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re: Props to Troy Aikman
Posted by TROLA on 10/20/26 at 12:20 pm to SOCAL TIGER
They are not a package deal. They negotiate as separate pieces and Troy apparently had some assumptions regarding the timing of the deals… not sure how this is Bucks fault. …
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re: Middle seat sprawlers on flights
Posted by TROLA on 10/20/26 at 8:26 am to GeorgeTheGreek
Well if I’m in the middle, I’m taking both arm rests and you can frick off
There’s going to be some pissed off teams that get matched up in there playoff pod.
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We're staying in the r”iot area”. Pretty big nothingburger. I feel bad for the “businesses that have been looted,” though
Do you not see the contradictions in this statement.
It may not be a revolution but it’s not a nothing burger.
manipulate
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To manipulate means to control, handle, or influence something
How is flying not manipulation of gravity?
/m?'nipy??lat/
To manipulate means to control, handle, or influence something
How is flying not manipulation of gravity?
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breaking the bounds/bonds of gravity.
Which is manipulating it you fricking idiot. :lol:
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Airplanes glide.
They can glide. They don’t always glide. They still need to manipulate the flaps and other mechanisms to provide lift and have enough stored propulsion/thrust
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No. There is no known technology that manipulates gravity.
Ok. Manipulate the forces of gravity.
Better you fricking nerd. You just have a loser mentality
The roadster would fall to the ground the moment the thrusters stopped, which was only after a few seconds. It can use the thrust to jump in the air, and then it falls down the moment the thrust ends....likely violently.
So would a plane so would a helicopter … they’re all gonna fall straight to the ground once they lose propulsion or thrust.. the violent nature of the crash doesn’t change the reality that you need something to manipulate gravity… it can be done through aerodynamics or mechanical, and this uses mechanical functions to manipulate gravity. The thing literally fell from an inverted position, tilted over and landed softly…. God knows how much that thing weighed. This vehicle fits is the basics of flight physics..
So would a plane so would a helicopter … they’re all gonna fall straight to the ground once they lose propulsion or thrust.. the violent nature of the crash doesn’t change the reality that you need something to manipulate gravity… it can be done through aerodynamics or mechanical, and this uses mechanical functions to manipulate gravity. The thing literally fell from an inverted position, tilted over and landed softly…. God knows how much that thing weighed. This vehicle fits is the basics of flight physics..
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Distance doesn't matter. Do you think Evil Knievel was flying over cars and the grand canyon? He would jump distances over140 feet. His soon has gone over 200 feet in the air - still a jump. Even when they use rockets for the thrust....still a jump.
Was his car able to manipulate gravity? Bc the roadster did which is the main component to flight. Either through propulsion, aerodynamics , thrust or other potential tech…
And if we are using the basic definition.. one could argue he did fly/glide. He just didn’t have other components to sustain flight because he lacked other elements..
The definition of flight is pretty broad .. the Question seems so weird to me because this was simply the first demo of future tech that we have no idea where it’s going to go. I don’t get why people are simply trying to look for all the pitfalls in it rather than looking at the potential. Just kind of goes with the negative attitude people have towards success and innovation.
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But I go back to the obvious. When you think of flying car you think of a car that can fly as a practical means of transportation. If you can't go across town or at least a few blocks down the road, the flying car label is just silly marketing.
Nobody is claiming that this car was gonna be flying across the city. It was a demo for crying out loud. It was meant to display, basic thrust and flight that’s it.
re: Elon Musk is About to Unveil a Flying Car
Posted by TROLA on 10/16/26 at 12:09 pm to ATrillionaire
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you don't know how to read properly, just stay out of the convo. He called it the Thrust variant. This is w
The info they provided called for 3 model variants . 2 for the future and one variant model was called thrust. The odd specificity your claiming doesn’t change that it wasn’t called a flying car.
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We can start with flight being longer than 6 seconds.
Ok. How long? Do you believe the first wright brothers flight was actually flight? Is thst the barrier? Because that flight was 12 seconds..
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That's called a jump.
What’s the required distance needed to go from a jump to flight?
re: Elon Musk is About to Unveil a Flying Car
Posted by TROLA on 10/16/26 at 11:51 am to ATrillionaire
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Then why is it called “Roadster”. Thrust model. It isn't called that.
What’s it called then
re: Elon Musk is About to Unveil a Flying Car
Posted by TROLA on 10/16/26 at 11:42 am to ATrillionaire
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Yes it is
Then why is it called “Roadster”. Thrust model.
re: Elon Musk is About to Unveil a Flying Car
Posted by TROLA on 10/16/26 at 11:38 am to Vacherie Saint
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You're overthinking this quote:If the car can't fly you across town it's not a flying car WE are overthinking this?
That’s what I’m saying. They are bending over backwards to oddly claim this isnt flight when it easily passes the test.. and bc it’s not flying across the city yet then it’s not flying. :lol:
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You're overthinking this
The debate is whether this is flight not sustained flight.
It’s not billed as a flying car. It’s a tech demo of future capabilities and technology progression towards flying vehicles
re: Elon Musk is About to Unveil a Flying Car
Posted by TROLA on 10/16/26 at 11:31 am to ATrillionaire
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You can say it 1000x times, but that car did not fly.
Provide your definition of flight. It’s such an odd stance to claim this isn’t basic flight. The definition barrier is easily crossed with this demo..
Do you believe the first wright brothers fights”flights” were flying?
re: Elon Musk is About to Unveil a Flying Car
Posted by TROLA on 10/16/26 at 10:03 am to SlowFlowPro
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So skateboarders fly?
Skateboarders are still controlled by gravity alone.. this is manipulating gravity
Do you believe the first Wright brothers fights were actually flying?
re: Elon Musk is About to Unveil a Flying Car
Posted by TROLA on 10/16/26 at 9:27 am to SlowFlowPro
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It's very interesting tech That's why lying about what is actually did isn't necessary (not saying you are I'm bringing the whole "flying" conversation full circle)
By definition the car is flying. How long it can sustain flight is the only metrics that should be debated.. the wright brothers first flights also pushed the same debate.
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