT1 class) class was dropped in the early 2000s.

    After it was consolidated along with the LMP900 class into a new LMP1 class. While LMP675 class was dropped.

    LMP1 continued under various rulesets up until 2021. When the ACO and IMSA merged their two respected top classes.

    Creating the Hypercar class across both series. Made up of cars following either the FIA Hypercar or LMDh formula.

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    • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I was hoping the latest ruleset would bring a few homologation specials, but alas not. In my opinion homologation specials from both Le Mans and Rally have brought forth some of the most iconic cars of all time, it’s a shame that’s gone away.

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• thatsnothowyoudoit@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh hai Mark!

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• ragingHungryPanda@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s not about the flying car, it’s about sticking the landing

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• Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What the fuck happened with the Tesla roadster?

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  • cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It failed to fly. It did some monster jam style jump on a ramp and landed. That’s it. It didn’t fly for even a second.

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    • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It was fun to watch all the media write about it as “flying car”. We are living in idiocracy.

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    • cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It did a jump over few car & a truck through

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• btsax@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is this car being driven by Spain’s first astronaut?

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• TeaWithDani@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The Basque would like a word.

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• AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This image gives me 'nam flashbacks

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