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Honda Hovercar
This was supposed to be the future! That’s what I heard. I was always told that in the future, we’d have flying cars. I’d say what happened to that, but I know what happened to that: John Mahieddine happened to that. The “Honda Fuzo” is a Vertical Take-Off and Landing concept. The Fuzo is a futuristic fantasy with four high-powered turbines for high-speed horizontal flight and Iron-Man-like handling. Cruzin in at 350 mph, two joystick control for speed, trust, and steering. Vertical spaceways for ultra-infinite possibilities.
The joysticks. Here’s how they work. There’s two joysticks, one on either side of the driver’s seat on the armrests. The left joystick “allows the car to spin on its axis,” and the right one “manages tilt and direction.”
At the floor are the normal pedals controlling power and brakes.
For safety, two things in particular:
1. Fly-by-Wire system that relies on GPS to keep cars from hitting one another.
2. Airbags that open inside AND outside of the vehicle to protect the driver, the car, and anyone in the path of the car should it get in an air-collision. (Speed Racer anyone?)
Of course, if you’re into the whole landlubber thing, you can drive on the ground with the retractable wheels (the turbines convert into these.) The vehicle is constructed of materials such as carbon fibre, Kevlar, and carbon nano-tubes. The bubble canopy allows for two passengers plus the driver, “in a very hightech comfort.”
Designer: John Mahieddine
36 Comments »
Silenzo says
sweet =p
sandy says
That’s awsome. What a ride.
JC says
Woah! it really looks cool! especially the front…
How did you create the human characters?
Henrique Staino says
Wow! The renderings are wonderful!
Nice idea to use the wheels as fans. But would it be enough?
cerberus says
Not with todays materials technologies ! the tyres would add so much weight to the turbines as to render them useless in providing lift. And the speed differnce in the revolutions required for lift off and normal land driving would be staggering. Not to mention how highly ballanced turbines need to be – hit the curb hard once and there goes your balance – ultimately resulting in catastrophic failure or your turbine at 30 ,000rpm ( or some other ludicrously high rpm), can you say “leathal schrapnel”
The design looks awesome though , and it something we have been promised for years ! where is my flying car already ?
-M@ says
so, let me get this straight…it’s a kick-ass future Honda but it breaks down and causes the androgynous couple to drink Jack Daniels.? Just wondering why someone would take that much time to do a rendering of a car broken down…nice touch with the bottle of whisky though..I guess some things will never change!
confucius says
That breakdown rendering is awesome! How funny.
dvd says
Is it just me, or does the third picture look like the driver is a Stormtrooper?
Jeff says
To me he looks like Master Chief from Halo
gdog says
nah. looks more like a storm trooper. Master Chief doesnt wear that whiteish-gray color
Mogwa1 says
looks cool. but i don’t think we’ll be seeing this thing above the road in a long time, unless they make a version with laser guns to “kill some terrorists”.
oh, and how the hell does the driver get out of the car???
M.S.W. says
Good eye candy. Even with all the high tech materials being used the two front turbine units don’t have the CFM size to lift this vehicle more than a couple inches at most, thus making it more of a low level hovercraft. Assuming they invent a high CFM turbine that size, one would at very least need a lift motor in the rear section to balance out the lift, otherwise the nose would flip up and backward. In the design’s current state it could be modified to be a car/submarine since unlike air the small turbines can be used in water to maintain submerge ability. With the aft section giving it a fail safe bouancy feature.
Cellphone Accessories says
wow! It looks really cool! A nice futuristic concept! Thumbs up!
krimsonite says
Let’s say those turbines were enough for lift. However, how it supposed to move forward anyway? And it would be good to cover the holes after tires move to landing position.
Me says
Well this is a concept that an american company is being trying to do now for years which is moller. you can see his work at http://www.moller.com but as always is just a dream I am very happy to see that Honda is doing something about it Since the Moller company they are just dreaming and stock in the samething for years I hope they learn something about this since I have lost a lot of money on their stocks. Huuummm! I should get the stocks from Honda that is a company can be trust.
Replicant says
Blade runner/ Sid Mead!
MagLev lift + propulsion fans would be a better bet.
jane says
where do the groceries go?
M.S.W. says
One would assume they consume food pills
Or perhaps spend extra for the grocerie pod holder that plugs into the rear.
stephen russell says
Love to Rent this one.
Be neat.
Neat in a SyFy movie.
Or ComicCon show
Auto show
Radical.
Honda Build this.
& add
Sedan
Limo
Truck versions.
Fund this, Honda- Acura.
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