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Elon Musk Says New Tesla Roadster Will Fly
I believe it can fly
Elon Musk released a new message “The new Roadster will actually do something like this” with an attached animation of a futuristic (“Back To The Future”) vehicle with some kind of rocket boosters (who needs wheels these days anyway?).
It seems that the Rocket Boosters package, hinted at earlier this year, is really coming – at least we should expect some sort of prototype with this thruster package. Whether the rockets will be for acceleration / turning only, or to rise from the ground is an open question that Musk answered in an additional tweet.
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One thing is for certain, if the car will be able to fly, even for a while and just a little above the ground, it will flood YouTube with video reviews and demonstrations some of which will surely end badly.
The new Roadster will actually do something like this https://t.co/fIsTAYa4x8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019
I’m not. Will use SpaceX cold gas thruster system with ultra high pressure air in a composite over-wrapped pressure vessel in place of the 2 rear seats.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019
Plus, you can basically accelerate at the limit of human endurance
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019
Vertically or horizontally?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019
No problem
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019
I don’t think the law fully anticipated this situation. So probably yes for a while.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019
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23 Comments on "Elon Musk Says New Tesla Roadster Will Fly"
The new Tesla Roadster should take part in a Formula 1 race in Monaco.
That would be really funny.
If you think any Tesla or street legal car would have a chance against a formula 1 car in Monaco, you have no idea of physics or engineering and you have never pushed a car to its max in a curve.
Just one number to think about: up to 7g of peak force in curves and braking zones has been measured in the 2017 season
Don’t underestimate the capability of gas thruster for short burst of acceleration.
Your car has suicide doors? Well my car can hover
Why?
remember all those cars that block your way; perhaps a slow truck, or some idiot that can not drive snow/ice doing 5 mph with 50 cars backed up behind them? Now,instead of buying an old truck with a push bumper, you can just hop over them.
Well, that is one theory anyways.
How about just a $5k option for Tesla Model 3 convertible?
Elon so crazy.
Yes, unfortunately I think too crazy this time.
I’ve thought that a number of times, but without further context, this might take the cake.
I think he was a bit loopy when he tweeted that.
I fear this is really dangerous. Will these powerful air blasts injure near by people? Will it kick up small rocks and damage near by cars? Can the “hover” function be activated while the car is going around a corner, thus loosing all traction and going off the curve? I would think that Tesla would prevent this but they allow the Falcon Wing doors to be opened while the car is being driven, which I think is stupid beyond reason.
I had no idea they allow those doors to be opened while driving. At very low speeds only, I would hope.
Elon is one of my heroes, but sometimes the level of hype or even outright B.S. coming from this man… *Sigh*
Maybe Tesla really will offer some sort of gas thruster package for the new Roadster, which will work like attitude jets on a spacecraft. But I think that would be more for show and bragging rights than for any practical purpose. I seriously doubt such thrusters would provide much actual thrust.
As for the claim that “you can basically accelerate at the limit of human endurance”…
Reality check: Mr. Google says “Five to 10 seconds at 4 to 5 g vertically typically leads to tunnel vision and then loss of consciousness.” Is the new Roadster gonna accelerate at 4+ gee*? No, it’s not. This is B.S. We can be sure it won’t, because even if the drivetrain could put out that much power, the tires wouldn’t have enough traction to push forward that hard; they would just spin.
*Actually, for forward thrust while sitting down, a person could withstand higher gee force, because the thrust isn’t draining the blood from his head down towards his feet. But that’s more-or-less irrelevant to the case at hand.
As long as the car is self driving I don’t see a big problem with the occupants going unconscious due to high G.
Dude, put the crack pipe down.
I thought you were going to save the world by creating vehicles that use less energy.
The drugs are giving you schizophrenic tendencies.
Model X has plenty of hubris. That was a mistake.
But Roadster is top of the line, halo car. So, it is actually fitting to have gimmicks like the gas thruster.
I am guessing the amount of G produced will be enough to draw limitless amount of social media promotion of the Tesla brand. That is exactly what Tesla is planning on. Design something so out of this world and the people will follow the brand forever. That alone is worth billions.
Elon is a marketing genius!!! He is really putting his Physics and Economics education to the max use!!!
Gee, just when I thought Tesla’s sales would ensure the Legacies would take it seriously as a competitor and not the car biz equivalent of a cheap parlor trick, Elon says this.
The man is an open hydrant of wackadoodle.
Perhaps, but he is very good at drawing attention to his products without spending money to advertise. And those products do tend to back up most of his claims.
Elon said something about 10 small thrusters. I don’t know about the flying part. If I were going to put ten thrusters on a car, I would put one at each corner of the car facing upward to give downforce. This would improve acceleration, braking and lateral acceleration. I would also put one thruster at each corner facing outward. These would be used to increase lateral acceleration. There would be one thruster on the front bumper facing forward for extra braking power and one thruster on the back bumper for increased acceleration. Arranged in this fashion, thrusters have the potential to improve the safety of the car, especially on icy roads.
They’re gimbled. They have degrees of range in which they can be pointed.
I…..whatever. I just hope he charges huge amounts of money for them so that money can subsidize the development of the normal cars.
It will not fly.