Design a vehicle

wolram

A real world vehicle, for land sea and air, no seriously could any one do it?
it would have to be user friendly, not outrageously expensive to run, carry at least 2 people and be practical.

zoobyshoe

If a vehicle can do air, why do you need it to do land and sea?

Danger

Zoob has a good point here. A hovercraft or wing-in-ground-effect craft is all-terrrain. As with some of the points of my Roadrunner rebuild, I'm not going to divulge a lot of details on a public forum. I am working on an HC that has reasonable speed (50 mph), carries 2 - 4 passengers, and has full navigational control (yaw and vector). That includes on-demand right-****ing-now brakes (patent pending).

edit: I just realized that there should have been a in that last post. Hope that there was no offense to anyone who took that seriously.

wolram

It may be difficult to (land) in a town or city, if you think present day, (aircraft) are limited to and governed by air laws, and in some areas the ability to land on water is a desirable factor.

Astronuc

Unless the air vehicle is bouyant or has inexhastible fuel supply, some time it has to land. So it better have land or sea capability, as well as air.

The PBY Catalina could do land, air or sea.

Ivan Seeking

The real challenge would be a flying submarine.

I've wanted one ever since "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea" was a hit.

scott1

Transformers robots in disquise!

They can transform into anything I think it will do!

Danger

I still have a plastic model of that sucker... along with the Lost In Space robot, the Pan Am Clipper from 2001, and a dozen or so others.

wolram

Now come on chaps, i am sure the skull space challenged PFers can come
up with a few practical ideas.

wolram

By Astro,

The PBY Catalina could do land, air or sea.

So that is what i saw on the M40

Danger

I was serious, Woolie. A hovercraft is the most practical approach. They're not great in city traffic, but they are all-terrain. One designed for over-water usage will float if it loses power. There's a flying car (Meller?) out there, which has been mentioned somewhere in these forums, but it's hideously expensive and might require a pilot's license for the operator.

edit: Ahh... here we go. http://travel.howstuffworks.com/flying-car.htm

wolram

Hmmmm, i guess all the women would have to wear pants if hover craft
were in general use, i should imagine roundabouts would be a bit of a problem
as well.

Danger

My design will handle roundabouts, and city travel.
By the bye, note that I edited in a link to the flying car in my previous post.

wolram

I nearly bought one of those but i coul not get HP

Danger

Why the hell would you want to put steak sauce on it?

wolram

They wanted 3,000,000 botles as security that i would pay up.

Danger

That's worth six times as much as the car.