Alef Reveals WILD Flying Car Design (Watch It Here)
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2022
- Alef Aeronautics unveiled a prototype of its first Alef flying car on Wednesday, a $300,000 machine the company hopes will let well-heeled commuters both drive on roads and soar over traffic starting in 2025.
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Why did I think the unveiling of a flying car would show a car flying? Silly me.😉
Seems like a lot of hype and branding, but I don't see the car actually flying for its unveiling. Odd.
Damn it was a click bait
Same here 😂
@@RonMoon360 I'm assuming they're including "straight down" as a direction...
not to worry they will milk this for decades living off investor money.
It flies about as good as the audio is on this clip.
Right on. Just hearing the audio speaks volume about the company and it’s vision.
Hammer industries ladies and gentlemen.
@@My_Fair_Lady My confidence in the tech of a company that doesn't even test their microphones before the "Big Reveal" is not very high.
Sounds like adults in Charlie Brown
😂
We can build a “flying car” but can’t make a mic work 🤦♂️
Interesting concept
Good catch
Exactly what I was thinking
Its a scam 😊
Lol!
If they are as good at making flying cars as they are with revealing flying cars, then there will be a whole OceanGate of the skies situation in 2025.
😢😅😅😅
Lmaooooo no lie
I'm 62 years old. I've been hearing about personal jetpacks and flying cars since the 1960's. I think it would have probably worked-out better if I would have just started trying to build one myself. I was pretty awesome with Legos and kites. (not together, though)
I'm 57
And I am thinking about building one myself
Keyword
Drone License
He's saying it's basically a drone vehicle😏
Flying cars were real in the 60s/70s and personal jet packs are a thing now
@oakathe23 I probably should have said "mass produced/commonly available." I forgot this was the Internet, where comprehension skills vary *greatly,* and the comment/grammar police are just a post away.
If we're going to play that game, there were "flying cars" before the 60's and 70's, and there were also jet/rocket-packs available, or at least produced, yet there were no flying car or jetpack dealerships scattered across the land. There still isn't.
You are better of building your own "e-vtol". It's just a suped up quad copter. You could probably build one for under a grand. Or, hear me out, just get a glider or a parasail. Less chance of dropping out of the sky like a rock honestly.
The reason this stuff hasn't happened is because tech has been purposely stifled.
Look into it. And don't allow the CIA and their term Conspiracy Theory stop you from remaining objective and open minded.
this presentation was clearly made a day before it was due!
Sent from the future to kill the concept?
@@godsinboxThey don't need help with that.
2007's best "flying car" prototype vibes
World's first flying car that's never flown. Interesting!
How about moved!
This thing will only ever fly in his dreams.
the only usable one you can get currently has a battery life of about 20 minutes worth of flight and it's basically a drone with a skeleton frame to sit in. The math just doesn't check out for large electric flying machines.
Hi, not sure flying cars should be invented (not all that's physically possible should be, like a bike made of cardboard, some are intrinsicly not for something) even if the batteries catch up and the flying car can hover for hours if in the future there's traffic storey's up or 10 feet up: when we cross the road, we now have to teach others to look both left and right and also up and then back to left and right coz' the delay looking up make have changed the situation on the ground.
God bless innovation but may they also be practical (includes affordable by the common man w/ a decent salary said Henry Ford).
I've never silent chuckled this intense for so long 😆
😂
Wow, love how they showed it fly
The applause was roaring on Rasputin's opening statement 😂😂
Rasputin’s floppy meat balloon rose higher than this chicken wire car could ever
The car is as stylish designed as his outfit. Must have been quite an investment for him at Ross.
This is why the FAA granted Alef special certification for testing, so when he crashes into the side of a mountain
; they'll never have to hear from him again.
😆😂🤣
TRUTH
Theranos+Nikola = Alef
Throw a little Nerf in there for safety....
They left the "a" out of "A leaf" which falls from " A tree"
Cringey joke. Delete it now.
I nominate you for dad joke of the year. Well done! 👍🏻🍻
Imagine the learning curve. Most people currently are unable to drive well or understand simple rules of the road or signage 🤷🏻♂️🤦♂️
I hope these come with a sturdy cup holder so your beer doesnt spill while flying
Great... A company that has figured how to produce the "world's first" flying car, but can't figure out how to speak into a microphone. He sounds like someone ordering in the drive through in the 90s.
Well…in fairness….the audio cues isn’t his fault. Whoever produced this monstrosity should be fired immediately.
@@R.P.E😂
I hope it works better that the audio in this video!
1:17 - drum roll, epic music, eyes shut.
Silicon Valley investors: Take my money!
Got to have eyes shut to show you mean business. Cool Shades aren't enough no more.
@@jameschatman2171Dude, everyone knows you have to have slicked back hair in a business suit for the ultimate serious ‘investor’ look. Common logic bro.
Still haven’t been able to find a single real clip of this thing actually flying….
I don't see it flying. Isn't that the most important thing?
😂 As of now only words are flying, all the best. 👍
I’ll believe it when I see it
“We did not break the rules of physics, we fooled them.,,,The whole car becomes a wing,” Alef Aeronautics CEO Jim Dukhovny says of the company’s design for a flying car. Call me a skeptic.
Looks like a car designed by Homer Simpson.
His was donut shaped.
I've seen two videos of this car so far and I've yet to see it move...let alone fly!
They JUST got approval from the FAA to fly this thing so I’m sure we will eventually see videos of it actually taking off
I'd have accepted test footage at this point. Guess the fact that it'll sound like a Harrier jet taking off might not be a great selling point. Or the fact that if it runs out of whatever it runs on...
@@user-oj7og6xs2zapperently according to their website, for an upgrade you can run it on hydrogen, they didn’t specify dihydrogen so I’m assuming it can run on rocket fuel 😂
@@user-oj7og6xs2z😂😂😂
The design of that car looks like it was made by a child when he learns to draw cars for the first time.
My instincts say, this is a Theranos and a Nikolai (not deliberate but most likely will be mismanaged and will be over ambitious without the skills to back it up), sometimes the focus on clothes and style gives it away that it most likely not going to be- it's not the same as Elon presenting a practical EV sports car when he first unveiled (w/ clout already from PayPal) it.
God bless.
He's gonna take that preorder money and run!😂
Rasputin designs an egg crate and (inaudibly) calls it the first flying car .... sad and bad .
I felt better when he said potentially needed a pilots license. Half the people on the road now suck at driving and they’re on the cell phones all the time. They definitely don’t deserve this technology. But because of the licensing process it means people will actually have to learn a technical skill to be able to operate unless this eventually becomes autonomous flying only
There's no way anyone can fly this without a ppl or MAYBE a sport pilot license if the weight and seating limits fit
People will fly these drunk and crash 911 style into peoples homes
@@tonyvelasquez6776 yea I don’t see how legally you’re supposed to allow the average dummy to fly these around with ONLY a drone license. It doesn’t even seem to be the slightest bit responsible. Of course for the first 5-8 years of these being available I don’t think the average person is gonna be able to afford it. I hope though that the cost of flight schools drops though, as a student pilot lessons are definitely not cheap if you’re middle class
Haha... bad pilots exist... you'll be surprise how bad it gets.
Terrific...so soon the leaf blower will not be the most annoying thing on the planet...
it's not going to be soon :P
Accidents and breakdowns are commonplace on the road. Fortunately what happens on the road stays on the road. What happens in the sky can land on your house.
tell that to my neighbor who had a drunk driver go through their new fence and directly into their house.
Tell that to Anne Heche.
Edit: too soon?
@@Darkyahweh 🤣🤣🤣
Well played.
Reminds me of the Wright Brothers' first flight - except the Wright Brothers actually flew their plane.
Not a chance... people have been doing this sort of boondoggle since the 1950s and it never materializes. People can't even get drone delivery past the FAA... they aren't going to let random people ride around town in a drone.
Thank you! I'll sleep better tonight.
@@gullywumpusit did get certified by the FAA though
I could be wrong, but the wheels on that showroom model sure make it look like the floor was empty and the car was added in post.
Gets my vote for candidate vaporware of the year
Starwars go like, you not the first. We've been flying those machines since the 80ties.
Rasputin is making flying cars now?
I want to see a anti gravity flying car that doesn't use some kind of propeller.
Me too. Everything other than anti gravity is primal, steampunk ,ancient, inefficient , boring tech
Blade Runner's Spinner anti-gravity flying car, so true. Until then, propellers and batteries won't cut it, helicopters in a car form factor won't cut it, it's an impractical technology for flying cars.
They should just skip the wheels and not make it a car coz' you can fly anyway.
looks like an awesome idea, I been waiting for the future to arrive with flying cars like in the movies for a long time. It would have been nice to actually seen this car fly
@@JoeMama-rz7nr the car being approved by us government doesn't mean it will even fly, just drive normally
@@JoeMama-rz7nr i don't need to know everything about physics but this thing has never flew, and if you think it did give me a real video and not a simulation
I just want to see it fly.
"Alef intends to have the Model A certified for road use as a “low speed vehicle”, limited to 25 miles per hour." in other words - in the same category (and restrictions) as golf carts on public roads
If its not anti-gravity field propulsion I'm not interested
That might actually have a chance of working. Unlike this thing.
This is like a parody sketch of a flying car reveal.
Finally we get a look at the guy who let a German scientist cut off his foot before he was diddled by the scientist and all of his friends.
Step 1: Advertise the future via CGI and generate hype
Step 2: Sell the company to idiots on the stock market
A flying car and, yet if you look anywhere online there is no actual videos of this thing flying. Idk, I think this is more hype than reality at this point. The idea works on paper I suppose, but idk about actual use.
This design has oh so many flaws. How do they deal with lift turbulence with the "mesh"? Even with 8 of those props as shown, at that scale their lifting capacity can't be anywhere near the needed capacity for the car.
It's a scam. This is the answer.
It could, what range would you like it to have? Just up and dead? Consider it suitable
If this is BS, the FAA wouldn't have approved them. Remember, this is the first approval for a flying car in history by the FAA. You have to ask yourself if this is BS, then why did the FAA give it's approval? 👀😏🤔🧐
dont worry they'll never build one lmfao
Lol other sauces say this thing flies at a 90 degree...as in it tilts to the side to fly as if that was the most aerodynamic way to make things fly on a planet called Eurth.
Wasn't this featured at the 1935 World's Fair? Isn't their 2035 price actually the 1935 price?
270k you could buy a helicopter, tesla and your pilots licence and still have change.
Only flies in the Metaverse.
Alef is a total con. That thing cannot ever fly, inadequate power source, inefficient lift, no aerodynamics whatsoever. Designed to suck up idiot investor cash through the top and blow it in to Drapers pockets. Should work just fine LOL.
The size of his 👃 makes me aware
@@Been.Here.Since.2007 😁 👍🏻
It’s now FAA approved for testing in Silicon Valley and pre order available
"Ok let's see it"
"How about no"
I didn't see any cars flying here. Not even driving or being pushed. What did I miss??
Ok line up one by one… please start investing in my car of the future… thanks to my team who made the latest animations in the 1950/
About 30 years ago, there was a big ta-do being made (over the Internet) about a three wheeled car that was going to cost very little money and was supposed to get great gas milage. People were putting down deposits and kept reassuring each other that it wasn't a scam. I haven't heard anything about it since.
July 28, 2023
Cool concept though, that "mesh" design is brilliant.
I think Paul Moller was about Jim’s age when he started promoting his Moller Skycar, Paul is 86 now, still no flying car. Let’s see if Jim can go where no Paul has gone before!
Skeptical that this concept will ever get off the ground or take flight. Also, why does this thing need a fail-safe ballistic parachute when it can 'glide' to safely land? 'Octuple propulsion redundancy'? I'm no physics or aeronautics wiz, but I assume you would need at least one propulsion working for redundancy.
Rasputin gets approval for a flying car. 😂😂
I love the nice bus seats it has
Space to stick your head between your legs to survive the crash
We aren't far from the 'Jetsons', having a robot doing the cooking and cleaning, and going to work in an autonomous flying car, there are some great fly-car designs coming and Optimus already looks amazing. I can see how you could take-off and fly the Alef, but it didn't show how it would drive on the roads.
Also, the chief executive of OceanGate, who is among the five men aboard the company’s 6.8-metre submersible that went missing on an ill-fated dive to The Titanic, boasted that he didn’t want to hire experienced “50-year-old white guys” to pilot the vessel because they weren’t “inspirational”.
Until there’s a full size flying prototype, there’s not that much to see here.
Who wants to be in that thing the first time a bird gets caught in the mesh and throws it into a spiral? No thanks. Looks like the Titan of the air to me
If they can't even get the audio right....good luck with the car.
One thing you. Forgot to say dude it will drive you right to the nearest police station if you got Warrents
No way it's the Lay's chip car, full of air
In California where they have a lot of windmills, perfect match for a flying cars.... .😂😂😂
It should be built and marketed as a human mover like a bus. Few people are going to buy this for themselves but a business may buy a fleet and use it as a point to point travel system cutting local travel times in half
Hope the audio system in the car is better than outside.
why are there wireframe lines on the wheels ?
Great design.. outside the box... however, once the new tech comes out things will be very different
Check out all them crumple zones, how's she take a head on collision with an SUV? Or an air to ground collision with an SUV?
This is a great idea on the ground but when you think about the situation with the air traffic control which is already struggling to keep workers and putting this much more work on them at some point you have to find a solution to that issue before you have these airborne too.
A couple issues, where exactly do I recharge if I fly somewhere and need power to get back? A 110 outlet, probably take a day to recharge. And second, you can't just land anywhere and be safe. I would love to land my sport plane on some cool golf courses, but it's kinda illegal. Even if your totally safe, someone in a Walmart parking lot won't see and crash into you while landing, that is why airports/heliports are the safest place to land flying anything.
They couldn't get a microphone to work. I don't think I'm trust them to get a car flying.
Presenting: the giant drone. I LOVE it! But. It's a giant drone. It's not a "flying car". Let's not get carried away. The sticker price is going to be about 300,000$. That's as much as an airplane costs. One could build one in their back yard. Cause it's a giant drone. All you need are the batteries, a frame, wheels, motors, props, a switch coupling to change power output between the wheels and props and a micro controller with necessary input controls. Once I build my house this is definitely on my project list.
Saw a representation at a show on Sunday- no way for air to pass through
Someone show me a video of this thing actually flying or even rolling it seems like a giant scam of people being paid off to get the FAA cert. They can't even get the microphone to work right for such an important reveal and the guy looks very shady with the suit that doesn't even fit!
Looks like a flying toaster
Looks like my high school science project
In the longterm we can go "anywhere" except certain areas he says nice 😂.
What flying car? I don't see a flying car.
Just use your imagination!
Waiting for the metal-ball throw....
Pretty interesting. Anyone who has ever flown a box kite will recognize that many unusual shapes can generate lift. And with all the drone tech that's been developed in the past few years I wouldn't be surprised to see this actually work. Drone tech is already being developed into autonomous flying craft so what makes this one so suspect?
I'll give it a try....how about the heavy batteries required to make this fly including 300+ lbs of passengers?
What type of engine (powered by those lightweight batteries) is giving this lift and sustained flight?
8 propellers on that? I'd like to see those mounted and lifting weight lol.
Why not one video anywhere of this thing actually flying?
Projected price point $35ķ ?....really? For a flying/driving car!
Just a few skeptical questions that we may never get the answer to as opposed to endless looks of this thing sitting and being told how amazing it is with no specific details.
Bro he said it will go as far as a Tesla.
Real time thousand point telemetry, whole systems redundancy, octuple redundancy, battery, electronics, sensors redundancy, 1000+ point diagnostics, and all motor failure glide. 😅🤡 What does any of that mean? If there is whole system residency, why does there need to be octuple redundancy, and battery, electronics, and sensors redundancy? They just made up a bunch of stuff.
Thrust to weight ratio. An airplane can generate allot of lift because it goes really fast and has big wings. It's all about surface area. This thing is entirely dependant on fan thrust. And that fan thrust is subject to wing to vortices decreasing the total thrust since they are unshrouded. The amount of weight of a small airplane is low relative to wing lift; it's comfortably practical. This thing requires a massive amount of battery capacity. A Tesla isn't supporting the entire weight of the car and it's still really really heavy. This thing will need at least double the battery capacity of a Tesla since the thrust will need to be maxed out the entire time it's aloft to even come close to the claimed range. Thus the total weight to lift is not possible given current battery tech. This might get off the ground.... It is a drone and drones work. But is it going to function reliably and practically for a normal driver? I say nope nope nope. It does look like a fun toy though.
I think this is a spinoff from the folks who build the Titan mini-sub for the trip to see the Titanic. The vehicle has to be lightweight to get off the ground. So how will is survive a road collision? If the thing does get off the ground, I predict a bit of wind turbulence will end the flight real quickly.
The bubble makes it look like "The Homer" but still kinda cool
$300,000 is affordable?!
They spent all the money on the car and forgot to hire an audio engineer 🤣🤣🤣
it definitely can fly....when dropped off a 787
Where's the massive batteries gonna sit?
In drivers back
They'll tow it. 😂
What happens when you have to land in the corn field in BFE 🤣🤣
Looks more like a flying sombrero hat.
I shudder already at how many drive carelessly on roadways, so can only wonder how "safe" operators of these vehicles will be.
Two words: "Theranos", "Oceangate".
Have I gone deaf? Maybe I crashed my drone car, because it looks like the passenger pod would not survive 100g impact.