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Friday, 25 February 2011

Flying carpet car

Paleo Future looks at hovercars, which Tales of Future Past has touched on as well.

Think of this next time you hit a pot hole.
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2 comments:

  1. eonFriday, 25 February 2011 at 03:44:00 GMT-8

    AMT actually did a 1/25 plastic kit of one of these in the late Sixties, called the AMTronic. The interesting thing about it is that it is actually a minivan with a detachable two-seat "cockpit" that's basically a Smart Car.

    Of course, it's also highly un-P.C. because it's powered by helicopter-type turboshafts instead of "pristine" electric motors. I guess they concluded that the weight of the batteries would sort of make the whole hovercraft thing a non-starter.


    cheers

    eon

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  2. TomSaturday, 26 February 2011 at 04:30:00 GMT-8

    AMT re-issued the AMTronic in 2000.

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